[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 72 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                Friday, May 2, 2008

[[Page D539]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3735-S3750
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2970-2975, and S. Res. 549-550.
  Page S3742
Measures Passed:
  Technical Corrections: Senate passed H.R. 5919, to make technical 
corrections regarding the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S3749
  National Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
549, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to childhood 
stroke and designating May 3, 2008, as ``National Childhood Stroke 
Awareness Day''.
  Pages S3749-50
Measures Considered:
Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2284, to 
amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the 
financial solvency of the flood insurance fund.
  Page S3742
  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 Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
Page S3742
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding an adjournment of the Senate, that Monday, May 5, 2008, 
count as the intervening day under Rule XXII; provided further, that 
this cloture vote not occur prior to the previously ordered cloture 
vote on Rockefeller Amendment No. 4627 to H.R. 2881, FAA 
Reauthorization Act.
Page S3742
FAA Reauthorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, May 6, 
2008, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal 
Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve 
aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the 
national aviation system; provided further, that notwithstanding any 
adjournment of the Senate, Senators be permitted to file amendments 
between 2:00-3:30 p.m., on Monday, May 5, 2008.
  Page S3750
Messages from the House:
  Page S3742
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S3742, S3750


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  On Page D539, on May 2, 2008, the following language appears: 
Measures Read the First Time: Page S3742
  
  The online Record was corrected to read: Measures Read the First 
Time: Pages S3742, S3750


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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3742-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3743-49
Amendments Submitted:
Page S3749
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:30 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3750.)