[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D43-D44]
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                                         Thursday, January 15, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator-Elect Roland Burris, of Illinois, was administered the 
      oath of office by the Vice President.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S401-S631
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 251-273, and S. Res. 14.           
  Page S598
Measures Passed:
  Lands Bill: By 73 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 3), Senate passed S. 22, 
to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in 
the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S419-S557
Adopted:
  Bingaman/Murkowski Amendment No. 23, to improve the bill.   
Page S419
  Bingaman/Murkowski Amendment No. 24, to make certain technical 
corrections.                                                  
Page S419
Withdrawn:
  Reid Amendment No. 15, to change the enactment date.        
Page S419
  Reid Amendment No. 16 (to Reid Amendment No. 15), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S419
  During consideration of this measure on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 
Senate also took the following action:
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid 
Amendment No. 17, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was 
invoked on the bill.                                          
Page S419
  Reid Amendment No. 18 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), of a perfecting nature, fell when the motion to recommit 
fell.                                                         
Page S419
  Reid Amendment No. 19 (to Reid Amendment No. 18), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 18 fell.                 
Page S419
  Senate Staff Transition Funding: Senate agreed to S. Res. 14, to 
provide funding for Senate staff transitions.                 
  Page S630
  Ralph Regula Federal Office Building and Courthouse: Senate passed S. 
273, to require the designation of the federally occupied building 
located at McKinley Avenue and Third Street, S.W., Canton, Ohio, as the 
``Ralph Regula Federal Office Building and Courthouse''.      
  Page S630
Measures Failed:
  Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Obligations Disapproval 
Resolution: By 42 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 5), Senate rejected S.J. 
Res. 5, relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency 
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.              
  Pages S559-63, S565-87
Measures Considered:
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of S. 
181, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or 
other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time 
compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation 
decision or other practice, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to 
consideration thereto, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                         
  Pages S588-90
Pending:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 25, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S588
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 72 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 4), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion

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to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.                                                 
Pages S557-59
Senator Salazar Farewell Remarks--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that on Friday, January 16, 2009, 
Senator Salazar be recognized to speak in order to give his farewell 
remarks.                                                      
  Page S631
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared on January 23, 1995, 
with respect to foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle 
East peace process; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-3)                            
Page S597
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2009 National Drug Control 
Strategy; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM-4) 
                                                              Page S597
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency relating to Cuba and of the emergency authority 
relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels; 
which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-5)                                               
Page S597
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agreement Between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian 
Federation on Mutual Fisheries Relations; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-6)                    
Pages S597-98
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Tax Convention with Malta (Treaty Doc. No. 111-1).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                          Pages S630-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S598-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S599-S628
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S596-97
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S628-29
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S629-30
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S630
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--5) 
                                                 Pages S430, S559, S587
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:32 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S631.)