[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D968-D969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7579-S7708
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3353-3362, S. Res. 629-631, and S. Con. Res. 96. 
                                                         Pages S7629-30
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 618, recognizing the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the 
United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 
and memorializing the citizens of the United States, Kenya, and 
Tanzania whose lives were claimed as a result of the al Qaeda led 
terrorist attacks.
  S. 344, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
  S. 1211, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced 
penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1515, to establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network 
to represent domestic violence victims, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 2136, to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7628
Measures Passed:
  College Opportunity and Affordability Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions was discharged from further consideration 
of H.R. 4137, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
agreed to Durbin (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 5250, in the nature of a 
substitute, and after striking all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof, the text of S. 1642, Senate companion 
measure, the bill was then passed.
  Page S7591
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, 
Mikulski, Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Clinton, Obama, Sanders, Brown, Enzi, 
Gregg, Alexander, Burr, Isakson, Murkowski, Hatch, Roberts, Allard, and 
Coburn.
Page S7591
Measures Considered:
Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act: Senate continued 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3335, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
provisions.
  Page S7594
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S7594
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Senate resumed 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 S7594
  By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 190), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having not voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration rejected the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S7595
Free Flow of Information Act: Senate continued consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2035, to maintain the free 
flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the 
federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
connected with the news media.
  Pages S7595-S7619
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, July 30, 2008; provided further, 
that the hour prior to the cloture vote be equally divided and 
controlled by the two Leaders, or their designees, with Senators 
permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each, with the final 20 minutes 
under the control of the two Leaders, with the Majority Leader 
controlling the final 10 minutes prior to the vote, and with 10 minutes 
of majority time under the control of Senator Leahy; and that upon use 
or yielding back of time Senate then vote on the

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motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.
Page S7704
Messages from the House:
  Page S7627
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7627-28
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7628-29
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7630-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7631-40
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7625-26
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7640-S7704
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7704
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S7704
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--190) 
                                                             Page S7595
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:08 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7704.)