[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1000-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9101-S9142
Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1649-1654, and S. Res. 253-255.               
  Page S9132
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Wednesday, September 2, during the adjournment:
  S. 728, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' 
insurance benefits, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 111-71)
  Reported on Tuesday, September 8:


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appears: Reported on Tuesday, September 8, during the adjournment:
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Reported on 
Tuesday, September 8:


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  S. 588, to amend title 46, United States Code, to establish 
requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew 
on cruise vessels, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 111-72)                                            
Page S9132
Measures Passed:
  Joint Session of Congress: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 179, 
providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
President.                                                   
  Page S9141
  Honoring Edward Moore Kennedy: Senate agreed to S. Res. 255, relative 
to the death of Edward Moore Kennedy, a Senator from the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts.                                            
  Page S9141
Measures Considered:
Travel Promotion Act: Senate resumed consideration of 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, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S9118-23
Pending:
  Reid (for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S9118
  Reid Amendment No. 1348 (to Amendment No. 1347), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S9118
  Reid Amendment No. 1349 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 1347), to change the enactment date.           
Page S9118
  Reid Amendment No. 1350 (to Amendment No. 1349), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S9118
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 80 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 271), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on Reid 
(for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347, listed above.   
Page S9123
  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation, with instructions, fell when the motion to close 
further debate on Reid (for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347, was 
agreed to.                                                   
Page S9123
  The following amendments fell when the motion to commit the bill to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation fell:
  Reid Amendment No. 1351 (to the instructions on the motion to 
recommit), to change the enactment date.                     
Page S9118
  Reid Amendment No. 1352 (to Amendment No. 1351), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S9118
  Reid Amendment No. 1353 (to Amendment No. 1352), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S9118
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, 
September 9, 2009, and that time during any adjournment, recess, or 
period of morning business count against the post-cloture time. 
                                                         Pages S9141-42

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Appointments:
  Pursuant to the order of August 7, 2009, the following appointments 
were made during the adjournment of the Senate:
  Public Interest Declassification Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-567, the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, appointed the following 
individual to serve as a member of the Public Interest Declassification 
Board: General Michael V. Hayden of Virginia.                
  Page S9141
  Congressional Oversight Panel: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican 
Leader, pursuant to provisions of Public Law 110-343, appointed the 
following individual as a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel: 
Paul S. Atkins of Virginia, vice John Sununu of New Hampshire. 
                                                             Page S9141
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint 
session to be held at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. 
                                                             Page S9141
Floor Privileges--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the period that Senator Mikulski is confined to a 
wheelchair, that a member of her staff be permitted on the floor as is 
necessary to facilitate the Senator's movement.              
  Page S9141
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  George Wheeler Madison, of Connecticut, to be General Counsel for the 
Department of the Treasury.                          
Pages S9141, S9142
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S9127-28
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9128-32
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9132-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9135-40
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9126-27
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S9140-41
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--271) 
                                                             Page S9123
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, in accordance 
with S. Res. 255 at 7:06 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 
2009. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S9142.)