[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D762-D763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 18, 2008

[[Page D762]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate upon reconsideration passed H.R. 2419, Food Conservation 
      and Energy Act, the objections of the President to the contrary 
      notwithstanding.

      House Committees ordered reported 6 measures, including the 
      Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5727-S5769
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3145-3157, and S. Con. Res. 91.
  Page S5753
Measures Reported:
  S.J. Res. 38, waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 
relating to the appointment of a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative.
Page S5753
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th Anniversary: Senate agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 337, honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an 
organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, 
coexistence, and peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other 
regions of conflict.
  Page S5769
  Honoring Army Specialist Monica L. Brown: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 91, honoring Army Specialist Monica L. Brown, of Lake Jackson, 
Texas, extending gratitude to her and her family, and pledging 
continuing support for the men and women of the United States Armed 
Forces.
  Page S5769
Measures Considered:
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Senate continued 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.
  Pages S5711-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Page S5769
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act--Veto Message: By 80 yeas to 14 nays 
(Vote No. 151), two-thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum being 
present, having voted in the affirmative, H.R. 6124, to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of 
Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, upon reconsideration was passed, 
the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary 
notwithstanding.
  Pages S5739-41
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 
21, 2000, with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by 
the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of 
the Russian Federation; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-53)
Page S5751
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  J. V. Schwan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2017. 
                                                             Page S5769
Messages from the House:
  Page S5751
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5751-53
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5753
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5754-55

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5755-68
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5748-50
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5768
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5768-69
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S5769
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--151) 
                                                             Page S5741
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5769.)