[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D146-D147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, February 12, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported the Derivatives Markets 
      Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2169-S2256
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and twelve resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 419-433, S.J. Res. 10, and S. Res. 38-48. 
                                                         Pages S2229-30
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  S. Res. 41, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
  S. Res. 42, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. Res. 43, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  S. Res. 44, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  S. Res. 45, authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on 
Aging.
  S. Res. 46, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration.
  S. Res. 47, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation.
  S. 160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the 
State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.              
Pages S2228-29
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating President Abraham Lincoln: Senate agreed to S. Res. 38, 
commemorating the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the 
bicentennial of his birth.                               
  Pages S2169-70
  Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 
234, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the 
``Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building''.        
  Page S2254
  Oregon Statehood Sesquicentennial: Senate agreed to S. Res. 48, 
honoring the sesquicentennial of Oregon statehood.       
  Pages S2254-55
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group for the 111th Congress: The 
Chair announced, on behalf of the Minority Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Res. 105, (adopted April 13, 1989), as amended by S. 
Res. 149, (adopted October 5, 1993), as amended by Public Law 105-275, 
further amended by S. Res. 75, (adopted March 25, 1999), amended by S. 
Res. 383, (adopted October 27, 2000), and amended by S. Res. 355, 
(adopted November 13, 2002), and further amended by S. Res. 480, 
(adopted November 20, 2004), the appointment of the following Senators 
to serve as members of the Senate National Security Working Group for 
the 111th Congress: Senators Cochran (Co-Chairman), Kyl (Administrative 
Co-Chairman), McConnell (Co-Chairman), Lugar, Sessions, Voinovich, and 
Corker.                                                  
  Pages S2255-56
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency.                              
Pages S2253-54, S2256
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S2228
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2228
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S2230
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S2230
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2230-52
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S2252-53
Authorities for Committees To Meet:                          
  Page S2253

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:12 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2256.)