[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D811-D812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                  Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator-designate Carte Goodwin, of West Virginia, was administered 
      the oath of office by the Vice President.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6001-S6038
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3616-3620, and S. Res. 586-588.                   
  Pages S6024-25
Measures Passed:
  Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act: Senate passed S. 3250, to 
provide for the training of Federal building personnel.           
  Page S6036
  Commemorating the 2010 Special Olympics: Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 584, 
commemorating the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                                
  Pages S6036-37
  Recognizing the Impacts of the British Petroleum Oil Spill: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 588, recognizing the economic and environmental impacts of the 
British Petroleum oil spill on the people of the Gulf Coast and their way of 
life and urging British Petroleum to give all due consideration to offers of 
assistance, products, or services from the States directly impacted by the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.                                      
  Page S6037
House Messages:
  American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
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 S6010-21
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of 
the Senate 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.                                                   
Pages S6010-11
  Reid Amendment No. 4426 (to Amendment No. 4425), to change the enactment 
date.                                                             
Page S6011
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion to 
reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on June 30, 2010, was 
agreed to.                                                        
Page S6011
  By 60 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 209), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on the motion 
to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate 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 S6011
  Reid motion to refer in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions, Reid 
Amendment No. 4427, to provide for a study, fell when cloture was invoked on 
the motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4425 (listed above). 
                                                                  Page S6011
  Reid Amendment No. 4428 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4427) of the 
motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 4427, 
fell.                                                             
Page S6011
  Reid Amendment No. 4429 (to Amendment No. 4428), of a perfecting nature, 
fell when Reid Amendment No. 4428 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 
4427)), fell.                                                     
Page S6011
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on 
Wednesday, July 21, 2010; provided that the time during any period of 
recess, adjournment, and morning business count post-cloture.     
Page S6037
Swearing in of Senator Goodwin: Senator-designate Carte Goodwin, of West 
Virginia, was sworn in to fill the vacancy created by the death of the late 
Senator Robert C. Byrd.                                           
  Page S6010
Messages from the House:                                          
  Page S6024
Measures Referred:                                                
  Page S6024
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                                  
  Page S6024
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                         
  Page S6024

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Executive Communications:                                         
  Page S6024
Executive Reports of Committees:                                  
  Page S6024
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S6025-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Pages S6026-27
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S6023-24
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S6027-34
Notices of Intent:                                            
  Pages S6034-35
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Pages S6035-36
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                               
  Page S6036
Privileges of the Floor:                                          
  Page S6036
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--209)       
  Page S6011
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:57 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S6037-38.)