[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 79 (Monday, May 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D586-D587]
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                                               Monday, May 24, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4107-S4163
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3396-3406, and S. Res. 537-539.   
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Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Attempted Terrorist Attack on 
Northwest Airlines Flight 253''. (S. Rept. No. 111-199)
  S. 1562, to provide for a study and report on research on the United 
States Arctic Ocean and for other purposes, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-193)
  S. 2856, to allow the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource 
Sharing Understanding to be considered an international agreement for 
the purposes of section 304(e)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-194)
  S. 3099, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls 
Reservoir. (S. Rept. No. 111-195)
  S. 3100, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Little Wood River 
Ranch. (S. Rept. No. 111-196)
  H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same 
benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa have in their submerged lands. (S. Rept. No. 111-197)
  H.R. 3689, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority 
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial visitor center. (S. Rept. No. 111-198)
  S. 3066, to correct the application of the Non-Foreign Area 
Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 (5 U.S.C. 5304 note) to 
employees paid saved or retained rates.                      
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Measures Passed:
  Telework Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 707, to enhance the 
Federal Telework Program, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
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  Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act: Senate passed S. 2868, to provide 
increased access to the General Services Administration's Schedules 
Program by the American Red Cross and State and local governments. 
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  Alliance with Thailand: Senate agreed to S. Res. 538, affirming the 
support of the United States for a strong and vital alliance with 
Thailand.                                                
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  Prescription Drug Disposal Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
539, designating May 24, 2010, as ``Prescription Drug Disposal 
Awareness Day''.                                             
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Measures Considered:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S4112-30
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 4174, to provide collective bargaining rights for 
public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.
  Sessions/McCaskill Amendment No. 4173, to establish 3-year 
discretionary spending caps.                             
Pages S4122-23
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 25, 
2010.                                                        
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  Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motions with respect to H.R. 4173, to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to

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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 motions to instruct conferees 
proposed thereto:                                        
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Adopted:
  By 60 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 163), Brownback Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that the final conference report include the House 
position relating to the exclusion for motor vehicle dealers from the 
rulemaking, supervisory, enforcement, or other authority granted to the 
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, as such exclusion 
is contained in section 4205 of H.R. 4137, as passed by the House, and 
that the final conference report preserves the additional provisions, 
definitions, and protections provided to such motor vehicle dealers and 
servicemembers and their families in Senate amendment 3789, as further 
modified, to S. 3217.                             
Pages S4130-36, S4138
  By 87 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 164), Hutchison Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to insist that the final conference report ensure that 
proprietary trading restrictions do not prevent insurance company 
affiliates of depository institutions from engaging in such trading as 
part of the ordinary business of insurance, especially insurance 
company affiliates serving military service members and their families, 
as such restrictions would result in higher costs and significant 
inconveniences to those sacrificing in service to our country. 
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Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a legislative proposal relative to an expedited 
procedure to rescind unnecessary spending and to broadly scale back 
funding levels if warranted, together with a sectional analysis; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget. (PM-57)         
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Attorney General.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  8 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Amendments Submitted:                                    
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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
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Privileges of the Floor:                                 
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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--164) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:48 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S4162-
63.)