[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 44 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D254-D255]
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                                           Thursday, March 12, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3035-3096
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 576-594, and S. Res. 74-75.   
  Pages S3073-74
Measures Reported:
  S. 49, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                               
Page S3073
Measures Passed:
  Omnibus Indian Advancement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 338, to amend the Omnibus 
Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal 
land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in 
trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land, 
and the bill was then passed.                                
  Page S3091
  Bennett Freeze: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 39, to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 
93-531, commonly known as the ``Bennett Freeze'', and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S3091
  Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland 
as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 10-Year 
Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 60, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of 
the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the 
Republic of Poland as members of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, and the resolution was then agreed to.         
  Page S3091
  Philadelphia Zoo 150th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 75, 
commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Philadelphia 
Zoo: America's First Zoo.                                
  Pages S3091-92
  Authorizing Use of the Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
37, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby.                                   
  Page S3092
Measures Considered:
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act Cloture 
Agreement: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 146, to establish a battlefield acquisition grant 
program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 
of 1812.                                                     
  Page S3096
  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 Thursday, March 12, 2009, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009; provided 
further, that if cloture is invoked, then post-cloture time count as if 
cloture had been invoked at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009, and that 
during any recess or adjournment period, post-cloture time continue to 
run.                                                         
Page S3096
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, March 16, 2009.             
Page S3096
Appointments:
  Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to provisions of Public Law 106-79, 
appointed the following Senators to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission: Senator Bennett.                                 
  Page S3092
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed the 
following Senators as members of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control: Senators Schumer and Whitehouse. 
                                                             Page S3092
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By 65 yeas 28 nays (Vote No. EX. 97), David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to 
be Deputy Attorney General.                              
Pages S3042-51
  By 72 yeas 20 nays (Vote No. EX. 98), Thomas John Perrelli, of 
Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General.              
Pages S3051-54
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas L. Strickland, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish 
and Wildlife.
  Alexander Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.                                        
Page S3096
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3073
Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3073
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3073
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3074-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3075-90
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3072-73
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3090
Authorities for Committees To Meet:                          
  Page S3090
Privileges of the Floor:                                 
  Pages S3090-91
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total 98) 
                                                     Pages S3051, S3054
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3096.)