[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 66 (Friday, May 1, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D485-D486]
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                                                Friday, May 1, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4999-S5043
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 951-960, and S. Res. 125.                    
  Pages S5013-14
Measures Considered:
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Senate continued consideration 
of S. 896, to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit 
availability, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                              
  Pages S4999-S5011
Pending:
  Dodd/Shelby Amendment No. 1018, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S4999-S5011
  Corker Amendment No. 1019 (to Amendment No. 1018), to address safe 
harbor for certain servicers.                                
Page S4999
  Vitter Amendment No. 1016 (to Amendment No. 1018), to authorize and 
remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program.                               
Page S4999
  Vitter Amendment No. 1017 (to Amendment No. 1018), to provide that 
the primary and foundational responsibility of the Federal Housing 
Administration shall be to safeguard and preserve the solvency of the 
Administration.                                              
Page S4999
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, 
May 4, 2009, and that at 5 p.m., there be 30 minutes of debate, equally 
divided and controlled between Senators Dodd and Vitter, or their 
designees, to debate concurrently Vitter Amendments No. 1016 (to 
Amendment No. 1018) and 1017 (to Amendment No. 1018) (listed above); 
provided that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on or in relation to the 
amendments in the order listed above; that no amendments be in order to 
either amendment prior to a vote on or in relation thereto; with 2 
minutes of debate, equally divided and controlled, prior to each vote, 
with the second vote being 10 minutes in duration; provided further, 
that other than Dodd/Shelby Amendment No. 1018, the following be the 
only first-degree amendments in order to the bill, and that they be 
subject to second-degree amendments which would be relevant to the 
amendment to which offered; with a managers amendment which has been 
cleared by the Managers and two Leaders, in order and that once it is 
offered, it be agreed to; provided that upon disposition of the listed 
amendments, the substitute amendment, as amended, if amended, be agreed 
to, and Senate vote on passage of the bill: Vitter Amendment No. 1016 
(listed above), Vitter Amendment No. 1017 (listed above), Corker 
Amendment No. 1019 (listed above), Grassley Amendment No. 1020, 
Grassley Amendment No. 1021, Casey Amendment No. 1033, Ensign Amendment 
No. 1034, Kohl Amendment No. 1037, Kerry Amendment No. 1036, Thune 
Amendment No. 1030, Boxer Amendment No. 1035, DeMint Amendment No. 
1026, Isakson Amendment No. 1027, Schumer Amendment No. 1031, Reed 
Amendment No. 1039, Feingold Amendment No. 1032, Reed Amendment No. 
1040, and Boxer Amendment No. 1038.                          
Page S5011
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist 
Financing, Department of the Treasury.
  Russlynn Ali, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights, Department of Education.
  Carmel Martin, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, 
Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education.
  Charles P. Rose, of Illinois, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Education.
  Peter Cunningham, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Outreach, Department of Education.
  Brian Vincent Kennedy, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
  T. Michael Kerr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  John D. Trasvina, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.

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  Helen R. Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Gabriella Cecilia Gomez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
  Thomasina Rogers, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2015.
                                                     Pages S5042, S5043
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury.                                             
Page S5043
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5013
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S5014
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5014-27
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5013
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5027-42
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5042
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 2:39 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5043.)