Congressional Record
111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Monday, May 10, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3451-S3486
Measures Introduced:
One bill and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3334, and S. Res. 519-520.
Page S3473
Measures Reported:
H.R. 3237, to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and Commercial Space Programs''.
Page S3472
Measures Passed:
100th Anniversary of Glacier National Park:
Senate agreed to S. Res. 520, honoring the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park.
Page S3485
Measures Considered:
Restoring American Financial Stability Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3217,
Pages S3457-70
Pending:
Reid (for Dodd/Lincoln) Amendment No. 3739, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S3457
Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 (to Amendment No. 3739), to require the non-partisan Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that does not interfere with monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the recipients of over $2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve System.
Page S3457
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, after any Leader time, and debate concurrently Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 (to Amendment No. 3739) (listed above), and Vitter Amendment No. 3760; that prior to a vote on or in relation to each amendment, there be a total debate limit of 80 minutes, with 20 minutes each under the control of Senators Sanders, Vitter, Shelby and Dodd, or their designees; that upon the use or yielding back of all time, the Senate vote on or in relation to Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 (to Amendment No. 3739), followed by a vote on or in relation to the Vitter amendment, with no amendment in order to either amendment.
Page S3470
Appointments:
Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress
: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 94-201, as amended by Public Law 105-275, appointed the following individuals as members of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress: Jean M. Dorton of Kentucky and Margaret Z. Robson of New Mexico.
Pages S3485-86
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act--Referral Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 29, approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and the bill then be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Page S3485
Message from the President:
Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-53)
Pages S3471-72
Nomination Received:
Senate received the following nomination:
Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Page S3486
Executive Communications:
Page S3472D509
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3473-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S3475
Additional Statements:
Pages S3470-71
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3475-85
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S3485
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:04 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3486.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
H.R. 4360, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California, as the ``Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center''. Signed on May 7, 2010. (Public Law 111-164)
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
to hold hearings to examine current issues related to offshore oil and gas development including the Department of the Interior's recent five year planning announcements and the accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, 10 a.m., SR-325.
Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, with the Subcommittee on Oversight, to hold joint hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) role in protecting ocean health, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine economic and environmental impacts of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance:
to resume hearings to examine the President's proposed fee on financial institutions regarding the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), part 3, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine safe patient handling and lifting standards for a safer American workforce, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold an oversight hearing to examine United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence:
to hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Financial Services,
Subcommittee on Capitol Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``The Stock Market Plunge: What Happened and What is Next?'' 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``TARP Oversight:
An Update on Warrant Repurchases and Benefits to Taxpayers,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on House Administration,
to continue hearings on H.R. 5175, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, 5 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary,
Subcommittee Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4080, Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009; and H.R. 4055, Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Initiative Act of 2009, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules,
to consider H.R. 5116, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
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Program for Tuesday:
Senate will continue consideration of S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act, and after a period of debate, vote on or in relation to Sanders/Dodd Modified Amendment No. 3738 and Vitter Amendment No. 3760.
(Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences.)
Program for Tuesday:
To be announced.
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