[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D64]
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                                        Wednesday, January 30, 2008

[[Page D64]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S459-S503
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2572-2581, and S. Res. 437-438.
  Page S492
Measures Passed:
  Printing Authority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 438, authorizing the 
printing with illustrations of a document entitled ``Committee on 
Appropriations, United States Senate, 1867-2008''.
  Page S502
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Robert 
J. Callahan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua. Heather M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ecuador. Barbara J. Stephenson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Panama. William Edward Todd, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to Brunei Darussalam. Elisebeth C. Cook, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General.
  Page S503
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Andrew J. McKenna, Jr., of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years, which was sent to 
the Senate on January 9, 2007.
  Dennis W. Carlton, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers, which was sent to the Senate on August 2, 2007. 
                                                              Page S503
Messages from the House:
  Page S491
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S463-64, S491
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S491
Executive Communications:
  Pages S491-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S492-93
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S493-S502
Additional Statements:
  Pages S489-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S502
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S502
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S502-03.)