[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                         Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S153-S179
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 22-30, 163-166, and S. Res. 9.
  Pages S168-69
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the nominations to the Office of Inspector General, 
except the Office of Inspector General of the Central Intelligence 
Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary 
jurisdiction over the department, agency, or entity, and if and when 
reported in each case, then to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except in 
cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess or 
adjournment, the committee shall have 5 additional calendar days after 
the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination, and that if the 
nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the 
nomination be automatically discharged and placed on the Executive 
Calendar.
  Page S175
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  27 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                          Pages S176-79
Messages from the House:
  Page S167
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S153, S167
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S153-54, S167
Executive Communications:
  Pages S167-68
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S169-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S170-75
Additional Statements:
  Pages S165-67
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S175
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S176.)