[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 170 (Sunday, December 19, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1220-D1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Sunday, December 19, 2010

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10705-S10772
Measures Introduced: No measures were introduced.
Measures Reported:
  S. 1619, to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and 
Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable 
Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to 
establish a sustainability challenge grant program, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                              
Page S10737
Measures Passed:
  Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act: Senate passed H.R. 2751, 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
safety of the food supply, after agreeing to the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                           
  Page S10770
  Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 4890, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S10770
  Reid (for Harkin) Amendment No. 4891, to amend the title. 
                                                            Page S10770
House Messages:
Full-year Continuing Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of 
the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3082, 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2010, taking action on the following amendments and 
motions proposed thereto:                               
  Pages S10770-71
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4885 (to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                            Page S10770
  Reid Amendment No. 4886 (to Amendment No. 4885), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S10771
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 
4887, to provide for a study.                               
Page S10771
  Reid Amendment No. 4888 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4887), 
of a perfecting nature.                                     
Page S10771
  Reid Amendment No. 4889 (to Amendment No. 4888), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                     
Page S10771
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
bill, with Reid Amendment No. 4885 (to the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment), and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Tuesday, December 21, 2010.                                 
Page S10771
Treaty With Russia on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of 
Treaty Doc. 111-5, between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with 
Protocol, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S10706-24, S10726-30, S10771
Rejected:
  By 32 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 283), Risch Amendment No. 4839, to 
amend the preamble to the Treaty to acknowledge the interrelationship 
between non-strategic and strategic offensive arms.     
Pages S10706-24
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 4833, to increase the number of Type One and 
Type Two inspections allowed under the Treaty. 
                                                Pages S10717, S10726-30
  Thune Amendment No. 4841, to modify the deployed delivery vehicle 
limits of the Treaty.                                       
Page S10726
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the treaty, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.
                                                            Page S10771
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the treaty at approximately 10 a.m., on Monday, 
December 20, 2010; that at 1:30 p.m., the Senate recess until 2

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p.m., and then meet in closed session in the Old Senate Chamber; that 
following the closed session, the Senate return to the Senate chamber 
and reconvene in open session.                              
Page S10772
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote No. EX. 284), Raymond Joseph 
Lohier, Jr., of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.                                 
Pages S10724-25, S10772
  Carlton W. Reeves, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Mississippi.
  Edwin Donovan Sloane, of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Columbia for the term of four years. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  Darrell James Bell, of Montana, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Montana for the term of four years. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration.) 
                                           Pages S10725, S10771, S10772


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

  
  On page D1221, December 19, 2010, the following language 
appears: Edwin Donovan Sloane, of Maryland, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Columbia for the term of four years. 
Darrell James Bell, of Montana, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Montana for the term of four years. Pages S10725, 
S10771, S10772
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Edwin Donovan 
Sloane, of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for the District 
of Columbia for the term of four years. (Prior to this action, 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration.) Darrell James Bell, of Montana, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Montana for the term of four 
years. (Prior to this action, Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration.) Pages S10725, S10771-72


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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                            
  Page S10737
Additional Cosponsors:                                      
  Page S10737
Additional Statements:                                      
  Page S10737
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S10737-70
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--284)     
  Pages  S10724-25
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Monday, December 20, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10772.)