[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 39 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Friday, March 7, 2008

[[Page D249]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1719-S1783
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2731-2736, S. Res. 476, and S. Con. Res. 70.
  Page S1741
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1195, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
corrections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 
2013.
Measures Passed:
  Higher Education Extension Act: Senate passed S. 2733, to temporarily 
extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
                                                             Page S1782
  Greek Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 476, designating 
March 25, 2008, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of 
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
  Page S1782
Appointments:
  Public Interest Declassification Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-567, the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, appointed the following 
individual to serve as a member of the Public Interest Declassification 
Board: Sanford Ungar of Maryland.
  Page S1782
Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senate begin consideration of S. Con. Res. 70, Budget 
Resolution, at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 10, 2008, and 
that there be debate only and that no amendments be in order. 
                                                             Page S1781
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Committee on 
the Budget have until 4 p.m., on Friday, March 7, 2008, to file the 
concurrent budget resolution, notwithstanding an adjournment of the 
Senate.
Page S1781
Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the March 
6, 2008 passage, of H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization 
Act, Pryor (for Snowe) Amendment No. 4143, of a technical nature, which 
was previously agreed to, be modified.
  Page S1781
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S1741-S1781
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S1741-S1781


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  On page D249, March 7, 2008, the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S1741 Measures Read the 
First Time: Page S1741
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S1741-S1781 Measures Read the First Time: 
Pages S1741-S1781


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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1741-42
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1742-54
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1739-41
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1754-68
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S1768
Text of H.R. 4040, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S1768-81
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:32 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 10, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1783.)