[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D210-D212]
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                                             Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1273-S1319
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3089-3093, and S. Res. 448-450.               
  Page S1311
Measures Reported:
  S. 649, to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by 
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the 
Federal Communications Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-159)
  S. 592, to implement the recommendations of the Federal 
Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM 
service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
111-160)                                                     
Page S1311
Measures Passed:
  Majority Party Membership: Senate agreed to S. Res. 450, to 
constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for 
the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are 
chosen.                                                      
  Page S1318
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act: Senate passed H.R. 3433, to 
amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish 
requirements regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of 
wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that 
Act, clearing the measure for the President.                 
  Page S1318
  Volunteers in Service to America 45th Anniversary: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 449, celebrating Volunteers in Service to America on its 45th 
anniversary and recognizing its contribution to the fight against 
poverty.                                                 
  Pages S1318-19
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 S1284-86, S1288-S1303
Adopted:
  Baucus Amendment No. 3429 (to Amendment No. 3336), to provide an 
explanation of the budgetary effects of legislation considered by the 
Senate.                                                      
Page S1285
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 44), Coburn Amendment No. 
3358 (to Amendment No. 3336), to require the Senate to be transparent 
with taxpayers about spending.                       
Pages S1284, S1285
  Lincoln Modified Amendment No. 3401 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
improve a provision relating to emergency disaster assistance. 
                                                  Pages S1285, S1288-91
  Reid Amendment No. 3417 (to Amendment No. 3336), to temporarily 
modify the allocation of geothermal receipts.     
Pages S1285, S1288-91
  Baucus (for Isakson/Cardin) Further Modified Amendment No. 3430 (to 
Amendment No. 3336), to modify the pension funding provisions. 
                                        Pages S1285, S1288-91, S1302-03
  Baucus (for Merkley) Modified Amendment No. 3372 (to Amendment No. 
3336), to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant market-
related contract extensions of certain timber contracts between the 
Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers.         
Pages S1288-91
  Baucus (for Warner/Crapo) Modified Amendment No. 3442 (to Amendment 
No. 3336), to ensure adequate planning and reporting relating to the 
use of funds made available under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009.                                
Pages S1288-91
  Baucus (for Whitehouse) Modified Amendment No. 3365 (to Amendment No. 
3336), to require the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the 
causes of job losses in New England and the Midwest over the past 20 
years and to suggest possible remedies.                  
Pages S1288-92
  Baucus (for Rockefeller) Modified Amendment No. 3371 (to Amendment 
No. 3336), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain 
expiring provisions.                                     
Pages S1288-92
  Baucus Amendment No. 3451 (to Amendment No. 3336), to make technical 
changes.                                                 
Pages S1288-92

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Withdrawn:
  Lieberman Amendment No. 3381 (to Amendment No. 3336), to reauthorize 
the DC opportunity scholarship program.                  
Pages S1292-93
Pending:
  Baucus Amendment No. 3336, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                            Pages S1284-86, S1288-S1303
  Baucus (for Webb/Boxer) Modified 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 S1285
  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. 
                                                             Page S1285
  McCain/Graham Amendment No. 3427 (to Amendment No. 3336), to prohibit 
the use of reconciliation to consider changes in Medicare.   
Page S1285
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 45 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 section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, FY08 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Reid (for Murray/
Kerry) Further Modified Amendment No. 3356 (to Amendment No. 3336), to 
extend the TANF Emergency Fund through fiscal year 2011 and to provide 
funding for summer employment for youth. Subsequently, the pay-as-you-
go point of order that the amendment would cause or increase an on-
budget deficit for either of the applicable time periods set out in S. 
Con. Res. 21, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                  Pages S1284, S1285-86
  By 66 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 46), 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 Baucus Amendment No. 3336, 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S1292
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, and 
all post-cloture time be considered expired, and upon disposition of 
the pending amendments, no further amendments or motions be in order; 
the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; Senate then vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the bill, as amended; that if cloture 
is invoked, then all post-cloture time be yielded back, and Senate vote 
on passage of the bill.                                      
Page S1303
Harding Nomination Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the nomination of Robert A. Harding, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, received by the Senate on 
Monday, March 8, 2010, be referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation; that upon the reporting out or discharge 
of the nomination, it then be referred to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs for a period not to exceed 30 
calendar days; that if the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs has not reported the nomination at that time, then 
the Committee be discharged and the nomination be placed on the 
Executive Calendar.                                          
  Page S1318
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cheryl A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2014.
  Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2015.
  Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., of Alabama, to be a Member of the National 
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2014.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.            
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Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S1309
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1309-11
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1311-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1312-16
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1308-09
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1316-17
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1317
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1317-18
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--46) 
                                               Page S1285, S1286, S1292
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:46 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1319.)

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