[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 68 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D506]
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                                                    Friday, May 14, 2004

[[Page D506]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5487-S5501
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2424-2425, and S. Res. 363.
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Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Developments in Aging: 2001 and 2002, Volume 1 
and Volume 2''. (S. Rept. No. 108-265)
  S. 2424, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect the retirement security of 
American workers by ensuring that pension assets are adequately diversified 
and by providing workers with adequate access to, and information about, 
their pension plans. (S. Rept. No. 108-266)
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Measures Passed:
  World Food Prize Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 363, designating October 
16, 2004, as ``World Food Prize Day''.
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Cooke Nomination--Cloture Motion Filed: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Marcia G. Cooke, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida.
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of May 14, 2004, a 
vote on cloture will occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, May 18, 2004. 
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5499-S5500
Additional Statements:
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:50 a.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, May 17, 2004. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S5500-01.)