[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 117 (Wednesday, August 4, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D905-D906]
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                                          Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6677-S6753
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3697-3707, and S. Res. 606.                   
  Page S6736
Measures Passed:
  Haitian Orphans: Senate passed H.R. 5283, to provide for adjustment 
of status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the United States 
after the Earthquake of January 12, 2010, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S6740
  Landrieu (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 4587, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6740
  General and Special Risk Insurance Funds Availability Act: Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5872, to provide adequate commitment authority 
for fiscal year 2010 for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the 
General and Special Risk Insurance Funds of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, and the bill was then passed.     
  Pages S6740-41
  Single Family Housing Mortgage Insurance: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
H.R. 5981, to increase the flexibility of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development with respect to the amount of premiums charged for 
FHA single family housing mortgage insurance, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S6741
House Messages:
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the amendment of the House 
of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1586, to 
modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, 
reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United 
States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, 
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto:       
  Pages S6678-85
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill), in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6678
  Reid Amendment No. 4576 (to Amendment No. 4575), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S6678
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
actions:
   By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 224), 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 Reid motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, 
with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (to the House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to the bill), in the nature of a substitute.   
Pages S6684-85
  Reid motion to refer the House message on the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4577 (the 
instructions on motion to refer), to provide for a study, was rendered 
out of order with the invocation of cloture on the Reid motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (listed above).       
Page S6678
  Reid Amendment No. 4578 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4577), of 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment 
No. 4577 (listed above), fell.                               
Page S6678
  Reid Amendment No. 4579 (to Amendment No. 4578), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 4578 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 4577) listed above), fell.                    
Page S6678
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 225), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable budget points of order, with 
respect to the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575 
(listed above). Subsequently, the point of order that the

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motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (listed above) was in 
violation of section 404(a) of S. Con. Res. 13, the Fiscal Year 2010 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, was not sustained.      
Page S6685
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11 
a.m., on Thursday, August 5, 2010, Senate continue consideration of the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment to the H.R. 1586; and that all 
post-cloture time be considered expired, except for 20 minutes; with 10 
minutes each under the control of Senators Baucus and DeMint, or their 
designees; that during this period, it be in order to consider the 
DeMint motions to suspend and that they be debated within the 
parameters of the remaining time; that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote with respect to the DeMint motions to suspend in the 
order in which offered; that upon disposition of the motions, Reid 
Amendment No. 4576 (to Amendment No. 4575) (listed above), be 
withdrawn, no further amendments or motions be in order, except the 
pending motion to concur with Reid Amendment No. 4575 (listed above), 
and without further intervening action or debate, Senate vote on the 
motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the 
bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4575; that upon disposition of the House 
message, Senate proceed to Executive session and continue consideration 
of the nomination of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.           
Page S6749
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to Public Law 100-458, Section 114(b)(2)(c), appointed the 
following individual to the Board of Trustees of the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Development, for a term expiring 
2014: Mike Moore of Mississippi, vice William Cresswell.     
  Page S6741
  Board of Trustees of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, 
pursuant to Public Law 100-458, Section 114(b)(2)(c), reappointed 
William F. Winter, of Mississippi, to the Board of Trustees of the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development, for a 
term expiring 2012.                                          
  Page S6741
  Kagan Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice 
of the Supreme Court of the United States. 
                                            Pages S6685-S6728, S6741-49
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that upon 
disposition of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1586, Senate will continue 
consideration of the nomination.                             
Page S6728
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jeffrey Thomas Holt, of Tennessee, to be United States Marshal for 
the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years.
  Steven Clayton Stafford, of California, to be United States Marshal 
for the Southern District of California for the term of four years.
  Paul Charles Thielen, of South Dakota, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                    
Pages S6749-53
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6731
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6731-34
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S6734
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6734-36
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6736-38
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6738-39
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6729-31
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6739
Notices of Intent:                                           
  Page S6739
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6739-40
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--225) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 5, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6749.)