[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D687-D688]
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                                            Thursday, June 17, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5051-S5140
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3501-3510, S.J. Res. 33, and S. Res. 560.        
  Page S5112
Measures Passed:
  Proposed Constitution of the United States Virgin Islands: Senate 
passed S.J. Res. 33, to provide for the reconsideration and revision of 
the proposed constitution of the United States Virgin Islands to 
correct provisions inconsistent with the Constitution and Federal law. 
                                                         Pages S5138-40
House Messages:
  American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act: Senate continued 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to 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 S5054-65, S5071-98
Withdrawn:
  Thune/McConnell Modified Amendment No. 4376 (to Amendment No. 4369), 
in the nature of a substitute.                           
Pages S5055-65
Pending:
  Baucus motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Baucus Amendment No. 4369 (to 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill), 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S5054
  Coburn Amendment No. 4331 (to Amendment No. 4369), to pay for the 
cost of this act by reducing wasteful, inefficient, excessive and 
duplicative government spending.                         
Pages S5076-77
  Casey/Brown (OH) Amendment No. 4371 (to Amendment No. 4369), to 
provide for the extension of premium assistance for COBRA benefits. 
                                                         Pages S5077-82
  LeMieux Amendment No. 4300 (to Amendment No. 4369), to establish an 
expedited procedure for consideration of a bill returning spending 
levels to 2007 levels.                                   
Pages S5082-84
  DeMint motion to refer the House Message to accompany H.R. 4213, to 
the Committee on Finance with instructions.              
Pages S5084-96
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 41 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of 
those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected 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, all applicable provisions of those 
Acts and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to Thune/McConnell 
Modified Amendment No. 4376 (to Amendment No. 4369), in the nature of a 
substitute. Subsequently, the Chair sustained a point of order against 
section 701 of Thune/McConnell Modified Amendment No. 4376 (to 
Amendment No. 4369) as being in violation of section 403 of S. Con. 
Res. 13, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, 
and the amendment was withdrawn. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, providing that the waiver, having 
failed, the amendment be withdrawn).                     
Pages S5064-65
  By 56 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 194), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to concur in 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, with Baucus 
Amendment No. 4369 (to the amendment of the House to the amendment of 
the Senate to the bill), in the nature of a substitute.      
Page S5096
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the next 4 
amendments in order to the Baucus motion to concur with an amendment be 
the following and that they be subject to a 60 vote threshold, and that 
if the amendment achieves 60 votes it be agreed; and if the amendment 
does not achieve 60 votes, it be withdrawn; provided that there be 2 
minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to each vote, 
and that after the first vote, succeeding votes be limited to 10 
minutes; provided further, that no intervening amendments be in order 
during the consideration of these amendments: Casey Amendment No. 4371, 
Coburn

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Amendment No. 4331, Whitehouse Modified Amendment No. 4324, and LeMieux 
Amendment No. 4300.                                          
Page S5076
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 
21, 2000, with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by 
the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of 
the Russian Federation; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-63)                          
Page S5111
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Emanuel Boasberg, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Amy Berman Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Sue E. Myerscough, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of Illinois.
  James Thomas Fowler, of Tennessee, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
  Craig Ellis Thayer, of Washington, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Washington for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S5140
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5111
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5111
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5111-12
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5112
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5112-13
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5113-14
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5107-11
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5115-37
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5137
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5137-38
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5138
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--194) 
                                                      Page S5065, S5096
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:38 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m. on Friday, June 18, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5140.)