[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D591-D594]
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                                              Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4165-S4395
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
3407-3424.                                               
  Pages S4211-12
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 469, recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Fulbright 
Program in Thailand.
  S. Res. 532, recognizing Expo 2010 Shanghai China and the USA 
Pavilion at the Expo.
  S. 3248, to designate the Department of the Interior Building in 
Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Stewart Lee Udall Department 
of the Interior Building'', with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S4211
Measures Passed:
  Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 2874, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``Roy Rondeno, 
Sr. Post Office Building''.                                  
  Page S4171
  Zachary Smith Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 3200, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
23 Genesee Street in Hornell, New York, as the ``Zachary Smith Post 
Office Building''.                                           
  Page S4171
  Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building: Senate 
passed H.R. 3250, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the 
``Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S4171
  George Kell Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 3634, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 109 Main Street 
in Swifton, Arkansas, as the ``George Kell Post Office'', clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S4171-72
  E.V. Wilkins Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 3892, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West 
Highway 64 Bypass in Roper, North Carolina, as the ``E.V. Wilkins Post 
Office'', clearing the measure for the President.            
  Page S4171
  Ann Marie Blute Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4017, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 43 Maple 
Avenue in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, as the ``Ann Marie Blute Post 
Office'', clearing the measure for the President.            
  Page S4172
  Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
4095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 9727 Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kansas, as the 
``Congresswoman Jan Meyers Post Office Building'', clearing the measure 
for the President.                                           
  Page S4172
  Sergeant Matthew L. Ingram Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4139, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
7464 Highway 503 in Hickory, Mississippi, as the ``Sergeant Matthew L. 
Ingram Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S4172
  Roy Wilson Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4214, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 45300 Portola 
Avenue in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Roy Wilson Post Office'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S4172
  W.D. Farr Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 4238, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 930 39th 
Avenue in Greeley, Colorado, as the ``W.D. Farr Post Office Building'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S4172
  Martin G. `Marty' Mahar Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4425, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
2-116th Street in North Troy, New York, as the ``Martin G. `Marty' 
Mahar Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S4172
  Captain Luther H. Smith, U.S. Army Air Forces Post Office: Senate 
passed H.R. 4547, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 119 Station Road in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Captain Luther H. Smith, U.S. Army Air

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Forces Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S4172
  Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building: Senate passed 
H.R. 4628, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the 
``Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building'', clearing the 
measure for the President.                                   
  Page S4172
  Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 4840, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1981 Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, as the ``Clarence D. Lumpkin 
Post Office'', after agreeing to the committee amendment, and the title 
amendment.                                                   
  Page S4172
  Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building: Senate passed 
H.R. 5128, to designate the United States Department of the Interior 
Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Stewart Lee 
Udall Department of the Interior Building'', clearing the measure for 
the President.                                               
  Page S4394
  75th Anniversary of the East Bay Regional Park District in 
California: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of H. Con. Res. 211, recognizing the 75th anniversary of 
the establishment of the East Bay Regional Park District in California, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S4394
Measures Considered:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate 
continued 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 S4167-71, S4172-S4206
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 4174, to provide collective bargaining rights for 
public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.                                                
Page S4167
  Sessions/McCaskill Amendment No. 4173, to establish 3 year 
discretionary spending caps.               
Pages S4167, S4169, S4186-87
  Wyden/Grassley Amendment No. 4183, to establish as a standing order 
of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to 
objecting to any measure or matter.                      
Pages S4172-76
  Feingold Amendment No. 4204, to require a plan for safe, orderly, and 
expeditious redeployment of the United States Armed Forces from 
Afghanistan.                                             
Pages S4181-82
  McCain Amendment No. 4214, to provide for the National Guard support 
to secure the southern land border of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S4182-85
  Cornyn Modified Amendment No. 4202, to make appropriations to improve 
border security, with an offset from unobligated appropriations under 
division A of Public Law 111-5.                      
Pages S4185, S4194
  Lautenberg Modified Amendment No. 4175, to provide that parties 
responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 
shall reimburse the general fund of the Treasury for costs incurred in 
responding to that oil spill.                  
Pages S4185-86, S4190-91
  Cardin Amendment No. 4191, to prohibit the use of funds for leasing 
activities in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf. 
                                                         Pages S4193-94
  Kyl/McCain Amendment No. 4228 (to Amendment No. 4202), to appropriate 
$200,000,000 for a law enforcement initiative to address illegal 
crossings of the Southwest border, with an offset.           
Page S4194
  Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 4232, to pay for the costs of 
supplemental spending by reducing Congress' own budget and disposing of 
unneeded Federal property and uncommitted Federal funds. 
                                                         Pages S4195-96
  Coburn/McCain Amendment No. 4231, to pay for the costs of 
supplemental spending by reducing waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary 
spending within the Federal Government.                  
Pages S4196-97
  Landrieu/Cochran Amendment No. 4179, to allow the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration to create or save jobs by providing 
interest relief on certain outstanding disaster loans relating to 
damage caused by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes or the 2008 Gulf Coast 
hurricanes.                                              
Pages S4200-01
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4180, to defer payments of principal and 
interest on disaster loans relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
                                                             Page S4201
  Landrieu Modified Amendment No. 4184, to require the Secretary of the 
Army to maximize the placement of dredged material available from 
maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels to mitigate the 
impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at 
full Federal expense.                                        
Page S4201
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4213, to provide authority to the Secretary of 
the Interior to immediately fund projects under the Coastal Impact 
Assistance Program on an emergency basis.                
Pages S4201-02
  Landrieu Amendment No. 4182, to require the Secretary of the Army to 
use certain funds for the construction of authorized restoration 
projects in the Louisiana coastal area ecosystem restoration program. 
                                                             Page S4202

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  Landrieu Amendment No. 4234, to establish a program, and to make 
available funds, to provide technical assistance grants for use by 
organizations in assisting individuals and businesses affected by the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.       
                                                         Pages S4202-03
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the committee-
reported substitute amendment to the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Thursday, May 27, 2010.                
                                                             Page S4197
  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 the 
committee-reported substitute amendment.                     
                                                             Page S4197
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 
26, 2010.                                                    
                                                             Page S4395
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Pursuant to the order 
of May 20, 2010, the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate to H.R. 4173: Senators Dodd, 
Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Lincoln, Leahy, Harkin, Shelby, Crapo, Corker, 
Gregg, and Chambliss.
  Subsequently, S. 3217 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S4170
EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, June 10, 
2010, after any Leader time, the Republican Leader, or his designee, be 
recognized to move to proceed to the consideration of S.J. Res. 26, 
disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency 
relating to the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute 
findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the Clean Air 
Act; that there be 6 hours of debate on the motion to proceed to the 
joint resolution, with the time equally divided and controlled between 
Senators Boxer and Murkowski, or their designees; that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, Senate vote on adoption of the motion to 
proceed; that if the motion is successful, then there be 1 hour of 
debate on the joint resolution, divided as described above; that upon 
the use or yielding back of that time, the joint resolution be read a 
third time, and Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution; 
provided that if the motion to proceed is defeated, then no further 
motion to proceed to the joint resolution be in order; provided 
further, that no amendment or motion on the subject of EPA greenhouse 
gas regulations or relating to the endangerment finding be in order 
prior to consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 26, with 
no amendments in order to the joint resolution, and will all other 
provisions of the statute governing consideration of the joint 
resolution remaining in effect during the pendency of this agreement. 
                                                         Pages S4394-95
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  R. Booth Goodwin II, of West Virginia, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  Kerry Joseph Forestal, of Indiana, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years.
  John Dale Foster, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  Gary Michael Gaskins, of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal 
for the Northern District of West Virginia for the term of four years.
  Dallas Stephen Neville, of Wisconsin, to be United States Marshal for 
the Western District of Wisconsin for the term of four years. 
                                                     Pages S4394, S4395
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Corporation for National and Community Service, which was sent to the 
Senate on February 22, 2010, from the Senate Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.                           
Page S4395
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S4209-10
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4210
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S4210, S4394
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4210-11
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4211
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4212-13
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4213-24
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4209
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4224-39
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4238-39
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4239
Text of H.R. 4173 as Previously Passed:               
  Pages S4239-S4394

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4395.)