[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, February 9, 2010

[[Page D108]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S509-S543
Measures Introduced: One bill and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3006, and S. Res. 411-414.                        
  Page S536
Measures Passed:
  Small Business Penalty Fairness Act: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 2917, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty for failure to disclose 
certain reportable transactions and the penalty for submitting a bad 
check to the Internal Revenue Service, to modify certain rules relating 
to Federal vendors, and the bill was then passed.         
  Pages S541-42
  Death of Representative John P. Murtha: Senate agreed to S. Res. 413, 
relative to the death of Representative John P. Murtha, of 
Pennsylvania.                                                 
  Page S542
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 84 yeas (Vote No. EX. 21), Joseph A. Greenaway, 
Jr., of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit.                                            
Pages S510-28, S543
  Clifford L. Stanley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
  Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research).     
Pages S540-41, S543
Becker Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination Craig 
Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board.                                                    
  Pages S510-28
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 22), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, 
Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                          Pages S527-28


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

  
  On page D108, February 9, 2010 the following language appears: 
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 52 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 22), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further 
debate on the nomination. Pages S527-28
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: During 
consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action: By 52 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 22), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further 
debate on the nomination. Pages S527-28


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Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S536
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S536-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                
  Page S537-40
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S535-36
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S540
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S540
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S540
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--22) 
                                                    Pages S527, S527-28
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, in accordance 
with S. Res. 413, at 7:09 p.m., until 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 
11, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader 
in today's Record on page S542.)