[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D622-D623]
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                                              Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5911-S5984
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1161-1165, and S. Res. 164-166.               
  Page S5943
Measures Passed:
  Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th Anniversary: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 137, 
recognizing and commending the people of the Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the park, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                   
  Pages S5980-81
  End of Communist Rule in Poland 20th Anniversary: Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
139, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the end of communist rule in 
Poland, and the resolution was then agreed to.               
  Page S5981
  Bread for the World 35th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 157, recognizing Bread 
for the World, on the 35th anniversary of its founding, for its 
faithful advocacy on behalf of poor and hungry people in our country 
and around the world, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S5981-82
  Printing Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 166, to authorize 
the printing of a collection of the rules of the committees of the 
Senate.                                                      
  Page S5982
  Year of the Military Family: Senate agreed to S. Res. 165, to 
encourage recognition of 2009 as the ``Year of the Military Family''. 
                                                         Pages S5982-83
Measures Considered:
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act:
  Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing 
the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate 
tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement 
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System. 
                                               Pages S5918-22, S5922-41
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 84 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 203), 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 S5918
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, and that all time 
during any adjournment, recess, or period of morning business count 
post-cloture.                                                
Page S5983
Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 1007, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction 
for excessive compensation of any employee of an employer, and the bill 
then be referred to the Committee on Finance.                
  Page S5983
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.           
Pages S5917-18, S5984
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Daniel Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force.
  Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.                       
Page S5984
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5942-43
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5943-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5945-51
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5941-42
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5951-67

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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5967
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5967
Text of H.R. 2346 as Previously Passed:                  
  Pages S5967-80
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--203) 
                                                             Page S5918
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S5983-84.)