[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D569]
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                                              Tuesday, June 7, 2005

[[Page D569]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the following appropriations for 
      Fiscal Year 2006: Defense; and Science, The Departments of State, 
      Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6115-S6173
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1173-1193, and S. Res. 161-162.
  Page S6154
Measures Reported:
  S. 714, to amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on junk fax transmissions, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 109-76)
Page S6153
Nomination Considered: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit.
  Pages S6116-46
  By 65 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 130), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S6129
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination on Wednesday, June 8, 2005, with a vote 
on confirmation of the nomination to occur at 5 p.m.
Page S6129
Appointments:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C., 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as a member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
109th Congress: Senator Reed.
  Page S6172
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C., 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
109th Congress: Senators Sessions and Crapo.
  Page S6172
Executive Communications:
  Page S6153
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6154-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6156-71
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6152-53
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S6171-72
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S6172
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--130) 
                                                             Page S6129
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m. and adjourned at 5:20 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 8, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6172.)