[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D147-D148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, February 25, 2010

[[Page D147]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1299, United States 
      Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act. (The 
      legislative vehicle entitled, ``The Travel Promotion Act''.)


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S757-S816
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3038-3047, S. Res. 422-425, and S. Con. Res. 50-51. 
                                                          Pages S795-96
Measures Reported:
  S. 2961, to provide debt relief to Haiti, with amendments. (S. Rept. 
No. 111-128)                                                  
Page S795
House Messages:
United States Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act: 
By 78 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 28), Senate agreed to the motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
H.R. 1299, to make technical corrections to the laws affecting certain 
administrative authorities of the United States Capitol Police, after 
taking action of the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
                                                          Pages S757-75
Withdrawn:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 3326 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment), to change the enactment date. 
                                                              Page S757
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. 26), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the Reid motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                          Pages S773-74
  Reid motion to refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the Committee on Rules and Administration, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3328, to provide for a study, fell 
when cloture was invoked on the Reid motion to concur in the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.      
Page S757
  Reid Amendment No. 3329 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 3328) of 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to 
refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, Reid 
Amendment No. 3328, to provide for a study fell.              
Page S757
  Reid Amendment No. 3330 (to Amendment No. 3329), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3329 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 3328) of the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature 
fell.                                                         
Page S757
  By 38 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 27), two-thirds of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to suspend Rule XXII, Paragraph 2, of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, with respect to DeMint proposed amendment to 
prohibit extension or establishment of national monuments in certain 
areas. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was not 
germane under Rule XXII, was sustained.                   
Pages S774-75
  Reid Amendment No. 3327 (to Amendment No. 3326), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 
3326 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment), to change the 
enactment date was withdrawn.                                 
Page S757
Tax Extenders Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that on Monday, March 1, 2010, at 3 p.m., Committee on 
Finance be discharged of H.R. 4213, to amend the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions; 
and that once the Committee is discharged, Senate proceed to its 
consideration; that after the bill is reported, Senator Baucus, or his 
designee, be recognized to offer a substitute amendment, and once the 
amendment is reported by number it be considered read.    
  Pages S775-76
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S795
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S795
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S795
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Paged S796-97
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S797-S803
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S794-95
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S803-04
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S804
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S804
Text of H.R. 2847 as Previously Passed:                   
  Pages S804-15
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--28) 
                                           Pages S773-74, S774-75, S775
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, February 26, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on 
pages S815-16.)