[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 93 (Friday, June 6, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D699-D700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Friday, June 6, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5333-S5376
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3096-3101, S.J. Res. 39, and S. Res. 588.
  Page S5366
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Dr. Feng Shan Ho: Senate agreed to S. Res. 588, honoring Dr. 
Feng Shan Ho, a man of great courage and humanity, who saved the lives 
of thousands of Austrian Jews between 1938 and 1940.
  Pages S5374-75
Measures Considered:
CLIMATE SECURITY ACT: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3036, to 
direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and 
taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5333-47
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 4826 (to Amendment No. 4825), to express the sense 
of the Senate that the United States should address global climate 
change through the negotiation of fair and effective international 
commitments.
Page S5333
  Reid Amendment No. 4827 (to Amendment No. 4826), to express the sense 
of the Senate that the United States should address global climate 
change through the negotiation of fair and effective international 
commitments.
Page S5333
  Reid Amendment No. 4828 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Reid (for Boxer Amendment No. 4825), to provide for the enactment date.
                                                             Page S5333
  Reid Amendment No. 4829 (to Amendment No. 4828), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S5333
  Reid Motion to Commit the bill to the Committee on the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works with instructions to report back 
forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 4830, to provide for the enactment 
date.
Page S5333
  Reid Amendment No. 4831 (the instructions of the Reid motion to 
commit), to change the enactment date.
Page S5333
  Reid Amendment No. 4832 (to Amendment No. 4831), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S5333
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
  By 48 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 145), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the Reid (for Boxer) 
Amendment No. 4825, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S5333-34
CONSUMER-FIRST ENERGY ACT: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3044, to provide energy price relief and 
hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions 
with regard to high energy prices.
  Pages S5375-76
  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, June 10, 2008.
Page S5376
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S5376
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 3:15 p.m. 
on Monday, June 9, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S5376
ENERGY AND TAX EXTENDERS ACT: Senate began consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6049, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and 
conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide 
individual income tax relief.
  Page S5376
  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, June 10, 2008.
Page S5376
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S5376
Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent

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agreement was reached providing that a bill relating to Medicare 
Improvement for Patients and Providers of 2008, introduced by Senators 
Baucus, Snowe and others, be considered to have been read the first 
time and objection to further proceedings considered to have been made 
on Friday, June 6, 2008, and the bill receive its second reading on the 
next legislative day; provided further, that this request is only valid 
until 5 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2008.
  Page S5376
Messages from the House:
  Page S5365
Measures Referred:
  Page S5365
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S5365-66, S5375
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S5366, S5375
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5366
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5366-67
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5367-73
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5364-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5373-74
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5374
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--145) 
                                                             Page S5333
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 2:08 p.m., 
until 3:15 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5376.)