[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D981-D982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7709-S7804
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3363-3369, and S. Res. 632-635.
  Page S7780
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 4210, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, North Carolina, as 
the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5477, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, 
as the ``Chi Mui Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5483, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as 
the ``Private First Class David H. Sharrett II Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 5631, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1155 Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, as 
the ``Corporal Bradley T. Arms Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 6061, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 219 East Main Street in West Frankfort, Illinois, as 
the ``Kenneth James Gray Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 6085, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 42222 Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, 
California, as the ``Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 6150, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``John P. Gallagher Post Office Building''.
  S. 3241, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the 
``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building''.
Pages S7779-80
Measures Passed:
  Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Senate passed 
S. 2617, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans, after agreeing to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  Pages S7795-97
  Former Vice President Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5938, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to provide secret service protection to former Vice 
Presidents, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S7797-98
  Pryor (for Leahy/Specter) Amendment No. 5257, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity 
theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft.
                                                         Pages S7797-98
  Minority Party Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 635, making 
minority party appointments for the 110th Congress.
  Page S7798
Measures Considered:
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 S7710-22, S7722-59
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 191), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S7721
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S7721
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S7759

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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 S7722
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 192), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S7722
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. 
                                                             Page S7722
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate began consideration of S. 
3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
  Pages S7759-68
  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 Friday, August 1, 2008.
Page S7759
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 31, 2008; provided further, 
that the time from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. be controlled in 
alternating 30-minute blocks of time between the Majority and 
Republican sides, with the Republican side controlling the first 30 
minutes.
Page S7798
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency with respect to the actions of certain 
persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic 
processes and institutions; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-61)
Pages S7774-75
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James A. Slutz, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy).
  Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S7799-S7804
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Page S7804
Messages from the House:
  Page S7775
Measures Referred:
  Page S7776
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S7776
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S7776
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S7776-79
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7780
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7780-82
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7782-91
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7772-74
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7791-94
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S7794-95
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S7795
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--192) 
                                                     Pages S7721, S7722
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7798.)