[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 41 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D229-D230]
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                                              Monday, March 9, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2873-S2917
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 544-554, S. Res. 69-71, and S. Con. Res. 10. 
                                                          Page S2909-10
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report of the Select Committee on 
Intelligence for the 110th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 111-6) 
                                                             Page S2909
Measures Passed:
  National Reading Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 69, designating 
March 2009 as ``National Reading Month'' and authorizing the collection 
of nonmonetary book donations in Senate office buildings during the 
period beginning March 9, 2009 and ending March 27, 2009 from Senators 
and officers and employees of the Senate to assist elementary school 
students in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.            
  Page S2874
  Relative to Robert Levinson: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 4, calling on the 
President and the allies of the United States to raise the case of 
Robert Levinson with officials of the Government of Iran at every level 
and opportunity, and urging officials of the Government of Iran to 
fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson 
and to share information on the investigation into the disappearance of 
Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Pages S2915-16
  Congratulating Sailors: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 10, 
congratulating the Sailors of the United States Submarine Force upon 
the completion of 1,000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) 
deterrent patrols.                                       
  Pages S2916-17
Measures Considered:
Omnibus Appropriations Act: Senate resumed 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 S2874-S2903
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 86) McCain Amendment No. 593, to 
prohibit the use of certain funds provided in the bill. 
                                           Pages S2874, S2895-98, S2900
  By 34 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 87) Kyl Amendment No. 630, to require 
a report on counter-smuggling efforts in Gaza. 
                                 Pages S2874, S2889, S2890-92, S2900-01
  By 39 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 88) 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.           
Pages S2874-81, S2892-95, S2901
  By 42 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 89) Enzi Amendment No. 668, to 
prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas. 
                                     Pages S2883, S2899-S2900, S2901-02
  Barrasso (and Enzi) Amendment No. 637, to remove the new application 
fee for a permit to drill.                                   
Page S2902
Pending:
  Ensign Amendment No. 615, to strike the restrictions on the District 
of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.      
Pages S2874, S2878-83
  Kyl Amendment No. 629, to provide that no funds may be used to 
resettle Palestinians from Gaza into the United States. 
                                                     Pages S2874, S2889
  Bunning Amendment No. 665, to require the Secretary of State to issue 
a report on investments by foreign companies in the energy sector of 
Iran.                                                        
Page S2895
  Sessions Amendment No. 604, to extend the pilot program for 
employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 for 
6 years.                                                 
Pages S2898-99
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing the 
remaining amendments be considered and debated and that after all 
debate time has been concluded on the remaining amendments, Senate vote 
in relation to the amendments in a sequence established under a 
subsequent order; that there be two minutes of debate, equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form, prior to a vote in relation

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to each amendment; provided further, that after the first vote in the 
sequence, the remaining vote times be limited to 10 minutes each; 
provided further, that upon disposition of all remaining amendments, 
there then be 30 minutes of debate, equally divided and controlled 
between the Majority and Republican Leaders, or their designees, prior 
to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill; and that upon 
disposition of the amendments and the Senate having 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.                
Page S2903
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 
10, 2008.                                                    
Page S2917
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group: The Chair announced, on 
behalf of the Majority 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, (adopted October 
21, 1998), further amended by S. Res. 75, (adopted March 25, 1999), and 
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 21, 2004), appointed the following Senators as 
members of the Senate National Security Working Group for the 111th 
Congress: Senator Levin, Democratic Co-Chairman, Senator Kerry, 
Democratic Co-Chairman, Senator Lautenberg, Democratic Co-Chairman, 
Senator Dorgan, Senator Durbin, Senator Cardin, and Senator Byrd, as 
Majority Administrative Co-Chairman.                         
  Page S2917
Nomination--Cloture Motion: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General.
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination of 
David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. 
                                                             Page S2903
Nomination--Cloture Motion: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers.
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination of 
Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009.                                   
Page S2903
Nomination--Cloture Motion: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers.
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination of 
Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009.                               
Pages S2903-04
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2909
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2909
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2909
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2910-11
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2911-14
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2908-09
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2915
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2915
Authorities for Committees To Meet:                          
  Page S2915
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2915
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--89) 
                                                         Pages S2900-02
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:20 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2917.)