[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 69 (Monday, May 10, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D509]
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                                               Monday, May 10, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3451-S3486
Measures Introduced: One bill and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3334, and S. Res. 519-520.                       
  Page S3473
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 3237, to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial 
space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and 
Commercial Space Programs''.                                 
Page S3472
Measures Passed:
  100th Anniversary of Glacier National Park: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
520, honoring the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier 
National Park.                                               
  Page S3485
Measures Considered:
Restoring American Financial Stability Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 3217, to promote the financial stability of the 
United States by improving accountability and transparency in the 
financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American 
taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive 
financial services practices, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S3457-70
Pending:
  Reid (for Dodd/Lincoln) Amendment No. 3739, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3457
  Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 (to Amendment No. 3739), to 
require the non-partisan Government Accountability Office to conduct an 
independent audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System that does not interfere with monetary policy, to let the 
American people know the names of the recipients of over 
$2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve 
System.                                                      
Page S3457
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, after any Leader 
time, and debate concurrently Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 
(to Amendment No. 3739) (listed above), and Vitter Amendment No. 3760; 
that prior to a vote on or in relation to each amendment, there be a 
total debate limit of 80 minutes, with 20 minutes each under the 
control of Senators Sanders, Vitter, Shelby and Dodd, or their 
designees; that upon the use or yielding back of all time, the Senate 
vote on or in relation to Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 (to 
Amendment No. 3739), followed by a vote on or in relation to the Vitter 
amendment, with no amendment in order to either amendment.   
Page S3470
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center of the Library of 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant 
to Public Law 94-201, as amended by Public Law 105-275, appointed the 
following individuals as members of the Board of Trustees of the 
American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress: Jean M. Dorton of 
Kentucky and Margaret Z. Robson of New Mexico.           
  Pages S3485-86
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Foreign 
Relations be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 29, 
approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and the bill then be referred to the 
Committee on Finance.                                        
  Page S3485
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the proposed 
Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning 
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-53)                               
Pages S3471-72
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.                          
Page S3486
Executive Communications:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3473-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
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Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3470-71
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3475-85
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:04 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3486.)