{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2008-11-20-pt1-PgD1286", "2008-11-20", 110, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D1286", "D1288", null, "[{\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"13\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"106\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"HCONRES\", \"number\": \"435\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"709\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"710\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"720\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"711\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"712\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"713\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"714\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"715\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3297\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3663\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3681\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3711\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3712\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6859\"}, {\"congress\": \"110\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6867\"}]", "154 Cong. Rec. D1286", "Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1286-D1288]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                        Thursday, November 20, 2008\n\n[[Page D1286]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S10681-S10777\nMeasures Introduced: Fifteen bills and twelve resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 13, 16-20, 3709-3717, S. Res. 710-720, and\nS. Con. Res. 106.\n  Pages S10742-43\nMeasures Passed:\n  Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: Senate passed H.R. 6867, to\nprovide for additional emergency unemployment compensation, after\nagreeing to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill,\nclearing the measure for the President.\n  Pages S10701-02\n  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n  By 89 yeas to 6 nays (Vote No. 214), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed\nto the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to\nconsideration of the bill.\nPage S10701\n  Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R.\n6859, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service\nlocated at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the\n``Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building'', clearing the\nmeasure for the President.\n  Page S10768\n  Joseph A. Ryan Post Office Building: Committee on Homeland Security\nand Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of\nS. 3681, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service\nlocated at 5070 Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the\n``Joseph A. Ryan Post Office Building'', and the bill was then passed.\n                                                            Page S10768\n  Federal Judiciary Cost of Living Adjustment: Senate passed S. 3711,\nto authorize a cost of living adjustment for the Federal judiciary.\n                                                        Pages S10768-69\n  Technical Correction: Senate passed S. 3712, to make a technical\ncorrection in the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity\nand Addiction Equity Act of 2008.\n  Page S10769\n  Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act: Committee on\nCommerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further\nconsideration of S. 3663, to require the Federal Communications\nCommission to provide for a short-term extension of the analog\ntelevision broadcasting authority so that essential public safety\nannouncements and digital television transition information may be\nprovided for a short time during the transition to digital television\nbroadcasting, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the\nfollowing amendment proposed thereto:\n  Pages S10769-71\n  Dorgan (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 5698, to provide for the\nshort-term partial extension of analog broadcasting.\nPages S10770-71\n  Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con.\nRes. 435, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall on December 2, 2008,\nfor ceremonies and activities held in connection with the opening of\nthe Capitol Visitor Center to the public.\n  Page S10771\n  Bluefin Tuna Conservation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and\nTransportation was discharged from further consideration of S. Res.\n709, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should\npursue the adoption of bluefin tuna conservation and management\nmeasures at the 16th Special Meeting of the International Commission on\nthe Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and the resolution was then agreed\nto.\n  Pages S10771-72\n  Stoning Death in Somalia: Senate agreed to S. Res. 711, condemning\nthe tragic and senseless death by stoning of a 13-year-old girl from\nSomalia.\n  Page S10772\n  Congratulating Philadelphia Phillies: Senate agreed to S. Res. 712,\ncongratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning the 2008 World\nSeries.\n  Pages S10772-73\n  Democratic Republic of Congo: Senate agreed to S. Res. 713, calling\non all parties to the escalating violence in eastern Democratic\nRepublic of Congo to implement an immediate ceasefire and work with\n\n[[Page D1287]]\n\nthe support of the international community toward a comprehensive and\nlasting solution to the crisis.\n  Pages S10773-75\n  Honoring California Firefighters and Emergency Workers: Senate agreed\nto S. Res. 714, honoring the firefighters and emergency workers who\ncourageously fought fires in California in 2008.\n  Page S10775\n  Senate National Security Working Group Authority: Senate agreed to S.\nRes. 715, extending the authority for the Senate National Security\nWorking Group.\n  Page S10775\nMeasures Considered:\nAdvancing America's Priorities Act: Senate continued consideration of\nthe motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3297, to advance America's\npriorities.\n  Page S10702\nAppointments:\n  United States-China Economic Security Review Commission: The Chair,\non behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398,\nas amended by Public Law 108-7, in accordance with the qualifications\nspecified under section 1238(b)(3)(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon\nthe recommendation of the Majority Leader, in consultation with the\nchairmen of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate\nCommittee on Finance, reappointed the following individual to the\nUnited States-China Economic Security Review Commission: Peter\nVidenieks of Virginia, for a term beginning January 1, 2009 and\nexpiring December 31, 2010.\n  Page S10776\nSigning Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached\nproviding that during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November\n20, 2008, the Majority Leader, be authorized to sign duly enrolled\nbills or joint resolutions.\n  Page S10707\nTributes to Retiring Senators--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement\nwas reached providing that the order from September 27, 2008 regarding\ntributes to retiring Senators be modified so that Senators be permitted\nto submit such tributes for inclusion in a Senate document until\nFriday, December 12, 2008.\n  Page S10776\nAuthorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-\nconsent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the\nupcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the\nSenate, the President pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority\nLeaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees,\nboards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by\nlaw, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.\n                                                            Page S10776\nPro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that Senate meet the following days and times for pro\nforma sessions only with no business conducted: Monday, November 24 at\n9:30 a.m.; Wednesday, November 26 at 10 a.m.; Saturday, November 29 at\n2 p.m.; Tuesday, December 2 at 10:30 a.m.; and Friday, December 5 at 11\na.m.; that when Senate recesses on Friday, December 5, 2008, it stand\nin recess until 3 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 2008; that following the\nprayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the\ntime for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day,\nand Senate be in a period of morning business for up to one hour with\nSenators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.\n  Page S10776\nRemoval of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed\nfrom the following treaty:\n  Investment Treaty with Rwanda (Treaty Doc. No. 110-23).\n  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having\nbeen read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers,\nto the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.\n                                                        Pages S10775-76\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n  Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, to be Ambassador to Libya.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged\nfrom further consideration.)\n  Ricardo H. Hinojosa, of Texas, to be a Member of the United States\nSentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2013.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from\nfurther consideration.)\n  William B. Carr, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the United\nStates Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2011.\n  Douglas D. Randall, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National\nScience Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10,\n2014.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Ray M. Bowen, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Science Board,\nNational Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n\n[[Page D1288]]\n\n  France A. Cordova, of Indiana, to be a Member of the National Science\nBoard, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n  G. P. Peterson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National Science\nBoard, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Alfred S. Irving, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an\nAssociate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for\nthe term of fifteen years.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Homeland Security and\nGovernmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Kathryn A. Oberly, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate\nJudge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of\nfifteen years.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Homeland Security and\nGovernmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Barbara Ernst Prey, of New York, to be a Member of the National\nCouncil on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2014.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n  5 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral, and a Routine list,\nexcept the nomination of Robert E. Day.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Commerce, Science, and\nTransportation was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged\nfrom further consideration.)\n  Routine lists in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Commerce, Science, and\nTransportation was discharged from further consideration.)\n  Routine lists in the Public Health Service.\n  (Prior to this action, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and\nPensions was discharged from further consideration.)\n                                             Pages S10765-68, S10776-77\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.\n  A routine list in the Foreign Service.\nPage S10776\nMessages from the House:\n  Page S10735\nExecutive Communications:\n  Pages S10735-41\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\n  Pages S10741-42\nAdditional Cosponsors:\n  Page S10743\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\n  Pages S10743-57\nAdditional Statements:\n  Pages S10732-34\nAmendments Submitted:\n  Pages S10757-58\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. 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