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Daily Digest - Monday, February 8, 2010

Monday, February 8, 2010

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Greenaway and Becker Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the orders of February 4, 2010 with respect to the nominations of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, be modified to provide that the orders be delayed to occur at 2 p.m., on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, under the same conditions and limitations as provided for under the original order of February 4, 2010.

Page S507

Messages From the House:

Pages S507-08

Additional Cosponsors:

Page S508

Recess: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and recessed at 2:05 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S508.)

Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for Defense Authorization and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.

Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on policies, procedures, and practices relating to the transfer of detainees held at the Guantanamo Detention Facility, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the economic outlook and risks for the Federal budget and debt, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine financial transmission rights and other electricity market mechanisms, 10 a.m., SD-366.

Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of Reclamation's implementation of the SECURE Water Act, (Title 9501 of Public Law 111-11) and the Bureau of Reclamation's Water Conservation Initiative which includes the Challenge Grant Program, the Basin Study Program and the Title XVI Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of William D. Magwood, IV, of Maryland, William Charles Ostendorff, of Virginia, and George Apostolakis, of Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Arthur Allen Elkins, Jr., of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, D105Earl F. Gohl, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and Sandford Blitz, of Maine, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.

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Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 2961, to provide debt relief to Haiti, S. 1382, to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, a simple resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding of Haiti following the humanitarian crisis caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, S. Res. 400, urging the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to address instability in Yemen, S. Res. 404, supporting full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and other efforts to promote peace and stability in Sudan, and the nominations of Leocadia Irine Zak, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, Walter Crawford Jones, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank, and Douglas A. Rediker, of Massachusetts, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ian Hoddy Solomon, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Donald E. Booth, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Bisa Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, David Adelman, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Brooke D. Anderson, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, and to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Allan J. Katz, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Ian C. Kelly, of Maryland, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, and Judith Ann Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, all of the Department of State, and a promotion list in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine foster care and family services in the District of Columbia, focusing on challenges and solutions, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2701, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Asian Carp and the Great Lakes, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the road to economic recovery, focusing on policies to create jobs and continue growth, 10 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.

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Program for Tuesday: Senate will debate concurrently the nominations of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and after a period of debate, vote on confirmation of the nomination of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, at 5 p.m.

Program for Tuesday: To be announced.

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