Volume 154, No. 100 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D753-D754 on June 17, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5669-S5705
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3141-
3144.
Page S5697
Measures Passed:
Juneteenth Independence Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 584, recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S5703-04
National Men's Health Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 585, supporting National Men's Health Week, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S5704
Measures Considered:
Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6049, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief.
Pages S5678-80, S5681-82
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 150), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
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Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill (listed above) failed.
Page S5682
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
Page S5705
House Messages:
Diesel Emission Reduction: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 2146, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, clearing the measure for the President.
Pages S5704-05
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notification of the designation of Shara L. Aranoff as Chairman and Daniel Pearson as Vice Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, effective June 17, 2008; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-52)
Page S5690
Messages from the House:
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Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S5690
Executive Communications:
Page S5690
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S5690-97
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S5697-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S5699-S5703
Additional Statements:
Pages S5689-90
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Privileges of the Floor:
Page S5703
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--150)
Pages S5682
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:51 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5705.)
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