[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 105 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D793-D794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, July 15, 2010

[[Page D793]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4173, 
      Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5869-S5976
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3592-3606, and S. Res. 583-584.               
  Page S5963
Measures Reported:
  S. 3606, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-221) 
                                                         Pages S5963-64
Conference Reports:
  Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: By 60 yeas to 39 nays 
(Vote No. 208), Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 4173, 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, clearing the measure for the President.    
  Pages S5870-S5933
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 60 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 206), 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 conference report to 
accompany the bill.                                          
Page S5880
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 207), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, with 
respect to the conference report. The point of order that the 
conference report was in violation of section 311(b) of S. Con. Res. 
70, 110th Congress, fell.                                
Pages S5932-33
House Messages:
  American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, 
July 20, 2010, Senate resume 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; that the motion to reconsider be agreed to, and Senate vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill with Reid Amendment No. 
4425 (to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill), in the nature of a substitute.                    
  Page S5976
  Small Business Lending Fund Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached that at 3 p.m., on Monday, July 19, 2010, Senate 
resume consideration of H.R. 5297, to create the Small Business Lending 
Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation.                                                    
  Page S5976
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions of 
ratification were agreed to:
  Tax Convention with Malta (Treaty Doc. 111-1) with 1 declaration; and
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with New Zealand (Treaty Doc. 111-3) 
with 1 declaration.                                          
Page S5976
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5960
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5960

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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5870, S5960
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5960, S5976
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5960-62
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S5962-63
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5963
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5964-66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5966-73
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5957-60
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5973-75
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5975
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5975
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5975
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--208) 
                                           Pages S5880, S5932-33, S5933
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, July 19, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5976.)