[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 156 (Monday, October 26, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1228-D1229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, October 26, 2009

[[Page D1228]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10711-S10742
Measures Introduced: Sixty-eight bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1863-1930, and S. Res. 321-322. 
                                                        Pages S10734-35
Measures Reported:
  S. 872, to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Management, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 111-91)        
Page S10734
Measures Passed:
  Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958: 
Senate passed S. 1929, to provide for an additional temporary extension 
of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958.                                     
  Page S10740
  Commemorating the Lives of Those Who Died on November 16, 1989, at 
the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 321, commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio 
Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan 
Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos 
and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th 
anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad 
Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
                                                        Pages S10741-42
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 5:30 p.m., on 
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Senate resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act, and that there be 30 minutes of debate prior to a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act; 
with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, 
or their designees, and Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 6 p.m. 
                                                            Page S10740
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  A message from the President of the United States, declaring, 
pursuant to law, a national emergency with respect to the 2009 H1N1 
influenza pandemic in the United States; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-36)   
Page S10733
Berger Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, the vote on 
confirmation of the nomination of Irene Cornelia Berger, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, occur 
at 2:20 p.m., and that the 5 minutes immediately prior to the vote be 
available to Senator Byrd; provided further, that the other provisions 
of the previous order of Thursday, October 22, 2009 remain in effect. 
                                                            Page S10740
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years.
  Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research).
  Caryn A. Wagner, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence 
and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                 
Page S10742
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S10733
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10733
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                   
  Pages S10711, S10733
Measures Read the First Time:                      
  Pages S10733, S10742


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D1228, October 26, 2009 the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S10733 Measures Read the 
First Time: Page S10733
  
  The on-line Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed 
on the Calendar: Pages S10711, S10733 Measures Read the First 
Time: Pages S10733, S10742


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Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S10733-34
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10735-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10737-40
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10731-32

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Amendments Submitted:                                       
  Page S10740
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10742.)