[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 26 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D156]
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                                          Friday, February 26, 2010

[[Page D156]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S817-S824
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3048-3049, and S. Res. 426.                       
  Page S823
Keenan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.                         
  Page S820
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, 
February 26, 2010, a vote on cloture will occur at 12:15 p.m. on 
Tuesday, March 2, 2010.                                       
Page S820
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on 
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, after a period of morning business, Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination; and that the time until 12:15 
p.m., be for debate prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nomination; with the time equally divided and controlled between 
Senators Leahy and Sessions, or their designees; that at 12:15 p.m., 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture.                  
Page S824
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Kathleen S. Tighe, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department 
of Education, which was sent to the Senate on November 20, 2009, from 
the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 
                                                              Page S824
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S823
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S823, S824
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S823
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S823-24
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S822-23
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:40 a.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 1, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S824.)