[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D219]
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                                           Thursday, March 10, 2011

[[Page D219]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1546-S1572
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 538-564, and S. Res. 98-100.   
  Page S1546-47
Measures Considered:
  SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 493, to reauthorize and 
improve the SBIR and STTR programs.                          
  Page S1543
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, March 10, 2011, a vote on 
cloture will occur immediately following the Senate's action in 
Executive Session on Monday, March 14, 2011.                 
Page S1543
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.         
Page S1543
  Boasberg Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, March 14, 2011, 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of James Emanuel Boasberg, 
of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, and that there be one hour for debate, equally 
divided in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of time, 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, without intervening 
action or debate.                                            
  Page S1568
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 38), Max Oliver Cogburn, 
Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of North Carolina.               
Pages S1537-41, S1572
  Timothy J. Feighery, of New York, to be Chairman of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 2012.                                  
Pages S1568, S1572
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christopher B. Howard, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board for a term of four years.
  Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years.
  Dereth Britt Glance, of New York, to be a Commissioner on the part of 
the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States 
and Canada.
  Richard M. Moy, of Montana, to be a Commissioner on the part of the 
United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and 
Canada.
  Daniel Benjamin Shapiro, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Israel.
  A routine list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.                                              
Page S1572
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1546
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1546
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1546
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1547-48
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1548-67
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1545-46
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1567-68
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--38) 
                                                         Pages S1540-41
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:35 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1568.)