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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1247-D1248 on Sept. 24, 2007.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 1495,
Water Resources Development Act.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine proceedings, pages S11967-S12012
Measures Introduced: One bill and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2086, and S. Res. 326-329.
Page S12002
Measures Reported:
H.J. Res. 43, increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. (S. Rept. No. 110-184)
Page S12002
Measures Passed:
Condemning Assassination of Antoine Ghanem: Senate agreed to S. Res. 328, condemning the assassination on September 19, 2007, of Antoine Ghanem, a member of the Parliament of Lebanon who opposed Syrian interference in Lebanon.
Pages S12010-11
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 50th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 329, congratulating Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Pages S12011-12
Water Resources Development Act--Conference Report: By 81 yeas and 12 nays (Vote No. 347), Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 1495, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States.
Pages S11974-96
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, Senate will resume 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.
Page S12012
Nominations confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Ted Poe, of Texas, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.
William Delahunt, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.)
Page S12012
Messages from the House:
Page S12002
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S12002
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S12002
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S12002-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S12004-05
Additional Statements:
Pages S12000-02
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S12005-10
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S12010
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S12010
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--347)
Page S11995
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:04 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12012.)
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