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Cal #841-849, S.3015, S.3082, H.R.3721, H.R.4185, H.R.5168, H.R.5395, H.R.5479, H.R.5517, & H.R.5528, All Post Office Naming bills H.Con.Res.377 Rotunda Use Cal.#443, H.R.3564 Regulatory Improvement Act w/ a Coburn amdt Confirmed the following Executive Calendar #s: 474, 510, 517, 518, 582, 592,...

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Senate stands adjourned.

On the Motion: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Result:...

On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBH Re: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for...

On the Motion: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Result:...

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health...

On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBH Re: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for...

Confirmed Executive Calendar #628, G. Murray Snow, of Arizona, to be US District Judge for the District of Arizona. HR6327, FAA Extension HR5690, African Congress S.2565, Law Enforcement Officers H.R.3986, Kennedy Center H.R.802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, with substitute...

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health...

On the Nomination: Confirmation William T. Lawrence, of Indiana, To Be US District Judge Result: Confirmed (97-0, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation William T. Lawrence, of Indiana, To Be US District Judge Result: Confirmed (97-0, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

H.R.6034, FISA, post cloture. H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriation Senate stands adjourned until 9:45am tomorrow.

H.R.6040, WRDA

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304; A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to...

On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amdt. of the House, Striking Section 1 through Title V and Inserting Certain Language, to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 3221, with an Amdt No. 4983, as Amended; A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-16, 5 members not...

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304; A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to...

On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amdt. of the House, Striking Section 1 through Title V and Inserting Certain Language, to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 3221, with an Amdt No. 4983, as Amended; A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-16, 5 members not...

Resume consideration of the House Message to accompany H.R.3221, Housing Reform. Bond amendment #4987 (Disclosure Requirements), agreed to as modified. Dole amendment #4984, withdrawn.(Appraisal Standards Sununu amendment #4999, agreed to as modified. (Public Housing Agencies) The Senate is now...

Raymond Kethledge, of Michigan, to be US Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. Steven T. Walther, to be a member of the FEC Cynthia Bauerly, to be a member of the FEC Caroline Hunter, to be a member...