[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 38 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
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Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action
                 Routine Proceedings, pages S1573-S1611
     Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were 
     introduced, as follows: S. 565-573, and S. Res. 101.    29Measures 
     Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee 
on Armed Services, United States Senate, 111th Congress''. (S. Rept. 
No. 112-2)                                                   
Page S1600
       Measures Passed:
     World Plumbing Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
     from further consideration of S. Res. 100, designating March 
     11, 2011, as ``World Plumbing Day'', and the resolution was 
     then agreed to.                                    
       Page S1610
     Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
     101, expressing the sense of the Senate relating to the March 
     11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan.     
       Pages S1610-11
       Measures Considered:
     SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
     consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
     493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs. 
                                                        Page S1590
  By 84 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 40), 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 proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S1590
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate begin 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. 
                                                             Page S1611
     Maiden Speeches--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
     agreement was reached providing that the following Senators 
     be recognized at the times listed below, as if in morning 
     business, for the purpose of giving their maiden speech to 
     the Senate: Senator Portman following the maiden speech of 
     Senator Coats on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, for up to 15 
     minutes; and Senator Blumenthal at 12 noon, Wednesday, March 
     16, 2011, for up to 20 minutes.
     n Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 39), James Emanuel 
Boasberg, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia.               
Pages S1586-90, S1611
     Nominations Received: Senate received the following 
     nominations:
  Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
  Major General Michael J. Walsh, United States Army, to be a Member 
and President of the Mississippi River Commission.
  Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey, NOAA, to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission.
  Lewis Alan Lukens, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
  Paul D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Macedonia.
  Ariel Pablos-Mendez, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.
  Dan Arvizu, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2016.
  Alan I. Leshner, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2016.
  Robert C. Granger, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term 
expiring November 28, 2014.                                  
Page S1611
     Messages from the House:                                30Measures 
     Referred:
      Communications:                                 30Additional 
     Cosponsors:                                         30Statements 
     on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                    30Additional 
     Statements:                                         30Amendments 
     Submitted:                                          30Record 
     Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--40) 
                                       cord Votes:Pages S1589-90, S1590
     Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 
     p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (For Senate's 
     program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
     today's Record on page S1611.)