[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 158 (Saturday, December 4, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1154]
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                                         Saturday, December 4, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8513-S8538
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 4009. 
                                                             Page S8537
Measures Passed:
  Arlington National Cemetery: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 3860, to require reports on 
the management of Arlington National Cemetery, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8535-36
  McCaskill Amendment No. 4734, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8535-36
  Office of the Architect of the Capitol: Committee on Rules and 
Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6399, 
to improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S8537-38
House Messages:
  Airport and Airway Extension Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 4853, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend 
authorizations for the airport improvement program, taking action on 
the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:   
  Pages S8514-30
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4727 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment), to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S8514
  Reid Amendment No. 4728 (to Amendment No. 4727), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S8514
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Finance, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 4729, to 
provide for a study.                                         
Page S8514
  Reid Amendment No. 4730 (the instructions) Amendment No. 4729), of a 
perfecting nature.                                           
Page S8514
  Reid Amendment No. 4731 (to Amendment No. 4730), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S8514
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 258), 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 Reid motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4727 (to the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment) (listed above).                            
Page S8529
  By 53 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 259), 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 Reid Amendment No. 
4728 (to Amendment No. 4727) (listed above).             
Pages S8529-30
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S8536-37
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S8513, S8537
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8537
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S8537
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S8536
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S8537
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--259) 
                                                         Pages S8529-30
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:15 a.m. and adjourned at 12:18 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, December 6, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8538.)