[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 84 (Monday, June 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D653-D654]
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                                               Monday, June 8, 2009

[[Page D653]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6231-S6318
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1196-1210, and S. Res. 170-172. 
                                                         Pages S6255-56
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Friday, June 5, during the adjournment:
  S. 1023, to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United 
States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and 
scholarly travel to the United States, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 
111-25)                                                      
Page S6255
Measures Passed:
  Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 256, to 
enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine.           
  Pages S6315-16
  Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 20th Anniversary: Senate agreed to 
H. Con. Res. 109, honoring the 20th anniversary of the Susan G. Komen 
Race for the Cure in the Nation's Capital and its transition to the 
Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure on June 6, 2009.     
  Page S6316
  National Day of the American Cowboy: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 142, designating July 
25, 2009, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S6316
  Tiananmen Square Massacre 20th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
171, commending the people who have sacrificed their personal freedoms 
to bring about democratic change in the People's Republic of China and 
expressing sympathy for the families of the people who were killed, 
wounded, or imprisoned, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 
Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, China from June 3 through 4, 
1989.                                                    
  Pages S6316-17
  National Aphasia Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 172, 
designating June 2009 as ``National Aphasia Awareness Month'' and 
supporting efforts to increase awareness of aphasia.         
  Page S6317
Measures Considered:
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Senate resumed 
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, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:    
  Pages S6231-32, S6233-34, S6241-42, S6243-47
Pending:
  Dodd Amendment No. 1247, in the nature of a substitute.    
Page S6244
  Burr/Hagan Amendment No. 1246 (to Amendment No. 1247), in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S6244
  Schumer (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 1256 (to Amendment No. 1247), 
to modify provisions relating to Federal employees retirement. 
                                                             Page S6244
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 61 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 204), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Dodd Amendment No. 1247 
(listed above).                                          
Pages S6244-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 9, 
2009; provided that Senate vote on or in relation to Burr/Hagan 
Amendment No. 1246 (to Amendment No. 1247) at 4:30 p.m.; provided 
further, that the time during any adjournment, recess or a period of 
morning business count against post-cloture.                 
Page S6318
Jefferson Nomination--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the nomination of Raymond M. Jefferson, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
received by the Senate on June 2, 2009, be jointly referred to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs.                                        
  Page S6318

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Polly Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Robert Malcolm McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2009.
  Anne Elizabeth Derse, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Lithuania.
  David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada.
  Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Mexico.
  Arturo A. Valenzuela, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs).
  Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.
  Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Ignacia S. Moreno, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy, Small Business Administration.                     
Page S6318
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6252
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6252
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S6252, S6317-18
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6252-55
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6255
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6256-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6257-74
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6252
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S6274-S6315
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6315
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6215
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6315
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--204) 
                                                         Pages S6244-45
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6318.)