[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 197 (Monday, December 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1505-D1506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, December 21, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13639-S13712
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2918-2921, and S. Res. 382-383.                 
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Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2188, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture 
Program to protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through 
voluntary actions on public and private lands. (S. Rept. No. 111-111) 
                                                            Page S13698
Measures Passed:
  1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 2877, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
76 Brookside Avenue in Chester, New York, as the ``1st Lieutenant Louis 
Allen Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. 
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  Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3072, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
9810 Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Coach Jodie 
Bailey Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
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  Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building: Senate 
passed H.R. 3319, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 440 South Gulling Street in Portola, California, as 
the ``Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building'', 
clearing the measure for the President.                     
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  Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
3539, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as the 
``Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building'', clearing the measure 
for the President.                                          
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  Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3667, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as the ``Clyde L. 
Hillhouse Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                  
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  W. Hazen Hillyard Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3767, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
170 North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the ``W. Hazen Hillyard 
Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
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  Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 
3788, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3900 Darrow Road in Stow, Ohio, as the ``Corporal Joseph A. 
Tomci Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
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  John S. Wilder Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 1817, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as the ``John S. Wilder 
Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
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  National Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 382, supporting the goals and ideals of observing the National 
Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month from January 1 through 
February 1, 2010, to raise awareness of, and opposition to, modern 
slavery.                                                
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  National Mentoring Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 383, designating 
January 2010 as ``National Mentoring Month''.           
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Measures Considered:
Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of 
the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                  Pages S13640-46, S13647-60, S13661-95
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 2786, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                   Pages S13640, S13647

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  Reid Amendment No. 3276 (to Amendment No. 2786), of a perfecting 
nature.                                            
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  Reid Amendment No. 3277 (to Amendment No. 3276), to change the 
enactment date.                                    
                                                   Pages S13640, S13647
  Reid Amendment No. 3278 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 2786), to change the enactment date. 
                                                   Pages S13640, S13647
  Reid Amendment No. 3279 (to Amendment No. 3278), to change the 
enactment date.                                    
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  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 60 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 385), 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 Amendment No. 3276 (to 
Amendment No. 2786), of a perfecting nature.                
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  Reid Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 3280, to 
change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on Reid 
Amendment No. 3276 (to Amendment No. 2786).                 
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  Reid Amendment No. 3281 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 3280) of 
the motion to commit), to change the enactment date, fell when 
Amendment No. 3280 fell.                                    
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  Reid Amendment No. 3282 (to Amendment No. 3281), to change the 
enactment date, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3281 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 3280) fell.                                  
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  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 7 a.m., on Tuesday, December 
22, 2009, with post-cloture time continuing to run during the overnight 
adjournment; and the time until the expiration of post-cloture time be 
equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their 
designees; that upon the expiration of time, the Majority Leader be 
recognized to move to table Reid Amendment No. 3278 (to the language 
proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2786) (listed above); that 
upon disposition of Reid Amendment No. 3278, that Reid Amendment No. 
3277 (to Amendment No. 3276) (listed above), be withdrawn; that Senate 
then vote on adoption of Reid Amendment No. 3276 (to Amendment No. 
2786) (listed above); that upon disposition of Reid Amendment No. 3276, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid Amendment No. 2786 
(listed above); that if cloture is invoked, the Majority Leader then be 
recognized, and the time until 9:30 a.m., then be equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees; provided 
further, that the Senate begin alternating one hour blocks of time 
beginning at 9:30 a.m., until 5:30 p.m., with the Republicans 
controlling the first hour; that at 12:30 p.m., Senate stand in recess 
until 2:30 p.m., and that upon reconvening the Senate resume 
alternating blocks until 5:30 p.m., with all post-cloture time counting 
during any recess period and until 5:30 p.m.                
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Theodore W. Tozer, of Ohio, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association.
  Kevin Wolf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  Timothy McGee, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Sharon L. Browne, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2010.
  Charles Norman Wiltse Keckler, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
expiring July 13, 2010.
  Victor B. Maddox, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2010.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Marine Corps.      
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Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S13697-98
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S13698-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:         
  Pages S13699-S13704
Additional Statements:                                      
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Privileges of the Floor:                                    
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--385) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:01 a.m. and adjourned at 7:41 p.m., 
until 7 a.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13706.)