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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Senator Barack Obama, of Illinois, submitted a letter of resignation from 

the United States Senate. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S10607–S10679 

Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3691–3708, 

and S. Res. 707–709. Pages S10659–60 

Measures Reported: 

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. Page S10659 

Measures Passed: 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin 

Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 

H.R. 2040, to require the Secretary of the Treasury 

to mint coins in commemoration of the 

semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964, and the bill was then passed, clearing 

the measure for the President. Page S10678 

Measures Considered: 

Advancing America’s Priorities Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to 

consideration of S. 3297, to advance America’s priorities. Page S10627 

Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn. Page S10627 

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act— 

CLOTURE: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6867, to 

provide for additional emergency unemployment 

compensation. Pages S10627–29 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 

and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII 

of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, November 21, 2008. 

 Page S10627 

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to 

proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 

10:30 a.m., on Thursday, November 20, 2008. 

 Page S10678 

Resignation Messages: 

Resignation of Senator Barack Obama: Senator 

Barack Obama, of Illinois, submitted a letter of resignation from the United States Senate, effective November 16, 2008, in order to prepare for duties as 

President of the United States. Page S10609 


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November 19, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1281 

House Messages: 

Albuquerque Indian School Act: Senate concurred 

in the amendments of the House of Representatives 

to S. 1193, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 

take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New 

Mexico, clearing the measure for the President. 

 Pages S10676–78 

Appointments: 

Congressional Oversight Panel: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to provisions 

of Public Law 110–343, appointed the following individual as a member of the Congressional Oversight 

Panel: the Honorable Judd Gregg, of New Hampshire. Page S10678 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. 

Alesia Ranney-Marinelli, of New York, to be a 

Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2011. 

Mark S. Shelton, of Kansas, to be a Director of 

the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a 

term expiring December 31, 2011. 

Thomas Joseph Dodd, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 

Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring June 

26, 2014. 

Gary C. Bryner, of Utah, to be a Member of the 

Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation 

for a term expiring June 26, 2014. 

Roger W. Wallace, of Texas, to be a Member of 

the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2014. 

Rodney G. Bent, of Virginia, to be a Member of 

the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2014. 

1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general. 

1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral. 

Routine lists in the Air Force, Army. 

 Pages S10678–79 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S10648 

Executive Communications: Pages S10648–50 

Petitions and Memorials: Pages S10650–59 

Additional Cosponsors: Page S10660 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S10660–76 

Additional Statements: Pages S10644–48 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S10676 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and 

adjourned at 6:42 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 20, 2008. (For Senate’s program, see 

the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S10678.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DOMESTIC AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On 

Tuesday, November 18, Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, after receiving testimony from Senator Stabenow; Ron Gettelfinger, International 

Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), and 

Rick Wagoner, General Motors Corporation, both of 

Detroit, Michigan; Alan R. Mulally, Ford Motor 

Company, Dearborn, Michigan; Robert Nardelli, 

Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan; and Peter 

Morici, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith 

School of Business, College Park. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 

nomination of Neil M. Barofsky, of New York, to 

be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 

Relief Program of the Department of the Treasury, 

after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 

Dodd and Schumer, testified and answered questions 

in his own behalf. 

ECONOMIC STIMULUS 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the economic outlook and options for 

stimulus, after receiving testimony from Mark M. 

Zandi, Moody’s Economy.com, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge; and John B. Taylor, Stanford University, 

Palo Alto, California. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing 

to examine health care reform, focusing on the economic perspective, after receiving testimony from 

Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon, Inc., New York, New 

York, on behalf of the Business Roundtable; Andrew 

L. Stern, Service Employees International Union, 

Washington, D.C.; Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey; and 

Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 


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