[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 74 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D546-D547]
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                                               Monday, May 17, 2010

[[Page D546]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3793-S3847
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3378-3381, and S. Res. 532-533.                  
  Page S3831
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Budget Allocation to 
Subcommittees of Budget Totals''. (S. Rept. No. 111-191)
  S. 3378, to authorize health care for individuals exposed to 
environmental hazards at Camp Lejeune and the Atsugi Naval Air 
Facility, to establish an advisory board to examine exposures to 
environmental hazards during military service. (S. Rept. No. 111-189)
  S. 1214, to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United 
States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to 
improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-190)
  S. 2868, to provide increased access to the General Services 
Administration's Schedules Program by the American Red Cross and State 
and local governments. (S. Rept. No. 111-192)            
Pages S3830-31
Measures Passed:
  National Foster Care Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 533, recognizing 
National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about 
the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging 
Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the 
foster care system.                                      
  Pages S3846-47
Measures Considered:
Restoring American Financial Stability Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 3217, to promote the financial stability of the 
United States by improving accountability and transparency in the 
financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American 
taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive 
financial services practices, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S3801-19
Adopted:
  Dodd (for Rockefeller/Hutchison) Modified Amendment No. 3758 (to 
Amendment No. 3739), to preserve the authority of the Federal Trade 
Commission.                                       
Pages S3802, S3806-08
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 152), Cornyn/Vitter 
Amendment No. 3986 (to Amendment No. 3739), to protect United States 
taxpayers from paying for the bailouts of foreign governments. 
                                                  Pages S3802-03, S3810
  Udall (CO) Amendment No. 4016 (to Amendment No. 3739), to improve 
consumer notification of numerical credit scores used in certain 
lending transactions.                                
Pages S3802, S3810
  Dodd (for Bond) Amendment No. 4056 (to Amendment No. 3739), to 
improve section 412 and section 926.    
Pages S3811-12, S3812-14, S3817
Pending:
  Reid (for Dodd/Lincoln) Amendment No. 3739, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S3801-19
  Brownback Further Modified Amendment No. 3789 (to Amendment No. 
3739), to provide for an exclusion from the authority of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection for certain automobile manufacturers. 
                                                  Pages S3801-02, S3814
  Brownback (for Snowe/Pryor) Amendment No. 3883 (to Amendment No. 
3739), to ensure small business fairness and regulatory transparency. 
                                                             Page S3802
  Specter Modified Amendment No. 3776 (to Amendment No. 3739), to amend 
section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow for a 
private civil action against a person that provides substantial 
assistance in violation of such Act.                         
Page S3802
  Dodd (for Leahy) Amendment No. 3823 (to Amendment No. 3739), to 
restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business 
of health insurance to protect competition and consumers.    
Page S3802
  Whitehouse Modified Amendment No. 3746 (to Amendment No. 3739), to 
restore to the States the right to protect consumers from usurious 
lenders.                                   
Pages S3802, S3803-04, S3808

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  Dodd (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 3884 (to Amendment No. 3739), to 
improve appropriate limitations on affiliations with certain member 
banks.                                                   
Pages S3808-09
  Cardin Amendment No. 4050 (to Amendment No. 3739), to require the 
disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. 
                                               Pages S3814-17, S3817-19
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the Reid (for Dodd/
Lincoln) Amendment No. 3739, (listed above), and, in accordance with 
the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote 
on cloture will occur on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.            
Page S3811
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Reid (for 
Dodd/Lincoln) Amendment No. 3739, (listed above).            
Page S3811
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 47 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 151), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having not 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 Crapo Amendment No. 4020 (to 
Amendment No. 3739), to limit further bailouts of Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac, to enhance the regulation and oversight of such 
enterprises. 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 S3804-06, S3809-10
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, May 18, 
2010, and that there be 30 minutes for debate with respect to Gregg 
Amendment No. 4051, prior to a vote; with the time equally divided and 
controlled between Senators Dodd and Gregg, or their designees; that 
upon the use of yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to 
the amendment, with no amendment in order to the amendment prior to the 
vote; that the Gregg amendment be subject to an affirmative 60 vote 
threshold; and if the amendment achieves that threshold, then it be 
agreed to; that if it does not achieve that threshold, then it be 
withdrawn; provided that the following be the next first-degree 
amendments in order: Corker amendment, with Senator Carper side-by side 
to the Corker amendment; provided further, that the filing deadline for 
first-degree amendments be 12 noon on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. 
                                                     Pages S3819, S3847
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  John S. Pistole, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security.                                           
Page S3847
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3821
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3821
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S3821
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3821-30
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S3831
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3833-34
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3820-21
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3834-46
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3846
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3846
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--152) 
                                                  Pages S3809-10, S3810
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3847.)