[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 73 (Monday, June 6, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D563-D564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, June 6, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6075-S6114
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1161-1172, and S. Res. 160.               
  Pages S6100-01
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Archbishop Iakovos: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 149, honoring the life 
and contributions of His Eminence, Archbishop Iakovos, former 
archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South 
America, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S6111-12
  Frist (for Snowe) Amendment No. 765, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S6111
  National Safety Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 160, designating June 
2005 as ``National Safety Month''.                           
  Page S6112
Nomination Considered: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination 
of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit.                        
  Page S6112
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 
that the time until 12 noon be equally divided for debate; following 
which, a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination will 
occur.                                                       
Page S6112
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John M. Reich, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Thrift 
Supervision for a term of five years.
  Marcus C. Peacock, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Kevin I. Fromer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz 
Republic.
  Katherine Hubay Peterson, of California, Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to 
Republic of Botswana.
  Charles A. Ford, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras.
  John Ross Beyrle, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Bulgaria.
  Alan W. Eastham, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malawi.
  John R. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge 
of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen 
years.
  Henry Louis Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                    
Pages S6112-14
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  John M. Reich, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Thrift 
Supervision for a term expiring October 23, 2007, vice James Gilleran, 
term expired, which was sent to the Senate on May 25, 2005. 
                                                             Page S6114
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S6098
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6098
Measures Placed on Calendar:                         
  Pages S6098, S6111
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S6098-S6100
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6101-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6102-11
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6096-98
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6111

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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6111
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:38 p.m. until 
9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, June 7, 2005. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6112.)