H.R.4156 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

The bill releases $50 billion and requires orderly and safe redeployment to be completed by 2008 year-end. Some troops would remain.

The Minority offered the motion to recommit the bill and remove most all provisions other than the spending for military needs and the Iraq and Afghanistan Security Forces. The motion was not agreed to by a vote of 192 to 231. The bill then passed 218 to 203 with one voting 'Present'.

SENATE DELIBERATES FARM BILL

Non-germane Amendment Glut May Delay the Bill Until After Holiday Break

HR 2419 To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.

The Senate bill adds approximately $10 billion additional dollars in farm subsidies, including disaster relief expansions for a few states. Conservation programs are expanded and the estate tax break is extended to farmers and ranchers.

SENATE FOLLOWS HOUSE TO PASS HEAD START CONFERENCE REPORT

H.R.1429 To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes. 95 to 0

SEVERAL HOUSE BILLS ADDRESS INTERNET THREATS TO CHILDREN

H.R.1593 To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes.

H.R.3845 `Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats to Our Children Act of 2007'

H.R.719 To require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes.

HOUSE TO CONSIDER MORTGAGE REFORM BILL

H.R.3915 To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes.

HOUSE AGREES TO TRANSPORTATION, HUD CONFERENCE REPORT

H.R.3074 Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.