[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 40 (Friday, March 6, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D222-D223]
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                                              Friday, March 6, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.J. Res. 38, Continuing Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2855-S2872
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 542-543, and S. Res. 68.                         
  Page S2866
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Resolution: Senate passed H.J. Res. 38, making further 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2009, clearing the measure 
for the President.                                           
  Page S2871
Measures Considered:
Omnibus Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S2856-64
Pending:
  Ensign Amendment No. 615, to strike the restrictions on the District 
of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.                 
Page S2856
  Kyl Amendment No. 631, to require the Secretary of State to certify 
that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not 
be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.        
Page S2860
  Kyl Amendment No. 629, to provide that no funds may be used to 
resettle Palestinians from Gaza into the United States.      
Page S2860
  Kyl Amendment No. 630, to require a report on counter-smuggling 
efforts in Gaza.                                         
Pages S2860-61
  McCain Amendment No. 593, to prohibit the use of certain funds 
provided in the bill.                                        
Page S2861
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. 
                                                             Page S2860
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Monday, March 9, 2009, 
and that the following amendments in this agreement be the only first-
degree amendments remaining in order to H.R. 1105; that no amendment be 
in order to any of the listed amendments prior to a vote in relation 
thereto; that the amendments must be offered and debated Friday, March 
6, 2009; Monday, March 9, 2009; or Tuesday, March 10, 2009; provided 
further, that upon disposition of the amendments, and Senate has voted 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill, and cloture having been 
invoked, all post-cloture time be considered yielded back, the bill be 
read a third time, and Senate vote on passage of the bill: Ensign 
Amendment No. 615, Vitter Amendment No. 621, Sessions Amendment No. 
604, McCain Amendment No. 593, Thune Amendment No. 662, Barrasso 
Amendment No. 637, Enzi Amendment No. 668, Kyl Amendment No. 631, Kyl 
Amendment No. 629, Kyl Amendment No. 630, Kyl or designee amendment 
relative to dues notification, Cornyn Amendment No. 673, and Bunning 
Amendment No. 665.                                           
Page S2860
Continuing Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that if and when the Senate receives from the House 
of Representatives, a joint resolution which provides for the 
continuation of government funding until Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 
that if it is identical to the measure which is at the desk, it be 
considered read three times, passed and the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table; that if it is not identical, then this order be 
null and void.                                               
  Page S2860
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2866
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2866
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2866, S2870
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S2866
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2866-70
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2865-66
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2870

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:34 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2871.)