[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D362-D363]
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                                           Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2145-S2214
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 734-753, and S. Res. 132-134. 
                                                         Pages S2187-88
Measures Passed:
  Parkinson's Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 134, supporting 
the designation of April as Parkinson's Awareness Month. 
                                                         Pages S2213-14
Measures Considered:
  SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                  Pages S2154-81, S2182
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 55), Landrieu (for Coburn) 
Amendment No. 281, to save at least $20 million annually by ending 
federal unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires. 
(Pursuant to the order of April 5, 2011, requiring 60 affirmatives 
votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment was agreed to). 
                                        Pages S2156, S2168-71, S2179-80
  By 64 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 57), Landrieu (for Coburn/Warner) 
Amendment No. 273, to save at least $5 billion by consolidating some 
duplicative and overlapping government programs. (Pursuant to the order 
of April 5, 2011, requiring 60 affirmatives votes for the adoption of 
the amendment, the amendment was agreed to).         
Pages S2156, S2180
  Coburn Amendment No. 184, to provide a list of programs administered 
by every Federal department and agency.           
Pages S2154, S2180-81
  Landrieu (for Coburn) Amendment No. 217, to save at least $8.5 
million annually by eliminating an unnecessary program to provide 
federal funding for covered bridges.              
Pages S2156, S2180-81
Rejected:
  By 7 yeas to 93 nays (Vote No. 51), Landrieu (for Baucus) Amendment 
No. 236, to prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gasses from certain 
sources. (Pursuant to the order of April 5, 2011, requiring 60 
affirmatives votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment was 
not agreed to).                      
Pages S2155-56, S2158-61, S2177-78
  By 7 yeas to 93 nays (Vote No. 52), Landrieu (for Stabenow/Brown 
(OH)) Amendment No. 277, to suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental 
Protection Agency enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt 
American agriculture from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase 
the number of companies eligible to participate in the successful 
Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Program. (Pursuant to the 
order of April 5, 2011, requiring 60 affirmatives votes for the 
adoption of the amendment, the amendment was not agreed to). 
                                                  Pages S2155-56, S2178
  By 12 yeas to 88 nays (Vote No. 53), Landrieu (for Rockefeller) 
Amendment No. 215, to suspend, until the end of the 2-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental 
Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon 
dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with 
respect to motor vehicle emissions. (Pursuant to the order of April 5, 
2011, requiring 60 affirmatives votes for the adoption of the 
amendment, the amendment was not agreed to). 
                                           Pages S2156, S2165, S2178-79
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 54), McConnell Amendment No. 183, to 
prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or 
taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address 
climate change. (Pursuant to the order of April 5, 2011, requiring 60 
affirmatives votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment was 
not agreed to).                  
Pages S2154, S2161-68, S2171-77, S2179
  By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 56), Landrieu (for Inouye) Amendment 
No. 286, to provide for the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to submit recommended rescissions in accordance with the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for Government 
programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions. 
(Pursuant to the order of April 5, 2011, requiring 60

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affirmatives votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment was 
not agreed to).                                      
Pages S2157, S2180
Withdrawn:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 244 (to Amendment No. 183), to change the 
enactment date.                                      
Pages S2154, S2179
  Inhofe (for Johanns) Amendment No. 161, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting 
requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property 
and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments. 
                                                     Pages S2154, S2179
Pending:
  Vitter Amendment No. 178, to require the Federal Government to sell 
off unused Federal real property.                            
Page S2154
  Cornyn Amendment No. 186, to establish a bipartisan commission for 
the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government 
spending.                                                    
Page S2154
  Paul Amendment No. 199, to cut $200,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal 
year 2011.                                                   
Page S2154
  Sanders Modified Amendment No. 207, to express the sense of the 
Senate that Social Security benefits for current and future 
beneficiaries should not be cut and that the Social Security program 
should not be privatized as part of any legislation to reduce the 
Federal deficit.                                     
Pages S2154, S2157
  Hutchison Amendment No. 197, to delay the implementation of the 
health reform law in the United States until there is final resolution 
in pending lawsuits.                                         
Page S2154
  Pryor Amendment No. 229, to establish the Patriot Express Loan 
Program under which the Small Business Administration may make loans to 
members of the military community wanting to start or expand small 
business concerns.                                           
Page S2154
  Landrieu (for Cardin) Amendment No. 240, to reinstate the increase in 
the surety bond guarantee limits for the Small Business Administration.
                                                             Page S2182
  Landrieu (for Snowe) Amendment No. 253, to prevent fraud in small 
business contracting.                                    
Pages S2182-83
  Maiden Speech--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that Senator Hoeven be recognized at 12 noon, on 
Thursday, April 7, 2011, for up to 25 minutes to deliver his maiden 
speech to the Senate.                                        
  Page S2214
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  D. Brent Hardt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative 
Republic of Guyana.
  Donald W. Koran, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Rwanda.
  Geeta Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Djibouti.
  Sharon L. Gleason, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Alaska.
  Susan Owens Hickey, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Arkansas.
  Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                     
Page S2214
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, which was 
sent to the Senate on March 14, 2011.                        
Page S2214
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2187
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2188-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S2189-S2212
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S2187
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2212-13
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2213
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--57) 
                   Pages S2177, S2178, S2178-79, S2179, S2179-80, S2180
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and recessed at 7:10 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2214.)