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D1304 | Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 183 (Monday, December 8, 2008) [Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 183 (Monday, December 8, 2008)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1304-D1305] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Monday, December 8, 2008 [[Page D1304]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS See Resume of Congressional Activity. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S10789-S10820 Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3718-3724, and S. Res. 721-723. Page S10812 Measures Reported: Reported on Wednesday, November 19, during the adjournment: Special Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs''. (S. Rept. No. 110-524) S. Res. 707, authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Joshua Bolten, as the Custodian of Records at the White House, to appear before the Committee on the Judiciary and produce documents as required by Committee subpoena, with a preamble. (S. Rept. No. 110-522) S. Res. 708, authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the facts of the failure of Karl Rove to appear and testify before the Committee on the Judiciary and to produce documents as required by Committee subpoena, with a preamble. (S. Rept. No. 110-522) Report to accompany S. 967, to amend chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment and authorization of funding for certain training programs for supervisors of Federal employees. (S. Rept. No. 110-523) Report to accompany S. 3477, to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence. (S. Rept. No. 110-525) Report to accompany S. 1000, to enhance the Federal Telework Program. (S. Rept. No. 110-526) S. 1695, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, to promote innovation in the life sciences, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Measures Passed: Collection of Clothing, Toys, Food, and Housewares: Senate agreed to S. Res. 723, to permit the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings. Page S10819 Appointments: Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 101-549, appointed the following individuals to the Board of Directors of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: Jane Delgado, of the District of Columbia, and John Hiatt, of Nevada. Pages S10818-19 Advancing America's Priorities Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 12 noon, on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3297, to advance America's priorities. Page S10819 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Neil M. Barofsky, of New York, to be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. (Prior to this action, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration, the nomination was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and discharged from further consideration.) 7 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 6 Army nominations in the rank of general. 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. Routine list in the Foreign Service. (Prior to this action, Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.) Pages S10817-18, S10819-20 [[Page D1305]] Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Brad Cole, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for the remainder of the term expiring October 6, 2012. Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New Jersey, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Roszell Dulany Hunter, of Virginia, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Routine lists in the Army. Page S10819 Messages from the House: Page S10804 Measures Read the First Time: Page S10805 Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S10805 Executive Communications: Pages S10805-12 Additional Cosponsors: Page S10812 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S10813-16 Additional Statements: Page S10804 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S10816 Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:14 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10819.) |