[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D353-D354]
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                                             Monday, March 19, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3239-S3289
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 911-918, and S. Res. 111.                    
  Pages S3272-73
Measures Passed:
  Casimir Pulaski: Senate passed S.J. Res. 5, proclaiming Casimir 
Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously. 
                                                             Page S3283
  Commemorating Founding of the American Hellenic Educational 
Progressive Association: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 14, 
commemorating the 85th anniversary of the founding of the American 
Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, a leading association for 
the 1,300,000 United States citizens of Greek ancestry and Philhellenes 
in the United States.                                    
  Pages S3283-84
Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act: Senate began 
consideration of S. 214, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States 
Code, to preserve the independence of United States attorneys, agreeing 
to the committee amendment, which will be considered as original text 
for the purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S3240-66
Pending:
  Kyl Amendment No. 459, to ensure that United States attorneys are 
promptly nominated by the President, and are appointed by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate.                        
Pages S3251-53
  Sessions Amendment No. 460, to require appropriate qualifications for 
interim United States attorneys.                         
Pages S3153-66
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007; that 
there be 90 minutes of debate on the bill and the pending amendments to 
run concurrently with the time equally divided and controlled by the 
Majority and Republican Leaders, or their designees; that upon the use, 
or yielding back of time, but not later than 11:30 a.m., Senate vote 
on, or in relation to, Kyl Amendment No. 459 (listed above), to be 
followed by a vote on, or relation to, Sessions Amendment No. 460 
(listed above); provided further, that upon disposition of all 
amendments, the bill be read a third time, and Senate vote on final 
passage of the bill.                                         
Page S3284
Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate action on 
the amendment (Reid for Biden) Amendment No. 463, of a technical 
nature, to the preamble to H. Con. Res. 20, calling on the Government 
of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, and 
public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland defense 
attorney Patrick Finucane, as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part 
of the Weston Park Agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern 
Ireland peace process, be vitiated.                          
  Page S3283
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.          
Pages S3283, S3289
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Raymond M. Kethledge, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit.
  Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
  Robert James Jonker, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Michigan.
  Paul Lewis Maloney, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Michigan.
  Janet T. Neff, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Michigan.
  Sharion Aycock, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Mississippi.
  David R. Dugas, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Louisiana.
  James Randal Hall, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Georgia.

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  Richard H. Honaker, of Wyoming, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Wyoming.
  Richard A. Jones, of Washington, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Washington.
  Janis Lynn Sammartino, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army.                  
Pages S3284-89
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3268
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3268-72
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3872
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3273-74
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3274-82
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3266-68
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S3282-83
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3283
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 6:46 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3284.)