[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D403-D404]
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                                          Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2407-S2458
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 802-815, and S. Res. 144.                     
  Page S2446
Measures Passed:
  Anniversary of the Death of the President of Poland: Committee on 
Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
135, remembering the 1-year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane 
crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, 
his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those 
Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the 
Soviet Union in 1940, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S2457-58
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act-
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 
that at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 14, 2011 Senate 
proceed to a period of morning business for debate only with Senators 
permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each until the Senate receives 
the papers from the House of Representatives with respect to the 
following items: H.R. 1473, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011; H. Con. Res. 35, directing 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the 
enrollment of H.R. 1473; and H. Con. Res. 36, directing the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of 
H.R. 1473; that when the Senate receive the papers from the House of 
Representatives, Senate proceed to vote on the two concurrent 
resolutions and passage of the bill in the following order: H. Con. 
Res. 35; H. Con. Res. 36; and H.R. 1473; that there be two minutes of 
debate equally divided prior to each vote; that there be no amendments 
in order to the bill or the concurrent resolutions prior to the votes; 
that the correcting resolutions and the bill be subject to a 60 vote 
threshold; that the only points of order and motions in order be budget 
points of order and the applicable motions to waive; provided further, 
that the Secretary of the Senate immediately notify the House of 
Representatives of the results of the Senate's action on the House 
measures.                                                
  Pages S2438-39
Morning Business--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that on Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Senate proceed to a 
period of morning business with the time until 2 p.m., equally divided 
and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, with all 
other provisions under the previous order remaining in effect. 
                                                             Page S2458
Nomination Referral--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that when the Committee on Finance reports the 
nomination of David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for 
Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Department of the Treasury, the 
nomination be referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.                                                     
  Page S2458
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2444
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S2407, S2444
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2444-45
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2445-46
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2446
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2446-48
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2448-54
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2442-44
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2454-56
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2456-57
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2457
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2458.)

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