[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 52 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D325-D326]
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                                           Thursday, March 26, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 1388, Generations Invigorating Volunteerism 
      and Education Act (The Edward M. Kennedy Service Act).


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3817-S3940
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 712-733, and S. Res. 86-88.   
  Pages S3897-98
Measures Passed:
  Generations Invigorating Volunteerism And Education Act: By 79 yeas 
to 19 nays (Vote No. 115), Senate passed H.R. 1388, to reauthorize and 
reform the national service laws, as amended, after taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:               
  Pages S3822-85
Adopted:
  Mikulski (for Ensign) Modified Amendment No. 690 (to Amendment No. 
687), to improve the provisions relating to erroneous or incorrect 
certifications.                                              
Page S3833
  By 56 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 112), Baucus Amendment No. 721 (to 
Amendment No. 687), to express the sense of the Senate regarding the 
Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving. 
                                               Pages S3828-30, S3833-34
  Burr/Mikulski Amendment No. 727 (to Amendment No. 687), to strengthen 
criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable 
populations and for other purposes.                      
Pages S3835-36
  Mikulski (for Warner) Amendment No. 714 (to Amendment No. 687), to 
conduct a study regarding the establishment of a Volunteer Management 
Corps program.                                               
Page S3836
  Mikulksi/Enzi Amendment No. 728 (to Amendment No. 687), of a 
perfecting nature.                                           
Page S3837
  Mikulski Amendment No. 687, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                     Pages S3823, S3848
  Hatch Amendment No. 729, to amend the title.           
Pages S3884-85
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 113), Thune Amendment No. 716 (to 
Amendment No. 687), to express the sense of the Senate regarding the 
Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving. 
                                              Pages S3823, S3828, S3834
  Vitter Amendment No. 705 (to Amendment No. 687), to prohibit ACORN, 
or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving 
assistance under this Act. (By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 114), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)                  
Pages S3830-33, S3834-35
Withdrawn:
  Burr Amendment No. 722 (to Amendment No. 687), to strengthen criminal 
history checks for participants in national service programs working 
with vulnerable populations.                      
Pages S3826-28, S3835
Cloture Motions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the cloture motions relative to Mikulski Amendment No. 
687, and the bill, be withdrawn.                             
  Page S3844
  Congratulating Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears Basketball Team: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 85, congratulating the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears 
for winning the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics 
Men's Basketball National Championship, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                               
  Pages S3938-39
  Honoring the Life of Dr. John Hope Franklin: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
88, honoring the life of Dr. John Hope Franklin.             
  Page S3939
Filing of Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that on Friday, March 27, 2009, the Committee on 
the Budget be permitted to file the committee-reported concurrent 
resolution on the budget between the hours of 11 a.m., to 1 p.m. 
                                                             Page S3939
Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 11 a.m., on Monday, March 30, 2009, Senate begin

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consideration of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal 
year 2010.                                                   
  Page S3939
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Steven Elliot Koonin, of California, to be Under Secretary for 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four 
years.
  Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration.
  Luis C. de Baca, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking, with rank of Ambassador at Large.
  T. Michael Kerr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2009.
  Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2012.            
Page S3940
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S3895-96
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3896
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S3896
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3896-97
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3897
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3898-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S3899-S3934
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3894-95
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3934-37
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3937
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3937-38
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3938
Text of S. Res. 37, as Previously Agreed to:                 
  Page S3938
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--115) 
                                                  Pages S3834-35, S3848
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 11 a.m. on Monday, March 30, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3939-40.)