[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1273-D1274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive Her Excellency 
      Dr. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11007-S11062
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2722-
2725.                                                       
  Page S11048
Measures Passed:
  National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 291, expressing support for the goals of 
National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national 
awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating 
children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging Americans 
to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                              
  Page S11061
Measures Considered:
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: Senate continued 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:                                       
  Pages S11009-23
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus/Reid) Amendment No. 2712, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                 
Page S11009
  Reid Amendment No. 2713 (to Amendment No. 2712), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S11009
  Reid Amendment No. 2714 (to Amendment No. 2713), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S11009
  Reid Amendment No. 2715 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2712), to change the enactment date.          
Page S11009
  Reid Amendment No. 2716 (to Amendment No. 2715), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S11009
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
November 4, 2009, and all post-cloture time be considered expired, all 
amendments to the substitute and bill be withdrawn, no further 
amendments be in order, and the substitute amendment be agreed to; that 
the Senate then have general debate until 12:15 p.m., with the time 
equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their 
designees; that a 12:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the bill, and that if cloture is invoked, the post-cloture 
time be considered to have begun running as if cloture had been invoked 
at 11:45 p.m., on Tuesday, November 3.                      
Page S11061
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring July 1, 2010.
  Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2015.
  Paul R. Verkuil, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Administrative 
Conference of the United States for the term of five years. 
                                                            Page S11062
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S11047
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11047
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11047-48
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11048-50
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11050-61
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11046-47
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
  Page S11061
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S11061
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see

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the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11061.)