[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D176-D178]
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                                           Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S973-S1123
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3060-3070, and S. Res. 430-433.           
  Pages S1017-18
Measures Considered:
  Tax Extenders Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
4213, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain 
expiring provisions, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                               
  Pages S973-S1013
Rejected:
  Grassley Modified Amendment No. 3352 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
improve the bill.
  (By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 34), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                           Pages S976-78, S995, S998-99
  Bunning Amendment No. 3360 (to Amendment No. 3336), to offset the 
cost of the bill.
  (By 56 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 37), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                Pages S981-84, S1010-11
  Bunning Amendment No. 3361 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide 
additional offsets.
  (By 61 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 38), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                   Pages S981-84, S1011
Pending:
  Baucus Amendment No. 3336, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                             Pages S973, S996-97, S1011
  Sessions Amendment No. 3337 (to Amendment No. 3336), to reduce the 
deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps.   
Pages S973, S980
  Landrieu Modified Amendment No. 3335 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the low-income 
housing credit rules for buildings in GO Zones.    
Pages S973, S1003-04
  Reid (for Murray) Amendment No. 3356 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
provide funding for summer employment for youth. 
                                                 Pages S973-74, S984-86
  Coburn Amendment No. 3358 (to Amendment No. 3336), to require the 
Senate to be transparent with taxpayers about spending.       
Page S997
  Baucus (for Webb/Boxer) Amendment No. 3342 to (Amendment No. 3336), 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on 
excessive 2009 bonuses received from certain major recipients of 
Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the deduction allowable 
for such bonuses.                                             
Page S997
  Stabenow Amendment No. 3382 (to Amendment No. 3336), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow companies to utilize existing 
alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain American jobs 
through new domestic investments.                        
Pages S1001-03
  Feingold/Coburn Amendment No. 3368 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
provide for the rescission of unused transportation earmarks and to 
establish a general reporting requirement for any unused earmarks. 
                                                         Pages S1004-05
  Brown (MA) Amendment No. 3391 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide for 
a 6-month employee payroll tax rate cut.                     
Page S1005
  Burr Amendment No. 3389 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide Federal 
reimbursement to State and local Governments for a limited sales, use, 
and retailers' occupation tax holiday, and to offset the cost of such 
reimbursements.                                          
Pages S1005-06
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 38 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 33), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 311 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Thune Further 
Modified Amendment No. 3338 (to Amendment No. 3336), to create 
additional tax relief for businesses. Subsequently, the point of order 
that the amendment was in violation of section 311 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the amendment was ruled out of 
order.                                  
Pages S986-92, S995-96, S997-98
  By 38 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 35), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to the emergency provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Burr Amendment 
No. 3390 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide an emergency benefit of 
$250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in

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2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such 
year, to provide an offset using unobligated stimulus funds. 
Subsequently, the Chair sustained a point of order against Burr 
Amendment No. 3390 (to Amendment No. 3336) as being in violation of the 
Pay-As-You-Go provision in S. Con. Res. 13, the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2010, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                         Pages S1006-09
  By 47 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 36), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, with respect to Reid (for Sanders) Modified 
Amendment No. 3353 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide an emergency 
benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 
2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such 
year. Subsequently, the Chair sustained a point of order against Reid 
(for Sanders) Modified Amendment No. 3353 (to Amendment No. 3336), as 
being in violation of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 of the 110th 
Congress, and the amendment thus fell. 
                              Pages S974-76, S978-80, S992-95, S1009-10
  By 60 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 39), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
Act of 2010, with respect to Baucus Amendment No. 3336, in the nature 
of a substitute. Thus, the point of order raised was not sustained. 
                                                         Pages S1011-12
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
March 4, 2010.                                               
Page S1113
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Elizabeth M. Harman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.
  Lillian A. Sparks, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of the 
Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
  Paul R. Verkuil, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Administrative 
Conference of the United States for the term of five years.
  Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, of California, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as the United States Representative to the 
UN Human Rights Council.
  Laura E. Kennedy, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on 
Disarmament.
  Julie Simone Brill, of Vermont, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for the term of seven years from September 26, 2009.
  Edith Ramirez, of California, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 2008.             
Page S1113
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Scott M. Matheson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Tenth Circuit.
  Kenneth J. Gonzales, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Michael C. Ormsby, of Washington, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Washington for the term of four years.
  Willie Ransome Stafford III, of North Carolina, to be United States 
Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of four 
years.
  James L. Taylor, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Labor.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                         Pages S1113-23
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S1016-17
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1017
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1017
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1017
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1018-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1019-32
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1015-16
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S1032-S1112
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1112
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1112-13
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1113
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--39) 
                                                Pages S998-99, S1009-12
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:57 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1113.)

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