[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D79-D80]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, February 10, 2005

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 5, Class Action Fairness Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1219-S1310
Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 341-368, S. J. Res. 3, and S. Res. 47-48. 
                                                         Pages S1259-60
Measures Reported:
  S. 288, to extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk 
health insurance pools, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 306, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic 
information with respect to health insurance and employment, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S1259
Measures Passed:
  Class Action Fairness Act: By 72 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 9), Senate 
passed S. 5, to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of 
interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members 
and defendants, after taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S1225-52
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 8), Feingold Amendment No. 12, to 
establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions 
to remand cases that have been removed to Federal court. 
                                                     Pages S1225, S1232
Withdrawn:
  Durbin (Modified) Amendment No. 3, to preserve State court procedures 
for handling mass actions.
Page S1225
  National School Counseling Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 37, designating the 
week of February 7 through February 11, 2005, as ``National School 
Counseling Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S1308-09
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 12 noon on Monday, February 14, 2005, the Senate 
begin consideration of the nomination of Michael Chertoff, of New 
Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, and that the nomination 
be debated for up to 6 hours; that at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, February 
15, 2005, Senate resume consideration of the nomination, that the time 
until 4 p.m, be equally divided for debate, and that at 4 p.m., the 
Senate then proceed to a vote on the nomination.
  Page S1309
Appointments:
  United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by Public Law 97-84, 
and Public Law 106-292, appointed the following Senators to the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Council for the 109th Congress:
  Senators Hatch, Collins, and Coleman.
Page S1309
  United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, 
as amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications 
specified under section 1238(b)(3)(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon 
the recommendation of the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
chairmen of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate 
Committee on Finance, appointed the following individual to the United 
States-China Economic Security Review Commission:
  Thomas Donnelly, of Maryland, for a term expiring December 31, 2006. 
                                                             Page S1309
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Allen Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist of the United States. 
                                                             Page S1310
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Robert B. Zoellick, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State. 
                                                             Page S1310
Executive Communications:
  Pages S1258-59

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Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S1259
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S1261
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1261-S1308
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1257-58
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1308
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S1308
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--9) 
                                                     Pages S1232, S1249
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 4:57 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, February 14, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1309.)