[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1195-D1196] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Wednesday, December 15, 2010 [[Page D1195]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4853, Airport and Airway Extension Act, with an amendment. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S10235-S10309 Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 4027- 4033. Page S10304 Measures Reported: S. 3480, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and other laws to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-368) S. 3297, to update United States policy and authorities to help advance a genuine transition to democracy and to promote recovery in Zimbabwe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-369) Page S10303 Measures Passed: Coast Guard Authorization Act: Senate passed H.R. 6516, to make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010. Page S10308 House Messages: Airport and Airway Extension Act: By 81 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 276), Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 4853, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend authorizations for the airport improvement program, with Reid/McConnell Modified Amendment No. 4753 (to the House amendment to the Senate amendment), in the nature of a substitute, after taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto: Pages S10244-56 Withdrawn: Reid Amendment No. 4754 (to Amendment No. 4753), to change the enactment date. Pages S10244, S10251 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 273), two-thirds of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the Coburn motion to suspend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including any germaneness requirements, for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment no. 4765. Pages S10244-45, S10249-51 By 37 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 274), two-thirds of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the DeMint motion to suspend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment no. 4804. Pages S10247, S10251 By 43 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 275), two-thirds of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the Sanders motion to suspend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the purpose of proposing and considering amendment no. 4809. Pages S10245-46, S10251 Printing Tributes--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the order for the printing of tributes be modified to provide that Members have until sine die of the 111th Congress, 2nd session to submit tributes and that the order for printing remain in effect. Page S10308 Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following executive report of a committee: Report to accompany Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Treaty Doc. 110-19) (Ex. Rept. 111-7). Page S10303 Treaty With Russia on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms: By 66 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 277), Senate [[Page D1196]] agreed to the motion to proceed to executive session to consider Treaty Doc. 111-5, between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol. Page S10261 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that, as if in Executive Session, at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, December 16, 2010, Senate proceed to Executive Session and begin consideration of the treaty, and that the treaty be considered read. Pages S10308-09 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Clyde E. Terry, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2013. 41 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 1 Army nomination in the rank of general. Page S10309 Messages from the House: Page S10302 Executive Communications: Pages S10302-03 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S10303 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S10304-05 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S10305-07 Additional Statements: Page S10302 Amendments Submitted: Pages S10307-08 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S10308 Privileges of the Floor: Page S10308 Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--277) Pages S10251, S10255, S10261 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10309.)