[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 11, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D264-D265]
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                                            Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1825-S1914
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2740-2744, and S. Res. 479.
  Page S1876
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Use of Rotunda: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 313, 
authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to 
honor the 5 years of service and sacrifice of our troops and their 
families in the war in Iraq and to remember those who are serving our 
Nation in Afghanistan and throughout the world.
  Page S1839
  Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 2516, to 
assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States 
citizenship, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S1891-92
  Brown (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 4177, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S1891-92
  National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 390, 
designating March 11, 2008, as National Funeral Director and Mortician 
Recognition Day, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S1892
  National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 479, 
designating March 20, 2008, as ``Second Annual National Native HIV/AIDS 
Awareness Day''.
  Pages S1892-93
  Authorizing Use of Rotunda: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 306, 
permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part 
of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
Holocaust.
  Page S1893
  Enrollment Correction: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of H. Con. Res. 270, to make corrections in the 
enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.
  Page S1893
  Second Chance Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 1593, to reauthorize the grant program 
for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and 
implementation, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S1893-95
Measures Considered:
Budget Resolution: Senate continued consideration of 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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed there to:
  Pages S1832-39, S1839-69, S1895-S1909
Pending:
  Baucus Amendment No. 4160, to provide tax relief to middle-class 
families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, 
relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans. 
                                                         Pages S1839-55
  Graham Amendment No. 4170, to protect families, family farms and 
small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising 
the death tax exemption to $5,000,000 and reducing the maximum death 
tax rate to no more than 35 percent; to keep education affordable by 
extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens 
from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial 
market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the 
lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.
Pages S1855-69
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, and that Baucus Amendment No. 4160 (listed 
above) remain as the regular order, regardless of the pendency of other 
amendments.
Page S1893
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:

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  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared on March 15, 1995, with respect to 
Iran; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-41)
Pages S1874-75
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William Clifford Smith, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission for a term of nine years.
  Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey, NOAA, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission.
  Mimi Alemayehou, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years.
  Kiyo A. Matsumoto, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of New York.
  Cathy Seibel, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S1909-14
Messages from the House:
  Page S1875
Measures Referred:
  Page S1875
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S1825, S1875
Executive Communications:
  Pages S1875-76
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1877-78
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1878-82
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1872-74
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1882-89
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S1889-90
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S1890
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1893.)