[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 9 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D49]
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                                        Wednesday, February 2, 2005

[[Page D49]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House of Representatives and Senate met in Joint Session to 
      receive the President's State of the Union message.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S833-S908
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 257-271, S. Res. 34-35, and S. Con. Res. 9. 
                                                              Page S886
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 34, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  S. Res. 35, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
Page S886
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 39, providing 
for an adjournment of the House of Representatives.
  Page S908
Nomination: Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Alberto 
R. Gonzales, of Texas, to be Attorney General.
  Pages S834-73
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination following 2 hours of morning business 
on Thursday, February 3, 2005.
Page S908
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint 
session to be held tonight, Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at 9 p.m. 
                                                          Pages S907-08
Messages from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on February 2, 2005; which was ordered to lie 
on the table. (PM-2)
Pages S878-81
Messages From the House:
  Pages S881-82
Measures Referred:
  Page S882
Executive Communications:
  Pages S882-86
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S886-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Page S887
Additional Statements:
  Pages S878-S907
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S907
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 10:07 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, February 3, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S908.)