[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 143 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1135-D1136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Tuesday, October 6, 2009

[[Page D1135]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10121-S10169
Measures Introduced: Five bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1754-1758, S. Res. 303-306, and S. Con. Res. 45. 
                                                            Page S10162
Measures Passed:
  Department of Defense Appropriations Act: By 93 yeas to 7 nays (Vote 
No. 315), Senate passed H.R. 3326, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 
agreeing to the committee-reported amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended, after taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                       
  Pages S10143-59
Adopted:
  Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 2618, to ensure sustainment, readiness, 
and acquisition of ammunition for all United States military services 
in order to meet long term peacetime and wartime requirements. 
                                                            Page S10149
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 308), Franken Amendment No. 2588, to 
prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton 
Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any 
other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any 
tier under such contract requires that employees or independent 
contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain 
claims.                              
Pages S10143, S10146-48, S10149-50
  By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 309), Franken (for Bond/Leahy) 
Amendment No. 2596, to limit the early retirement of tactical aircraft.
                                                Pages S10143, S10150-51
  Sanders/Dorgan Amendment No. 2601, to make available from Overseas 
Contingency Operations $20,000,000 for outreach and reintegration 
services under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. 
                                                   Pages S10143, S10152
  By 77 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 313), Inouye Amendment No. 2623, to 
provide full and open competition for congressionally directed spending 
items.                                                  
Pages S10154-55
  Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 2616, Relating to the two-stage 
ground-based interceptor missile.               
Pages S10144, S10155-56
  Inouye (for Bingaman/Udall (NM)) Amendment No. 2605, to make 
available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, 
$5,000,000 to carry out evaluations and analyses of certain laser 
systems.                                                
Pages S10156-57
Rejected:
  By 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 307), Barrasso Amendment No. 2567, to 
prohibit the use of funds for the Center on Climate Change and National 
Security of the Central Intelligence Agency.    
Pages S10143, S10148-49
  By 28 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 310), Coburn Amendment No. 2565, to 
ensure transparency and accountability by providing that each member of 
Congress and the Secretary of Defense has the ability to review 
$1,500,000,000 in taxpayer funds allocated to the National Guard and 
Reserve components of the Armed Forces.         
Pages S10143, S10151-52
  By 25 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 311), Franken (for Coburn) Amendment 
No. 2566, to restore $166,000,000 for the Armed Forces to prepare for 
and conduct combat operations, by eliminating low-priority 
congressionally directed spending items for all operations and 
maintenance accounts.                      
Pages S10143, S10148, S10152
  By 30 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 312), McCain Amendment No. 2580, to 
strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of 
the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 
2010.                                                   
Pages S10153-54
  McCain Amendment No. 2560, to require that earmarks for for-profit 
entities be subject to full and open competition.           
Page S10155
  By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 314), McCain Amendment No. 2583, to 
strike funding for the MARIAH Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Development 
Program.                                                    
Page S10155

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  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 Inouye, Byrd, Leahy, 
Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Feinstein, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Specter, 
Cochran, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Bennett, and 
Brownback.                                                  
Page S10159
  Commemorating Canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC.: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 304, commemorating the canonization of Father 
Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. to sainthood.                 
  Pages S10166-67
  Support for Victims of Natural Disasters: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
305, expressing support for the victims of the natural disasters in 
Indonesia, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the 
Philippines.                                            
  Pages S10167-68
  National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 306, designating the week of October 18 through October 24, 
2009, as ``National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week''. 
                                                            Page S10168
  U.S. Citizens in Iran: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 45, encouraging 
the Government of Iran to allow Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah 
Shourd to reunite with their families in the United States as soon as 
possible.                                                   
  Page S10168
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Senate resume 
consideration of H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.                      
  Page S10168
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 72 yeas 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 306), Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Attorney General.            
Pages S10122-36, S10169
Cloture Motion--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination, be vitiated.                     
  Page S10136
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mary John Miller, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Michael F. Mundaca, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.
  O. Rogeriee Thompson, of Rhode Island, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the First Circuit.                                
Page S10169
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S10162
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                   
  Pages S10121, S10162
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S10162
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10164-66
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10161-64
Amendments Submitted:                                       
  Page S10166
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
  Page S10166
Record Votes: Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--315) 
                          Pages S10136, S10149-52, S10154-55, S10158-59
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10168.)