Senate - February 8, 2007
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| Senate - February 8, 2007 - week 6 | |
| 110th - United States Congress | |
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| Senate Majority Leader | Harry Reid |
| Minority Leader | Mitch McConnell |
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This is the Daily Summary of the actions in United States Senate in the 110th United States Congress for February 8, 2007 during week 6 of the 1st term of this Congress. For a summary of the actions in the House click here, and for Congress as a whole on this date, click here.
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On the Floor
- Schedule
- Harry Reid (Majority Leader) on the days schedule
- Mitch McConnell (Minority Leader) speaks on XXXX
- Morning Business
- Legislative Session
In the Committees
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations met at 9:15 a.m. to hold a hearing on the fiscal year 2008 budget request for international affairs.
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs met at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a business meeting to consider pending legislative business, and was followed immediately by an oversight hearing on diabetes in Indian Country, with particular focus on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians. For additional information contact the Indian Affairs Committee at 224-2251.
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of the hearing was to receive testimony on issues relating to labor, immigration, law enforcement, and economic conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of the hearing was to evaluate the present and future of public safety communications.
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing at 10 a.m. in SH-216.
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary met to conduct a markup on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226. It considered the following:
- Nomination of Norman Randy Smith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
- Nomination of Marcia Morales Howard, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
- Nomination of John Alfred Jarvey, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
- S. 188 To revise the short title of the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, Salazar;
- S. 214 To amend chapter 35 of title 28, To Preserve the Independence of U.S. Attorneys, Feinstein;
- S. 316 The Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, Kohl, Grassley, Leahy, Schumer, Feingold
- S. 236 The Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007, Feingold, Sununu, Leahy, Akaka, Kennedy.
- S.Res. 23 National School Counseling Week, Murray;
- S.Res. 36 Honoring women's health advocate Cynthia Doles Dailard, Snowe;
- S.Res. 37 Designating March 26, 2007 as National Support the Troops Day, Stabenow;
- S.Con.Res. 5 Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, Obama.
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met at 11:30 a.m. to mark up an original bill entitled "Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007."
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence met at 2:30 p.m. and held a closed hearing.
Resources
See also
References
External Links
- The United States Senate - Offical Gov. Site
- Recent bills introduced in Congress - THOMAS
