[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 161 (Monday, November 2, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1267-D1268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, November 2, 2009

[[Page D1267]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10963-S11005
Measures Introduced: One hundred and fourteen bills and three 
resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2608-2721, and S. Res. 330-
332.                                                    
  Pages S10989-91
Measures Reported:
  S. 30, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit 
manipulation of caller identification information. (S. Rept. No. 111-
96)                                                         
Page S10989
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 331, congratulating the United States Military 
Academy at West Point on being named by Forbes magazine as America's 
Best College for 2009.                                      
  Page S11000
  Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 332, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 
fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the division of Europe, and the 
beginning of the peaceful and democratic reunification of Germany. 
                                                        Pages S11000-01
Measures Considered:
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of H.R. 3548, to amend the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain 
additional emergency unemployment compensation, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                      
  Page S10979
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus/Reid) Amendment No. 2712, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
Page S10979
  Reid Amendment No. 2713 (to Amendment No. 2712), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S10979
  Reid Amendment No. 2714 (to Amendment No. 2713), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10979
  Reid Amendment No. 2715 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2712), to change the enactment date.          
Page S10979
  Reid Amendment No. 2716 (to Amendment No. 2715), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10979
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 332), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Reid (for Baucus/Reid) 
Amendment No. 2712, in the nature of a substitute.      
Pages S10984-85
  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 2717, to 
change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on Reid (for 
Baucus/Reid) Amendment No. 2712 (listed above).    
Pages S10979, S10985


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

  
  On page D1267, November 2, 2009 the following language appears: 
Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 
2717, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked 
on Reid (for Baucus/Reid) Amendment No. 2712 (listed above). Page 
S10979
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Reid Motion to 
commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to 
report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 2717, to change the 
enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on Reid (for Baucus/
Reid) Amendment No. 2712 (listed above). Pages S10979, S10985


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Reid Amendment No. 2718 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 2717) of 
the motion to commit), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid Amendment 
No. 2717 (listed above) fell.                               
Page S10979
  Reid Amendment No. 2719 (to Amendment No. 2718), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 2718 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 2717) of the motion to commit) (listed above) fell. 
                                                            Page S10979
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, 
November 3, 2009, and that the time during any adjournment, recess, or 
period of morning business count post-cloture.              
Page S11005
Joint Meeting Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the President 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 Her Excellency Angela

[[Page D1268]]

Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, into the House 
Chamber for the joint meeting at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, November 3, 
2009.                                                       
  Page S11001
Messages from the House:                                
  Pages S10988-89
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S10989
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                            
  Page S10989
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S10991-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S10992-94
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S10987-88
Amendments Submitted:                               
  Pages S10994-S11000
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--332) 
                                                        Pages S10984-85
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:04 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11005.)