[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D753-D754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 24, 2009

[[Page D753]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate began consideration of the impeachment proceedings of 
      Samuel B. Kent, Judge of the United States District Court for the 
      Southern District of Texas.
      The House passed H.R. 2892, Department of Homeland Security 
      Appropriations Act, 2010.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6959-S7024
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1332-1347, and S. Res. 202-205. 
                                                         Pages S6992-93
Measures Passed:
  Issuance of Summons and Related Procedures for Impeachment Against 
Judge Samuel B. Kent: Senate agreed to S. Res. 202, to provide for 
issuance of a summons and for related procedures concerning the 
articles of impeachment against Samuel B. Kent.              
  Page S6961
  Appointment of Committee for Impeachment Against Judge Samuel B. 
Kent: Senate agreed to S. Res. 203, to provide for the appointment of a 
committee to receive and to report evidence with respect to articles of 
impeachment against Judge Samuel B. Kent.                    
  Page S6961
  Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act: Senate passed S. 962, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to promote 
an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, after 
agreeing to the committee amendments.                    
  Pages S7015-22
  John Arthur ``Jack'' Johnson Sense of the Congress: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 29, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that John Arthur ``Jack'' Johnson 
should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated 
conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic 
significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S7022
  African American Bone Marrow Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 205, supporting the goals and ideals of African American Bone 
Marrow Awareness Month.                                      
  Page S7022
Measures Considered:
Impeachment of Judge Samuel B. Kent: Senate, sitting as a Court of 
Impeachment, began consideration of the impeachment proceedings of 
Samuel B. Kent, Judge of the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Texas, taking the following action:
  Subsequently, the Senate received the managers appointed by the House 
of Representatives who presented and exhibited Articles of Impeachment 
against Samuel B. Kent, Judge of the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Texas, and the oath was administered to 
Senators by the Acting President pro tempore.            
Pages S6959-61
Appointments:
  Impeachment Trial Committee: The Chair, upon the recommendations of 
the Majority Leader, and in accordance with the resolution on the 
appointment of an impeachment trial committee, appointed the following 
Senators to the Impeachment Trial Committee: Senators McCaskill 
(Chairman), Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Udall (NM), Shaheen, and Kaufman. 
                                                         Pages S6961-62
  Impeachment Trial Committee: The Chair, upon the recommendations of 
the Republican Leader, and in accordance with the resolution on the 
appointment of an impeachment trial committee, appointed the following 
Senators to the Impeachment Trial Committee: Senators Martinez (Vice-
Chairman), DeMint, Barrasso, Wicker, Johanns, and Risch. 
                                                         Pages S6961-62

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  Impeachment Trial Committee and Impeachment Rule XI: The Chair, upon 
the recommendations of the two Leaders, and pursuant to the resolution 
on the appointment of an impeachment trial committee and Impeachment 
Rule XI, appointed the following Senators to be members of the 
committee to receive and report evidence in the impeachment of Judge 
Samuel B. Kent: Senators McCaskill (Chair), Klobuchar, Whitehouse, 
Udall (NM), Shaheen, Kaufman, Martinez (Vice-Chairman), DeMint, 
Barrasso, Wicker, Johanns, and Risch.                    
  Pages S6961-62
Message From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13466 of June 26, 2008, with respect to the current existence and risk 
of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 
Peninsula; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-26)                                       
Page S6992
Koh Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Harold Koh, to be Legal Advisor of the Department of 
State.
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 65 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 212), 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 nomination. 
                                                         Pages S6962-87
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10:30 a.m., on 
Thursday, June 25, 2009, and that any time during any adjournment or 
period of morning business count post-cloture.           
Pages S7023-24
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development.
  John Victor Roos, of California, to be Ambassador to Japan.
  James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.                   
Page S7024
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S6992
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6992
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6992, S7023
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S6992
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S6992
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6993-95
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:           
  Pages S6995-S7014
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6988-92
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7014
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7014-15
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7015
Quorum Calls:
  One quorum call was taken today. (Total--2)                
Page S6959
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--212) 
                                                             Page S6965
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:55 a.m. and adjourned at 6:46 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S7023-
24.)