The Senate is convened.

The vote was 48-36, the motion to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment,

Boxer Amendment #4825 to S. 3036, fails.

(Vote results will be posted here within an hour.)

• Spoke on the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy.

• Spoke on Global Warming.
  • SUMMARY "we have the opportunity and the obligation to write global warming policy that is sustainable, equitable, beneficial domestically and globally both environmentally and economically. we can do that. we can write a bill to do that"

• Spoke on the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• Spoke in appreciation of departing staff.

• Spoke on Global Warming
  • SUMMARY "we've stood around with our head in the sand for quite some time and it's important that we get busy. it is important that we get busy in making a difference in changing our culture in many ways in order to be better equipped to deal with the problems that we have in this environment"

The Senate stands in recess until 11:30 AM.

• Spoke on the Office of Legal Counsel.
  • SUMMARY "after this, i began to refer to whatever it is that the office of legal counsel has now become as bush's little shop of legal horrors"

• Spoke on the anniversary of the invasion of Normandy and the GI Bill.
  • SUMMARY "it's exactly what our new g.i. bill does. our bill closes the gap between the cost of college and the amount that the veteran pays for their education."

• Spoke on the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
• Spoke on the Climate Tax Bill.
  • SUMMARY "i wasn't very interested in supporting a cloture petition that would then prevent me from having the amendments considered by the senate as we move forward to finish the piece of legislation. so that represents my few of why i would not support cloture"

• Spoke on gas prices and oil speculation.
  • SUMMARY "the price of that oil on the world market continues to go higher and higher, much over and above what normal supply and demand would cause the price to be."

• Spoke on gas prices.
  • SUMMARY "i'm going to file cloture on the most important piece of legislation dealing with gas prices that we've done in some time. so, mr. president, we, as i've indicated, heard the republicans speak at length about the problem of high gas prices. in doing so, they follow the lead of the majority, who have been not just speaking about high gas prices for months but now working to find some solutions"
• Filed a cloture petition on the motion to proceed to S. 3044.
• Monday --
  • We will convene at 3:15 PM on Monday.
  • We will have no roll call votes on Monday.
  • We will proceed immediately to S. 3044.

The Senate stands adjourned until 3:15 PM Monday.