[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 126 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1009-D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 1023, Travel Promotion Act.
      Senator Mel Martinez, of Florida, submitted a letter of 
      resignation from the United States Senate.
      House and Senate met in a Joint Session to receive a message from 
      the President of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9143-S9191
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1655-1657, and S. Res. 256-257.            
  Page S9186
Measures Reported:
  S. 1308 to reauthorize the Maritime Administration, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-73)         
Page S9186


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  On Page D1009, September 9, 2009, Measures Reported was omitted.
  
  The online record has been corrected to read: Measures Reported: 
S. 1308, to reauthorize the Maritime Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-73) 
Page S9186


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Measures Passed:
  Travel Promotion Act: By 79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 272), Senate 
passed 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, as amended, after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S9153-66, S9170-72
Adopted:
  Reid (for Dorgan/Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347, of a perfecting 
nature.                                              
Pages S9153, S9170
Withdrawn:
  Reid Amendment No. 1348 (to Amendment No. 1347), to change the 
enactment date.                                      
Pages S9153, S9170
  Reid Amendment No. 1349 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 1347), to change the enactment date.   
Pages S9153, S9170
  Reid Amendment No. 1350 (to Amendment No. 1349), of a perfecting 
nature.                                              
Pages S9153, S9170
  Congressional Gold Medal: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1243, to 
provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold 
Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting 
excellence and good sportsmanship in golf, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.              
  Page S9189
  Majority Party Membership: Senate agreed to S. Res. 257, to 
constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for 
the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, or until their successors are 
chosen.                                                      
  Page S9189
Reserve Officers Association Modernization Act--Referral Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on 
Armed Services was discharged from further consideration of S. 1599, to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to include in the Federal charter 
of the Reserve Officers Association leadership positions newly added in 
its constitution and bylaws, and the bill then be referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.                                  
  Page S9189
Appointment Correction--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Record reflect that the appointment of 
General Michael Hayden to the Public Interest Declassification Board, 
made during the adjournment of the Senate, was made by the Republican 
Leader rather than the Majority Leader.                      
  Page S9190
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the President's address delivered to a Joint Session of 
Congress on September 9, 2009 relative to health care legislation; 
which was ordered to lie on the table. (PM-29)           
Pages S9179-83
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with France (Treaty Doc. No. 111-4).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and

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referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and ordered to be printed.                     
Pages S9189-90
Sunstein Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget.                         
  Pages S9166-70, S9172-75
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 63 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 273), 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 S9172-73
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 12:30 p.m., on 
Thursday, September 10, 2009.                                
Page S9190
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  43 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.             
Pages S9190-91
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S9183
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S9183-84
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S9184-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9186-88
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9188-89
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9177-79
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S9189
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S9189
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--273) 
                                                     Pages S9170, S9173
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 10, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9190.)