[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 2, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D66-D68]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, February 2, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S431-S498
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 255-261, and S. Res. 36-40.                
  Pages S481-82
Measures Passed:
  National Women and Girls in Sports Day: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 30, celebrating 
February 2, 2011, as the 25th anniversary of ``National Women and Girls 
in Sports Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.       
  Page S492
  National Stalking Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 36, 
raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by designating 
January 2011 as ``National Stalking Awareness Month''.    
  Pages S492-93
  Catholic Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 37, recognizing the 
goals of Catholic Schools Week and honoring the valuable contributions 
of Catholic schools in the United States.                     
  Page S493
  100th Anniversary of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 38, congratulating Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on its 100th 
anniversary.                                                  
  Page S493
  Congratulating the Auburn University Football Team: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 39, congratulating the Auburn University football team for 
winning the 2010 Bowl Championship Series National Championship. 
                                                              Page S493
  Congratulating the University of Akron Men's Soccer Team: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 40, congratulating the University of Akron men's 
soccer team on winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association 
Division I Men's Soccer Championship.                         
  Page S494
Measures Considered:
  FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act--
Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 223, to modernize the 
air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and 
availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide 
modernization of the air traffic control system, reauthorize the 
Federal Aviation Administration, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S434-77
Adopted:
  Stabenow Amendment No. 9, to repeal the expansion of information 
reporting requirements for payment of $600 or more to corporations. 
                                                      Pages S434,  S474
Withdrawn:


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  On page D66, February 2, 2011, the following language appears: 
Adopted: Stabenow Amendment No. 9 . . . Page S474
  
  Withdrawn: By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 7) . . . Page S474


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  By 44 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 7), Levin Amendment No. 28, to repeal 
the expansion of information reporting requirements under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, be withdrawn).                         
Pages S471-74
Pending:
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 8, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes. 
                                                          Pages S475-77
During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
    action:
  By 81 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 8), 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, the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, and 
section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and all 
applicable sections of those Acts and applicable budget resolutions, 
with respect to Stabenow Amendment No. 9, (listed above). The point of 
order that the amendment was in violation of section 311 of S. Con. 
Res. 70, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, 
was not sustained.                                            
Page S474
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 9), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010, and all applicable sections of those Acts and applicable budget 
resolutions, with respect to McConnell Amendment No. 13, to repeal the 
job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Subsequently, a 
point of

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order that the amendment was in violation of section 311 of S. Con. 
Res. 70, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009 
was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.               
Pages S474-75
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
February 3, 2011.                                             
Page S494
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group: The Chair, announced on 
behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to provisions of S. Res. 105 
(adopted April 13, 1989), as amended by S. Res. 149 (adopted October 
15, 1993), as amended by Public Law 105-275 ( adopted October 21, 
1998), further amended by S. Res. 75 (adopted March 25, 1999), amended 
by S. Res. 383 (adopted October 27, 2000), and amended by S. Res. 355 
(adopted November 13, 2002), and further amended by S. Res. 480 
(adopted November 21, 2004), further amended by S. Res. 625 (adopted 
December 6, 2006) and further amended by S. Res. 715 (adopted November 
28, 2008), and amended by S. Res. 706 (adopted December 22, 2010), the 
appointment of the following Senators as members of the Senate National 
Security Working Group for the 112th Congress: The Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), who will serve in his capacity as President pro tempore 
of the Senate


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  On page D67, February 2, 2011, the following language appears: 
Senate National Security Working Group: The Chair . . . (adopted 
October 21, 1998), further amended by S. Res. 75 (adopted March, 
1999)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Senate National 
Security Working Group: The Chair . . . ( adopted October 21, 
1998), further amended by S. Res. 75 (adopted March 25, 1999)


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  The Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) as Democratic Co-Chairman
  The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) as Democratic Co-Chairman
  The Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) as Democratic Co-
Chairman
  The Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin)
  The Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson)
  The Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin)
  The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), and
  The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) as Majority Administrative 
Co-Chairman.                                                  
Page S494
  The Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 83-420, as amended by 
Public Law 99-371, appointed the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) to the 
Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University.                    
  Page S494
  United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by 
Public Law 97-84 and Public Law 106-292, appointed and reappointed the 
following Senators to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council for 
the 112th Congress:
  The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey (reappointment)
  The Honorable Bernard Sanders of Vermont (reappointment), and
  The Honorable Richard J. Durbin of Illinois (appointment). 
                                                              Page S494


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D67, February 2, 2011, the following language appears: 
The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey (reappointment) 
The Honorable Bernard Sanders of Vermont (reappointment), and The 
Honorable Richard J. Durbin of Illinois. Page S494
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The Honorable 
Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey (reappointment) The Honorable 
Bernard Sanders of Vermont (reappointment), and The Honorable 
Richard J. Durbin of Illinois (appointment). Page S494


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as amended 
by Public Law 99-7, appointed the following Senators as members of the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe during the 112th 
Congress:
  The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland (Co-Chairman)
  The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island
  The Honorable Tom Udall of New Mexico
  The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and
  The Honorable Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.            
Page S494
  U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276n, appointed the 
following Senator as Chairman of the U.S-China Interparliamentary Group 
conference during the 112th Congress:
  The Honorable Patty Murray of Washington.                   
Page S494
  U.S.-Japan Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to Section 5 of Title I of Division H of Public Law 
110-161, appointed the following Senator as Chairman of the U.S.-Japan 
Interparliamentary Group conference for the 112th Congress:
  The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii.                   
Page S494
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as Chairman to the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary 
Group conference for the 112th Congress:
  The Honorable Tom Udall of New Mexico.                      
Page S494
  U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Section 154 of Public Law 108-199, 
appointed the following Senator as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to 
the U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group Conference during the 112th 
Congress:
  The Honorable E. Benjamin Nelson of Nebraska.               
Page S494

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  British-American Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of 
the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appointed the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) as Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the 
British-American Interparliamentary Group conference during the 112th 
Congress.                                                     
  Page S494
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report concerning the ratification 
of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, (the ``New 
START Treaty''); which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations. (PM-4)                                             
Page S480
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  Arvo Mikkanen, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Oklahoma.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  4 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  23 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Navy, and Public 
Health Service.                                           
Pages S495-98
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S480-81
Petitions and Memorials:                                      
  Page S481
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S482-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S483-88
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S479-80
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S488-91
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S491-92
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S492
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--9) 
                                                          Pages S474-75
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 3, 2011. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S495.)