[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 58 (Friday, May 12, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D479]
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                                               Friday, May 12, 2006

[[Page D479]]


                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4507-S4527
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2796-2798, and S. Res. 476.
  Page S4523
Measures Passed:
  Supporting Haiti: Senate agreed to S. Res. 476, supporting democracy, 
development, and stabilization in Haiti.
  Pages S4526-27
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act--Agreement:
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 2 p.m. on 
Monday, May 15, 2006, Senate begin consideration of S. 2611, to provide 
for comprehensive immigration reform.
Page S4527
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Uttam Dhillon, of California, to be Director of the Office of 
Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
  Marc L. Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Agriculture.
  Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Research, Education, and Economics.
  Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Linda Avery Strachan, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Timothy Anthony Junker, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
  Patrick Carroll Smith, Sr., of Maryland, to be United States Marshal 
for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S4527
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S4527
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S4523
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4523
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4523-26
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S4526
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 12:42 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, May 15, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4527.)