[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D883]
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                                       Wednesday, September 7, 2005

[[Page D883]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9693-S9739
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1618-1631, and S. Res. 234-235.
  Page S9727
Measures Reported:
  S. 1265, to make grants and loans available to States and other 
organizations to strengthen the economy, public health, and environment 
of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel engines, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-133)
  S. 1021, to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-134) 
                                                             Page S9727
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist: By a unanimous vote of 
95 yeas (Vote No. 222), Senate agreed to S. Res. 234, relative to the 
death of William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States. 
                                                         Pages S9707-08
  Permitting Solicitation of Donations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 235, 
to permit the solicitation of donations in Senate buildings for the 
relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
  Page S9738
Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations--Agreement:A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, 
September 8, 2005, following morning business, Senate begin 
consideration of H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and that the committee-
reported amendment in the nature of a substitute be agreed to as 
original text for the purposes of further amendment with no points of 
order waived.
  Page S9738
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination on 
Friday, July 29, 2005:
  Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador 
to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Page S9739
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9727-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9729-38
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9725-27
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S9738
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--222) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:01 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 8, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S9738-39.)