[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 69 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D527-D528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, May 23, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5715-S5813
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1096-1107, S. Res. 152-153, and S. Con. Res. 36-37. 
                                                             Page S5778
Measures Reported: Report to accompany S. Res. 50, authorizing 
expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2005, 
through September 30, 2005, October 1, 2005, through September 30, 
2006, and October 1, 2006, through February 28, 2007. (S. Rept. No. 
109-70)                                                      
Page S5778
Measures Passed:
  Welcoming President of Afghanistan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 152, 
welcoming His Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, 
and expressing support for a strong and enduring strategic partnership 
between the United States and Afghanistan.                   
  Page S5743
  State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act: Senate 
passed S. 188, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2011 to carry 
out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S5743
  Burns (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 763, to require that certain 
funds are used for correctional purposes.                    
Page S5743
Nomination Considered: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination 
of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit.                         
  Pages S5715-43, S5744-75
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, May 24, 2005; 
provided further, that at 12 noon, Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination.                                   
Page S5807
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 90 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 126), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.                                                    
Page S5747
Appointments:
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, in accordance with 22 U.S.C. 1928a-1928d, as amended, 
appointed the following Senator as Acting Vice Chairman to the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly for the spring meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 
May 2005: Senator Leahy.                                     
  Page S5743
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Tome Luce, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, 
Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education.
  Arlene Holen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring 
August 30, 2010.
  Rod J. Rosenstein, of Maryland, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Maryland for the term of four years.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S5813
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S5778
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5778-80
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S5780-S5807
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5776-77
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5807
Quorum Calls: One quorum call was taken today. (Total--3)    
  Page S5747
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--126) 
                                                             Page S5747


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  On page D527, May 23, 2005, the following entry is missing: 
Record Votes:
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Record Votes: One 
record vote was taken today. (Total--126) Page S5747


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Adjournment: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:13 p.m. 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5807.)

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