[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 45 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Monday, March 16, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3097-S3122
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 595-
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  Page S3113
Measures Considered:
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act: Senate 
resumed 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. 
                                                         Pages S3101-10
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 73 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 99), 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.                                   
Page S3109
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 17, 2009.           
Page S3122
Nomination--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the nomination of Thomas L. Strickland, of 
Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife, sent to the 
Senate by the President on March 12, 2009, be jointly referred to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources.                                       
  Page S3122
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gary Locke, of Washington, to be Secretary of Commerce.
  Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy.
  Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Kim N. Wallace, of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Demetrios J. Marantis, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director of National Drug 
Control Policy.
  Ladda Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).     
Page S3122
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3113
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3113-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3115-21
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3112-13
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3121-22
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3122
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--99)   
  Page S3109
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3122.)