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D239
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
 Routine Proceedings, pages S2661–S2757
Measures Introduced:
Eleven bills and four resolu-tions were introduced, as follows: S. 621–631, S.J.Res. 7–9, and S. Res. 82.
PagesS2734–35
Measures Passed:
Welfare Reform Extension Act:
Senate passedH.R. 1160, to reauthorize the Temporary Assistancefor Needy Families block grant program through June 30, 2005, clearing the measure for the Presi-dent.
PageS2754
Concurrent Budget Resolution:
Senate continuedconsideration of S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth thecongressional budget for the United States Govern-ment for fiscal year 2006 and including the appro-priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and2007 through 2010, taking action on the followingamendments proposed thereto:
PagesS2661–S2728
Adopted:By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 46),Graham Modified Amendment No. 152, to expressthe sense of the Senate regarding the urgent need forlegislation to ensure the long-term viability of theSocial Security program.
PagesS2686–92
By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 48), DeMintAmendment No. 150, to express the sense of theSenate that failing to address the financial conditionof Social Security will result in massive debt, deepbenefit cuts and tax increases.
PagesS2685–86,S2692–93
Rejected:By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 47), ConradAmendment No. 144, to ensure that 75-year sol-vency has been restored to Social Security beforeCongress considers new deficit-financed legislationthat would increase mandatory spending or cut taxes.
PagesS2668–76,S2680–85,S2692
By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 49), NelsonAmendment No. 145, to express the sense of theSenate that Congress should reject any Social Secu-rity plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massiveincrease in debt.
PagesS2676–78,S2693
By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 50), StabenowAmendment No. 147, to protect the American peo-ple from terrorist attacks by providing the necessaryresources to our firefighters, police, EMS workersand other first-responders by restoring $1,626 billionin cuts to first-responder programs.
PagesS2678–80,S2693–94
Pending:Byrd Amendment No. 158, to provide adequatefunding of $1.4 billion in fiscal year 2006 to pre-serve a national intercity passenger rail system.
PagesS2694–S2706
Cantwell Amendment No. 168, to strike section201(a)(4) relative to the Arctic National WildlifeRefuge.
PagesS2716–20
Akaka Amendment No. 149, to increase veteransmedical care by $2.8 billion in 2006.
PagesS2720–24
Ensign Amendment No. 171, to increase veteransmedical care by $410,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.
PagesS2724–28
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro-viding for further consideration of the resolution at9 a.m., on Wednesday, March 16, 2005, and thatSenator Feinstein be recognized for up to 20 min-utes; that Senator Specter be recognized to offer anamendment relative to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on which there will be 45 minutesfor debate equally divided; that following that de-bate, the Senate begin 90 minutes of debate equallydivided in relation to the Cantwell Amendment No.168 (listed above); that there then be 45 minutesequally divided for debate relative to Ensign Amend-ment No. 171 (listed above) and Akaka AmendmentNo. 149 (listed above); and that at 1 p.m., the Sen-ate vote on, or in relation to, certain amendments.
PageS2755
Appointments:
President’s Export Council:
The Chair, pursuantto Executive order 12131, as amended, appointedthe following Members to the President’s ExportCouncil: Senators Baucus and Dorgan.
PageS2754
National Council on the Arts:
The Chair, on be-half of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public
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Law 105
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63, announced the appointment of the fol-lowing individual to serve as members of the Na-tional Council on the Arts: Senator Leahy, vice Sen-ator Reid.
PageS2754
Nominations Received:
Senate received the fol-lowing nominations: James H. Bilbray, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commis-sion.Philip Coyle, of California, to be a Member of theDefense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr., United StatesNavy, Retired, of Virginia, to be a Member of theDefense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. James V. Hansen, of Utah, to be a Member of theDefense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.General James T. Hill, United States Army, Re-tired, of Florida, to be a Member of the DefenseBase Closure and Realignment Commission. (Posi-tion)Claude M. Kicklighter, of Georgia, to be a Mem-ber of the Defense Base Closure and RealignmentCommission.Samuel Knox Skinner, of Illinois, to be a Memberof the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Com-mission.Brigadier General Sue Ellen Turner, United StatesAir Force, Retired, of Texas, to be a Member of theDefense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
PageS2757
Messages From the House:
PagesS2732
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33
Measures Referred:
PageS2733
Executive Communications:
PagesS2733
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34
Executive Reports of Committees:
PageS2734
Additional Cosponsors:
PageS2735
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
PagesS2735
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46
Additional Statements:
PagesS2730
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32
Amendments Submitted:
PagesS2746
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53
Authority for Committees to Meet:
PagesS2753
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54
Privilege of the Floor:
PageS2754
Record Votes:
Five record votes were taken today.(Total
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50)
PagesS2691
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94
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., andadjourned at 10:06 p.m., until 9 a.m., on Wednes-day, March 16, 2005. (For Senate
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s program, see theremarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today
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sRecord on page S2755.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:
Com-mittee concluded a hearing to examine school nutri-tion programs, focusing on the elimination of re-duced price meals, the Summer Food Service Pro-gram, and nutrition education and promotion, afterreceiving testimony from Senator Dole; Dora Rivas,Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas;Annette Bomar Hopgood, Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta; Karen Johnson, Child NutritionPrograms, Yuma, Arizona, on behalf of the SchoolNutrition Association; and Ruth Jonen, Hoffman Es-tates, Palatine, Illinois.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OFVETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Mili-tary Construction and Veterans
’
Affairs concluded ahearing to examine proposed budget estimates forfiscal year 2006 for the Department of Veterans Af-fairs, after receiving testimony from R. James Nich-olson, Secretary, Jonathan B. Perlin, Acting UnderSecretary for Health, Veterans
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Health Administra-tion, Vice Admiral Daniel L. Cooper (USN Ret.),Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Ad-ministration, Richard A. Wannemacher, ActingUnder Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cem-etery Administration, Tim McClain, General Coun-sel, and Rita A. Reed, Deputy Assistant Secretary forBudget, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OFLABOR
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Labor,Health, and Human Services, Education, and RelatedAgencies concluded a hearing to examine proposedbudget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Depart-ment of Labor, after receiving testimony from ElaineL. Chao, Secretary of Labor.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Trans-portation, Treasury, Judiciary and Housing andUrban Development concluded a hearing to examineproposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 forthe Department of Transportation, after receivingtestimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation.
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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OFENERGY
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Energyand Water concluded a hearing to examine proposedbudget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Officeof Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Of-fice of Science, and the Office of Nuclear Energy,Science and Technology in the Department of En-ergy, after receiving testimony from David Garman,Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy, Raymond L. Orbach, Director,Office of Science, and William D. Magwood, IV, Di-rector, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Tech-nology, all of Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: MILITARYSTRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded ahearing to examine military strategy and operationalrequirements from combatant commanders in reviewof the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year2006, after receiving testimony from General Bantz J. Craddock, USA, Commander, U.S. Southern Com-mand; and Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN,Commander, U.S. Northern Command.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded ahearing to examine the nomination of Anthony Jo-seph Principi, of California, to be a Member of theDefense Base Closure and Realignment Commission,after the nominee testified and answered questions inhis own behalf.
HERITAGE AREA BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Sub-committee on Nationals Parks concluded a hearingto examine S. 175, to establish the Bleeding Kansasand Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Herit-age Area, S. 322, to establish the Champlain ValleyNational Heritage Partnership in the States of Vermont and New York, S. 323, to authorize theSecretary of the Interior to study the suitability andfeasibility of designating the French Colonial Herit-age Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of theNational Park System, and S. 429, to establish theUpper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area inthe State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after receiving testimony from JanetSnyder Matthews, Associate Director, Cultural Re-sources, National Park Service, Department of theInterior; James Baker, Missouri Department of Nat-ural Resources, St. Genevieve; Judy Billings, KansasChamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bu-reau, Lawrence; Ronald D. Jones, Upper HousatonicValley National Heritage Area, Inc., Salisbury, Con-necticut; Ann Cousins, Preservation Trust of Vermont, Burlington; John W. Cosgrove, Alliance of National Heritage Areas, Scranton, Pennsylvania;and J. Peyton Knight, American Policy Center, andAmerican Land Rights Association, Warrenton, Vir-ginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concludeda hearing to examine the nomination of Howard J.Krongard, of New Jersey, to be Inspector General,Department of State, after the nominee answeredquestions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concludeda hearing to examine the nominations of Joseph R.DeTrani, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassadorduring his tenure of service as Special Envoy for theSix Party Talks, John Thomas Schieffer, of Texas, tobe Ambassador to Japan, who was introduced bySenator Hutchison, and Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Statefor East Asian and Pacific Affairs, after each nomineetestified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee ordered fa-vorably reported the nominations of Howard J.Krongard, of New Jersey, to be Inspector General,Department of State, Joseph R. DeTrani, of Virginia,for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks, JohnThomas Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Japan, Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to bean Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pa-cific Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, tobe an Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Sec-retary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, John B.Bellinger, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of theDepartment of State, David B. Balton, of the Dis-trict of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador dur-ing his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Sec-retary of State for Oceans and Fisheries, Rudolph E.Boschwitz, of Minnesota, for the rank of Ambassadorduring his tenure of service as Representative of theUnited States of America on the Human RightsCommission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and promotion lists in the For-eign Service.
NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- fairs:
Subcommittee on Oversight of GovernmentManagement, the Federal Workforce and the Districtof Columbia concluded an oversight hearing to ex-amine ensuring the success of the National Security
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