[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 37 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D247-D248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, March 15, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1489-S1563
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3110-3117, and S. Res. 454-455.               
  Page S1516
Measures Reported:
  S. 2865, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.). (S. Rept. No. 111-163)
  S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S1516
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Harriet Tubman: Senate agreed to S. Res. 455, honoring the 
life, heroism, and service of Harriet Tubman.                
  Page S1562
  National Emergency Medical Services Memorial: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 53, 
recognizing and congratulating the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 
as the new official site of the National Emergency Medical Services 
Memorial Service and the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                   
  Pages S1562-63
Measures Considered:
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
House Message: Senate resumed consideration of the amendments of the 
House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2847, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
Pages S1500-13
Pending:
  Durbin motion to concur in the amendments of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill.                                   
Page S1500
  Durbin motion to concur in the amendments of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Durbin Amendment No. 3498 (to the 
motion to concur in the amendments of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1500
  Durbin Amendment No. 3499 (to Amendment No. 3498), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1500
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 61 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 49), three-fifths 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 
amendments of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.     
Page S1501
  Durbin motion to refer in the amendments of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions, Durbin Amendment No. 3500, to provide for a study, 
fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the amendments 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.        
Pages S1500-01
  Durbin Amendment No. 3501 (to Amendment No. 3500), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Durbin motion to refer in the amendments of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill to the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations, with instructions, Durbin Amendment No. 3500, to 
provide for a study fell.                                
Pages S1500-01
  Durbin Amendment No. 3502 (to Amendment No. 3501), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Durbin Amendment No. 3501 (to Amendment No. 3500), of 
a perfecting nature fell.                                
Pages S1500-01
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to concur in the amendments of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on 
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, all post-cloture time be considered expired, 
the motion to concur with an amendment

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be withdrawn, and no further amendments or motions be in order, except 
as provided in the DeMint motion to suspend; that it be in order for 
Senator DeMint to offer a motion to suspend the rules in order to offer 
an amendment, and that if the motion is offered, Senator DeMint be 
recognized for up to 10 minutes; that upon disposition of the DeMint 
motion, Senate then vote on the motion to concur in the amendments of 
the House to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the House 
to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.                  
Page S1513
Appointments:
  President's Export Council: The Chair, pursuant to Executive Order 
12131, as amended and extended, reappointed and appointed the following 
Members to the President's Export Council:
  Reappointment:
  Senators Stabenow and Brown (OH)
  Appointment:
  Senator Wyden vice Senator Dorgan                          
Page S1563


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

  
  On page D248, March 15, 2010, the following language appears: 
Appointment: Senators Wyden and Dorgan
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Appointment: 
Senator Wyden vice Senator Dorgan


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Tax on Bonuses Received From Certain TARP Recipients--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding 
Rule XXII, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 1586, to impose an 
additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients, at 
2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010; provided further, that during any 
recess, adjournment or period of morning business, post-cloture time 
continue to run.                                             
  Page S1513
Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. Impeachment--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the Secretary of the 
Senate inform the House of Representatives that the Senate is ready to 
receive the managers appointed by the House for the purpose of 
exhibiting articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, agreeable to the notice communicated to the Senate, and at 
the hour of 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the Senate will 
receive the honorable managers on the part of the House of 
Represenatives in order that they may present and exhibit the said 
articles of impeachment against the said G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., Judge 
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana.                                                   
  Page S1562
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1515
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1515
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1515
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S1515-16, S1563
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1516-17
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1517-30
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1515
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1530-32
Notices of Intent:                                       
  Pages S1532-33
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Pages S1533
Text of H.R. 4213 as Previously Passed:                   
  Page S1533-62
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--49)   
  Page S1501
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:05 p.m., 
until 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1563.)