[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 23 (Thursday, February 5, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D114-D115]
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                                         Thursday, February 5, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1615-S1772
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 384-391, and S. Res. 28-30.                   
  Page S1677
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 28, authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on 
Indian Affairs.
  S. Res. 30, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs.                                                     
Page S1677
Measures Considered:
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Senate continued consideration 
of H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and 
creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, 
assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, 
for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S1617-76
Adopted:
  Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 138 (to Amendment No. 98), to provide 
for reports on the use of funds made available under this Act and the 
economic impact made by the expenditure or obligation of such funds. 
                                                             Page S1660
  Dodd Amendment No. 354 (to Amendment No. 98), to impose executive 
compensation limitations with respect to entities assisted under the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program.                    
Pages S1617, S1660-61
  Baucus (for McCaskill) Amendment No. 125 (to Amendment No. 98), to 
limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving 
emergency economic assistance from the Government.   
Pages S1617, S1661
  Baucus (for McCaskill) Further Modified Amendment No. 236 (to 
Amendment No. 98), to establish funding levels for various offices of 
inspectors general and to set a date until which such funds shall 
remain available.                                 
Pages S1617, S1663-64
  Baucus (for Boxer) Further Modified Amendment No. 363, to ensure the 
expeditious completion of National Environmental Policy Act reviews 
under applicable law.                       
Pages S1617, S656, S1664-65
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 65 nays (Vote No. 46), Feingold Amendment No. 140 (to 
Amendment No. 98), to provide greater accountability of taxpayers' 
dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure 
of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds. 
                                        Pages S1617, S1658-59, S1659-60
  By 43 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 47), Barrasso (for DeMint) Amendment 
No. 189 (to Amendment No. 98), to allow the free exercise of religion 
at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 
803 of division A.                         
Pages S1617, S1650-51, S1661
  Barrasso Amendment No. 326 (to Amendment No. 98), to expedite reviews 
required to be carried out under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969.                                             
Pages S1617, S1665
Withdrawn:
  Baucus (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 200 (to Amendment No. 98), to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income 
of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property. 
                                                     Pages S1617, S1660
  Baucus (for Harkin/Stabenow) Amendment No. 338 (to Amendment No. 98), 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a program to 
enable certain individuals to trade certain old automobiles for certain 
new automobiles.                                     
Pages S1617, S1661
Pending:
  Reid (for Inouye/Baucus) Amendment No. 98, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1617
  Murray Amendment No. 110 (to Amendment No. 98), to strengthen the 
infrastructure investments made by the bill.                 
Page S1617
  Baucus (for Dodd) Amendment No. 145 (to Amendment No. 98), to improve 
the efforts of the Federal Government in mitigating home foreclosures 
and to require the Secretary of the Treasury to develop and implement a 
foreclosure prevention loan modification plan.       
Pages S1617, S1661
  Coburn Amendment No. 176 (to Amendment No. 98), to require the use of 
competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements funded under this Act. (By 1 yea to 96 nays

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(Vote No. 50), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S1665-66, S1670
  Udall Amendment No. 359 (to Amendment No. 98), to expand the number 
of veterans eligible for the employment tax credit for unemployed 
veterans.                                                
Pages S1666-67
  Coburn Amendment No. 309 (to Amendment No. 98), to ensure that 
taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects. 
                                                         Pages S1667-69
  Sanders/Grassley Modified Amendment No. 306 (to Amendment No. 98), to 
require recipients of TARP funding to meet strict H-1B worker hiring 
standard to ensure non-displacement of U.S. workers.     
Pages S1669-70
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 40 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 45), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to McCain Modified 
Amendment No. 364 (to Amendment No. 98), in the nature of a substitute. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and 
the amendment thus fell.                   
Pages S1617-50, S1656, S1659
  By 35 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 48), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to Ensign Amendment No. 353 (to Amendment No. 98), in the 
nature of a substitute. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                     Pages S1617, S1662
  By 37 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 49), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with 
respect to Grassley (for Thune) Amendment No. 197 (to Amendment No. 
98), in the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, a point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of section 311(a)(2)(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus 
fell.                                      
Pages S1617, S1653-55, S1664
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Friday, February 6, 2009. 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1677
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1677-79
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1679-89
Additional Statements:                                       
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Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S1689-S1771
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1771-72
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--50) 
                         Pages S1659, S1660, S1661, S1662, S1664, S1670
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:04 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, February 6, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1772.)