[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 49 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D338-D339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, March 31, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2207-S2252
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2787-2790, and S. Res. 490-492.
  Page S2231
Measures Passed:
  Committee Membership: Senate agreed to S. Res. 492, amending the 
majority party's membership on the Select Committee on Ethics for the 
remainder of the 110th Congress.
  Page S2250
  World Water Day: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 478, supporting the goals and ideals 
of ``World Water Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S2250
  National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 484, designating March 
25, 2008, as ``National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S2250-51
New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer 
Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax 
Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that at approximately 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy independence 
and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon 
emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean 
renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, 
and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy 
conservation, that the motion to reconsider be agreed to, and that the 
time until 2:30 p.m. be equally divided and controlled between the two 
Leaders, with the Majority Leader controlling the final seven and a 
half minutes; provided further, that at 2:30 p.m., Senate vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.
  Page S2250
Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the order of the Senate of 
December 19, 2007 with respect to S. 1974, to make technical 
corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, be vitiated 
and that the bill remain at the desk.
  Page S2250
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Elisse Walter, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2012.
  Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 
2010.
  Christopher R. Wall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Lily Fu Claffee, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Commerce.
  Tyler D. Duvall, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation 
for Policy.
  Kameran L. Onley, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  A. Ellen Terpstra, of New York, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador.
  Miguel R. San Juan, of Texas, to be United States Executive Director 
of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three years.
  Philip Thomas Reeker, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Macedonia.
  Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
  Constance S. Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2011.
  Anne Rader, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Katherine O. McCary, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2009.

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  Lisa Mattheiss, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  John H. Hager, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2009.
  Marvin G. Fifield, of Utah, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2011.
  Marvin G. Fifield, of Utah, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2008.
  Kristen Cox, of Utah, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2009.
  Chad Colley, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Victoria Ray Carlson, of Iowa, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Tony J. Williams, of Washington, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2009.
  John R. Vaughn, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2010.
  Renee L. Tyree, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2009.
  Michael E. Leiter, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence.
  29 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of General.
  36 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.
Pages S2251-52
Messages from the House:
  Page S2229
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S2229
Executive Communications:
  Page S2229-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2231-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2234-37
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2226-28
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S2237-38
Text of S. Con. Res. 70, as Previously Passed
  Pages S2238-50
Recess: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and recessed at 5:39 p.m., until 10 
a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2251.)