[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D405-D406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, April 20, 2010

[[Page D405]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2433-S2482
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3228-3235, and S. Res. 491-494.           
  Pages S2476-77
Measures Reported:
  S. 878, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify 
provisions relating to beach monitoring, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-170)
  S. 933, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the 
Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 to reauthorize programs to address 
remediation of contaminated sediment. (S. Rept. No. 111-171)
  S. 937, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure 
that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw 
sewage. (S. Rept. No. 111-172)                               
Page S2476
Measures Passed:
  Honoring the Life of Dr. Dorothy I. Height: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
492, honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Dorothy I. Height. 
                                                         Pages S2480-81
  Global Youth Service Days: Senate agreed to S. Res. 493, designating 
April 23 through 25, 2010, as ``Global Youth Service Days''. 
                                                             Page S2481
  Honoring Ida B. Wells: Senate agreed to S. Res. 494, honoring Ida B. 
Wells for her activism in the civil rights and women's rights movements 
and for her influential and inspirational leadership.        
  Page S2481
Appointments:
  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees: The 
Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, pursuant to Public Law 
85-874, as amended, appointed the following individual to the Board of 
Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The 
Honorable Kent Conrad of North Dakota vice The Honorable Edward M. 
Kennedy of Massachusetts.                                    
  Page S2482
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 21, 
2010, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Christopher H. 
Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General; that 
there be three hours of debate with respect to the nomination; that 
upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on confirmation of 
the nomination, and that the cloture motion with respect to the 
nomination be withdrawn; provided that upon disposition of the 
nomination, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Thomas I. 
Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit; that there be three hours of debate with respect to the 
nomination; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination, and that the cloture motion with 
respect to the nomination be withdrawn; provided further, that on 
Thursday, April 22, 2010, following a period of morning business, 
Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Denny Chin, of New 
York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; that 
there be 60 minutes for debate with respect to the nomination, that 
upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on confirmation of 
the nomination, and that the cloture motion with respect to the 
nomination be withdrawn; with all time covered under this agreement 
equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions, or 
their designees.                                             
  Page S2462
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 78 yeas 19 nays (Vote No. EX. 119), Lael Brainard, of the District 
of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury. 
                                                  Pages S2441-46, S2482
  By 66 yeas 32 nays (Vote No. EX. 120), Marisa J. Demeo, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was 
withdrawn.                                        
Pages S2447-63, S2482
  Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.                                    
Pages S2442-43, S2482


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

  
  On Page D405, April 20, 2010 the following language appears: By 
66 yeas 32 nays (Vote No. EX. 120), Marisa J. Demeo, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years. 
Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was 
withdrawn. Pages S2447-63, H2482 Stuart Gordon Nash, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years. 
Pages S2442-43, H2482
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: By 66 yeas 32 nays 
(Vote No. EX. 120), Marisa J. Demeo, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia for the term of fifteen years. Pages S2447-63, S2482 
Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
for the term of fifteen years. Pages S2442-43, S2482


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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2474-76
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2477-78
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2478-79
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2473-74
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2480
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2480
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--120) 
                                                     Pages S2445, S2459
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2482.)