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Rec. D1280", "Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1280-D1281]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                       Wednesday, November 19, 2008\n\n[[Page D1280]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\n HIGHLIGHTS\n\n       Senator Barack Obama, of Illinois, submitted a letter of\n      resignation from the United States Senate.\n\n                                 Senate\n\n Chamber Action\n   Routine Proceedings, pages S10607-S10679\n Measures Introduced:  Eighteen bills and three resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 3691-3708, and S. Res. 707-709.\n                                                        Pages S10659-60\nMeasures Reported:\n   Special Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Homeland\nSecurity and Governmental Affairs''. (S. Rept. No. 110-524)\n   S. Res. 707, authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the\nfacts of the failure of Joshua Bolten, as the Custodian of Records at\nthe White House, to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary and\nproduce documents as required by Committee subpoena, with a preamble.\n(S. Rept. No. 110-522)\n   S. Res. 708, authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the\nfacts of the failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the\nCommittee on the Judiciary and to produce documents as required by\nCommittee subpoena, with a preamble. (S. Rept. No. 110-522)\n   Report to accompany S. 967, to amend chapter 41 of title 5, United\nStates Code, to provide for the establishment and authorization of\nfunding for certain training programs for supervisors of Federal\nemployees. (S. Rept. No. 110-523)\n   Report to accompany S. 3477, to amend title 44, United States Code,\nto authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence.\n(S. Rept. No. 110-525)\n   Report to accompany S. 1000, to enhance the Federal Telework\nProgram. (S. Rept. No. 110-526)\n   S. 1695, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a\npathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, to promote\ninnovation in the life sciences, with an amendment in the nature of a\nsubstitute.\nPage S10659\nMeasures Passed:\n   Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act:   Committee on\nBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further\nconsideration of H.R. 2040, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to\nmint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of\nthe Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the bill was then passed, clearing\nthe measure for the President.\n  Page S10678\nMeasures Considered:\n Advancing America's Priorities Act:  Senate resumed consideration of\nthe motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3297, to advance America's\npriorities.\n  Page S10627\n   Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.\nPage S10627\n Unemployment Compensation Extension Act--CLOTURE:  Senate began\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6867,\nto provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation.\n                                                        Pages S10627-29\n   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to\nproceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the\nprovisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on\ncloture will occur on Friday, November 21, 2008.\nPage S10627\n   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at\napproximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, November 20, 2008.\nPage S10678\nResignation Messages:\n Resignation of Senator Barack Obama:  Senator Barack Obama, of\nIllinois, submitted a letter of resignation from the United States\nSenate, effective November 16, 2008, in order to prepare for duties as\nPresident of the United States.\n  Page S10609\n\n[[Page D1281]]\n\nHouse Messages:\n Albuquerque Indian School Act:   Senate concurred in the amendments of\nthe House of Representatives to S. 1193, to direct the Secretary of the\nInterior to take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit\nof certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, clearing the\nmeasure for the President.\n  Pages S10676-78\nAppointments:\n   Congressional Oversight Panel:   The Chair, on behalf of the\nRepublican Leader, pursuant to provisions of Public Law 110-343,\nappointed the following individual as a member of the Congressional\nOversight Panel: the Honorable Judd Gregg, of New Hampshire.\n                                                            Page S10678\n Nominations Received:  Senate received the following nominations:\n   Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal\nHousing Finance Agency.\n   Alesia Ranney-Marinelli, of New York, to be a Director of the\nSecurities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December\n31, 2011.\n   Mark S. Shelton, of Kansas, to be a Director of the Securities\nInvestor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2011.\n   Thomas Joseph Dodd, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of\nthe Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term\nexpiring June 26, 2014.\n   Gary C. Bryner, of Utah, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of\nthe Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring June 26, 2014.\n   Roger W. Wallace, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2014.\n   Rodney G. Bent, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of\nDirectors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring\nSeptember 20, 2014.\n   1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.\n   1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.\n   Routine lists in the Air Force, Army.\nPages S10678-79\n Measures Placed on the Calendar:\n  Page S10648\n Executive Communications:\n  Pages S10648-50\n Petitions and Memorials:\n  Pages S10650-59\n Additional Cosponsors:\n  Page S10660\n Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\n  Pages S10660-76\n Additional Statements:\n  Pages S10644-48\n Authorities for Committees to Meet:\n  Page S10676\n Adjournment:  Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:42 p.m.,\nuntil 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2008. 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