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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1240-D1241 on Sept. 21, 2007.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11919-S11965
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2083-2085, and S. Res. 325.
Page S11952
Measures Reported:
S. 2084, to promote school safety, improved law enforcement. (S. Rept. No. 110-183)
Page S11952
Measures Passed:
Ukraine Parliamentary Elections: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 320, recognizing the achievements of the people of Ukraine in pursuit of freedom and democracy, and expressing the hope that the parliamentary elections on September 30, 2007, preserve and extend these gains and provide for a stable and representative government, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S11954
Gang Abatement and Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 456, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S11954-65
Casey (for Feinstein/Hatch) Amendment No. 3022, of a perfecting nature.
Page S11965
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S11919-37
Withdrawn:
By 47 yeas and 47 nays (Vote No. 346), Levin/Reed Amendment No. 2898
(to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, be withdrawn).
Pages S11920-25
Pending:
Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S11920
Warner (for Graham/Kyl) Amendment No. 2064 (to Amendment No. 2011), to strike section 1023, relating to the granting of civil rights to terror suspects.
Page S11920
Kyl/Lieberman Amendment No. 3017 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.
Page S11920
Biden Amendment No. 2997 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.
Pages S11925-37
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
Michael B. Mukasey, of New York, to be Attorney General.
Pages S11945-47, S11965
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S11953
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S11953-54
Additional Statements:
Page S11952
Amendments Submitted:
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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S11954
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--346)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m. and adjourned at 2:24 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S11965.)
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