[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D588]
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                                              Tuesday, June 8, 2004

[[Page D588]]


                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6595-S6637
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2509-2512, S. Res. 372, and S. Con. Res. 116.    
  Page S6628
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 116, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page S6635
Honoring Former President Reagan--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of a resolution 
relative to the death of former President Reagan, at 11:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 9, 2004, and the Senate then proceed to a vote on the 
resolution.                                                  
  Page S6635
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  A communication from the President of the United States officially 
notifying the Congress of the United States of the death of former 
President Ronald Reagan; which was ordered to lie on the table. (PM--
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Pages S6627-28
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Luis Luna, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three 
years. (New Position)
  Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three 
years. (New Position)
  Charles Graves Untermeyer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Qatar.
  Douglas L. McElhaney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  Aldona Wos, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Estonia.
  William T. Monroe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Bahrain.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy.         
Pages S6635-37
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S6628
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6628-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6630-33
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6626-27
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S6633-34
Authority for Committees To Meet:                            
  Page S6634
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S6634
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:45 a.m., and as a further mark of respect 
to the memory of the late Honorable Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th 
President of the United States, in accordance with S. Res. 371, 
adjourned at 6:10 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 9, 2004. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S6635.)