[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 62 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D451-D452]
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                                             Monday, April 27, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4725-S4763
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 899-902, and S. Res. 114.                        
  Page S4755
Measures Passed:
  Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act: Senate passed H.R. 
1626, to make technical amendments to laws containing time periods 
affecting judicial proceedings, clearing the measure for the President.
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Measures Considered:
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
386, to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, 
financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal 
assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these 
frauds, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S4735-41
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 170), 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 committee-reported 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S4740
  Chair sustained a point of order under Rule XXII, that the following 
amendments were not germane, and the amendments thus fell:
  Reid Amendment No. 984, to increase funding for certain HUD programs 
to assist individuals to better withstand the current mortgage crisis. 
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
  Inhofe Amendment No. 996 (to Amendment No. 984), to amend title 4, 
United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the 
Government of the Untied States.                     
Pages S4735, S4740
  Vitter Amendment No. 991, to authorize and remove impediments to the 
repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
  Boxer Modified Amendment No. 1000, to authorize monies for the 
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to 
audit and investigate recipients of non-recourse Federal loans under 
the Public Private Investment Program and the Term Asset Loan Facility.
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
  Coburn Amendment No. 982, to authorize the use of TARP funds to cover 
the costs of the bill.                               
Pages S4735, S4740
  Thune Amendment No. 1002, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
use any amounts repaid by a financial institution that is a recipient 
of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program for debt 
reduction.                                           
Pages S4735, S4740
  DeMint Amendment No. 994, to prohibit the use of Troubled Asset 
Relief Program funds for the purchase of common stock. 
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
  Coburn Amendment No. 983, to require the Inspector General of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency to investigate and report on the 
activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that may have contributed to 
the current mortgage crisis.                         
Pages S4735, S4740
  Kohl Amendment No. 990, to protect older Americans from misleading 
and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing 
retirement security.                                 
Pages S4735, S4740
  Ensign Amendment No. 1004, to impose certain requirements on public-
private investment fund programs.                    
Pages S4735, S4740
  Ensign Amendment No. 1003 (to Amendment No. 1000), to impose certain 
requirements on public-private investment fund programs. 
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
  Hatch Amendment No. 1007, to prohibit the Department of Labor from 
expending Federal funds to withdraw a rule pertaining to the filing by 
labor organizations of an annual financial report required by the 
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. 
                                                     Pages S4735, S4740
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 12 noon, on Tuesday, April 28, 
2009, Senate return to Legislative Session to resume consideration of 
S. 386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, and that upon passage of 
the bill, Senate

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then return to Executive Session to resume consideration of the 
nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, to be Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.                                                    
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Pearlie S. Reed, of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  Thomas R. Lamont, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  John D. Porcari, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Catherine Radford Zoi, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy).
  William F. Brinkman, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Anne Castle, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs).
  Daniel Benjamin, of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.
  Robert Orris Blake, Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for South Asian Affairs.
  Phyllis Corrine Borzi, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  David Heyman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security.                              
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S4725, S4752
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4752-54
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S4754-55
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4755
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4755-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4756-63
Additional Statements:                                       
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--170) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4763.)