[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D153-D154]
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                                          Friday, February 13, 2009

[[Page D153]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 1, 
      American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 47, Adjournment Resolution.
      The House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 1, 
      American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2257-S2348
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 434-450, S. Res. 49-50, and S. Con. Res. 7. 
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Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 50, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship.                               
Page S2322
Measures Passed:
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100th 
Anniversary: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 35, honoring and praising 
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the 
occasion of its 100th anniversary.                           
  Page S2347
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 47, providing 
for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.              
  Page S2347
Measures Considered:
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act--Cloture: Senate began 
consideration of S. 160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting 
seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page S2347
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, February 13, 2009, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. 
                                                             Page S2347
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.         
Page S2347
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if the 
cloture is invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill, all post-cloture time be yielded back, the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill be agreed to, and Senate then proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S2347
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill following the reading of Washington's Farewell Address on Monday, 
February 23, 2009.                                           
Page S2348
Conference Reports:
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Conference Report: By 60 yeas 
to 38 nays (Vote No. 64), Senate agreed to the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job 
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency 
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal 
stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. 
                                                      Pages S2288-S2313
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 60 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 63), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
the motion to waive Section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21, FY08 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to Section 5(a) of the 
conference report. Subsequently, a point of order that the emergency 
designation provision in the conference report was in violation of 
section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21, FY08 Congressional Budget 
Resolution, was not sustained.                               
Page S2312

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Appointments:
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The 
Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, 
as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed the following Senators as 
members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(Helsinki) during the 111th Congress: Senators Burr and Wicker. 
                                                             Page S2347
Nomination--Agreement: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Hilda L. Solis, of California, to be Secretary of Labor.     
  Page S2347
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
                                                             Page S2347
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2319
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2319-21
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2321-22
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2322-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2323-46
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2318-19
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2346
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--64) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, under the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 47, at 11:03 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Monday, 
February 23, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S2347-48.)