[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 63 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, April 21, 2008

[[Page D466]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3177-S3210
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2894-2897, S. Res. 523, and S. Con. Res. 77.
  Page S3206


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  On page D466, April 21, 2008, the following language appears: 
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2895-2897, S. Res. 523, and S. Con. 
Res. 77. Pages S3206-07
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures 
Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2894-2897, S. Res. 523, and S. Con. Res. 77. Page 
S3206


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Measures Reported:
  S. 2894, to establish requirements for private lenders to protect 
student borrowers receiving private educational loans. (S. Rept. No. 
110-327)
  S. 1810, to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the 
provision of scientifically sound information and support services to 
patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 
prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
Page S3206
Measures Passed:
National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 518, 
designating the third week of April 2008 as ``National Shaken Baby 
Syndrome Awareness Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S3210
Measures Considered:
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2831, to amend title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory 
compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such 
Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the 
discriminatory compensation decision or other practice.
  Page S3188
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
Page S3188
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on 
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1315, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans. 
                                                             Page S3211


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  On page D466, April 21, 2008, the following language appears: 
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on 
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 1315, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled 
veterans. Page S3210
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Veterans' Benefits 
Enhancement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, April 
22, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 1315, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans. Page 
S3211


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Executive Communications:
  Pages S3205-06
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3207-08
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3208-09
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3203-05
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S3210
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S3210
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 5:26 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3210-
11.)