[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 139 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D985]
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                                         Monday, September 19, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5707-S5730
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1574-1578, and S. Res. 271.                      
  Page S5726
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Late Former Senator Charles H. Percy: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 271, honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Charles H. 
Percy, former Senator for the State of Illinois.         
  Pages S5729-30
Measures Considered:
  Generalized System of Preferences Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2832, 
to extend the Generalized System of Preferences.         
  Pages S5715-20
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 139), 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 S5720
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, Senate adopt the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.              
Page S5730
Appointments:
  Library of Congress Trust Fund Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Republican Leader, in consultation with the Majority Leader, pursuant 
to Public Law 68-541, as amended by Public Law 102-246, appointed 
Christopher G. Long of Delaware, vice John Kluge, and Kathleen L. Casey 
of Virginia, vice John Medveckis, as members of the Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board for a term of five years.                   
  Page S5729
Senator Heller--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that Senator Heller be recognized at 2:30 p.m. for up to 20 
minutes as if in morning business in order to deliver his maiden speech 
to the Senate.                                               
  Page S5730
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a fiscal plan entitled ``Living Within Our Means and 
Investing in the Future'' received during adjournment of the Senate on 
September 19, 2011; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget. 
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Pages S5724-25
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Russ Carnahan, of Missouri, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                  
Page S5730
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5725-26
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5726-27
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5727-28
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5723-24
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5728-29
Notices of Intent:                                           
  Page S5729
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5729
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5729
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--139) 
                                                             Page S5720
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, as a further mark 
of respect to the memory of the late former Senator Charles Percy, in 
accordance with S. Res. 271, at 6:35 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 
September 20, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5730.)