[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D164]
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                                         Tuesday, February 24, 2009

[[Page D164]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Session to receive a message from 
      the President of the United States.



                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2389-S2432
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 457-467, and S. Res. 53.                      
  Page S2423
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to 
Subcommittees''. (S. Rept. No. 111-4)                        
Page S2423
Measures Considered:
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act: 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, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to 
consideration thereto.                                   
  Pages S2390-99
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 62 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 65), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                               
Pages S2397-98
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 25, 
2009.                                                        
Page S2432
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting an address by the President delivered to a Joint Session 
of Congress on February 24, 2009; which was ordered to lie on the 
table. (PM-8)                                            
Pages S2419-23
Cloture Motion--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Hilda Solis, of California, to be 
Secretary of Labor, be vitiated.
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 80 yeas 17 nays (Vote No. 66), Hilda L. Solis, of California, to 
be Secretary of Labor.                                
Pages S2399-S2412
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2423
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2423
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2423-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2424-31
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2431
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2431
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2432
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--66) 
                                               Pages S2397-98, S2620-21
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:18 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2432.)