[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 193 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1492]
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                                          Friday, December 18, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13401-13408
Measures Considered:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3326, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2010, taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S13402-08
Pending:
  Senator Reid entered a motion to concur in the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.                 
Page S13402
  Senator Reid entered a motion to concur in the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate with Amendment No. 3248 (to the House 
Amendment to the Senate Amendment), to change the enactment date. 
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  Reid Amendment No. 3252 (to Reid Amendment No. 3248), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S13402
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 63 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 381), two-thirds of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                            Page S13407
  Senator Reid motion to refer the amendment of the House to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 
3249, to provide for a study, fell when cloture was invoked on the 
motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill.                                         
Page S13402
  Reid Amendment No. 3250 (to Amendment No. 3249), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when the motion to refer fell.                 
Page S13402
  Reid Amendment No. 3251 (to Amendment No. 3250), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3250 fell.             
Page S13402
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Friday, December 18, 2009, post-cloture with 
Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each; that 
following any Leader remarks the time until 12 p.m. be equally divided 
and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, and with 
the time from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. equally divided and controlled in 
30-minute alternating blocks of time with the Republicans controlling 
the first block and the Majority controlling the next block; provided 
further, the time until 4 p.m. count post-cloture.          
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 Measures Read the First Time:                              
Page S13408
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--381) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:03 a.m., and adjourned at 1:47 a.m., 
on Friday, December 18, 2009 and will reconvene at 11 a.m. on the same 
day. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record).                                  
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