[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Thursday, January 6, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met in joint session to count electoral 
      votes.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S35-S76
Measures Submitted: Two resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. Res. 
5-6.                                                           
  Page S66
Measures Passed:
  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 5, 
making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 
109th Congress.                                            
  Pages S39-40
  Minority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 6, 
making minority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 
109th Congress.                                                
  Page S40
  Tsunami Relief Contribution Tax Deductibility: Senate passed H.R. 
241, to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash 
contributions for the relief of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. 
                                                      Pages S39, S56-57
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 2, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.               
  Page S68
Objection to Presidential Electoral Vote Certificate From Ohio: By 1 
yea to 74 nays (Vote No. 1), the objection to the Presidential 
electoral votecertificate from the State of Ohio was not sustained. 
                                                           Pages S41-56
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, an Agreement between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation 
extending the agreement on Mutual Fisheries Relations of May 31, 1999; 
referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as 
modified by the order of April 11, 1986; which was referred to the 
Committees on Foreign Relations; andCommerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-1)                                         
Page S62
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 
Navy.                                                      
Pages S68-76
Messages From the House:                                   
  Pages S62-63
Executive Communications:                                  
  Pages S63-66
Executive Reports of Committees:                               
  Page S66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                
  Pages S66-67
Additional Statements:                                     
  Pages S60-62
Authority for Committees to Meet:                          
  Pages S67-68
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--1)      
  Page S56
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and, in accordance with the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 2, adjourned at 5:20 p.m., until 3 p.m., on 
January 20, 2005.                                              
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