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Monday, December 8, 2008 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

See Re ́sume ́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 Rela- tions was discharged from further consideration.) 

 Pages S10817–18, S10819–20 


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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.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE AND CHILD 

NUTRITION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) food assistance 

and child nutrition programs in the economic downturn, focusing on promoting health and fighting 

hunger, after receiving testimony from Eileen Kennedy, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition 

Science and Policy, Boston, Massachusetts; Mariana 

Chilton, Drexel University School of Public Health, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mary Kay Fox, 

Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Carolyn L. Duff, Richland County School 

District One, Columbia, South Carolina, on behalf of 

the National Association of School Nurses. 

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House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, pursuant to section 2 of H. Con. Res. 

440. 

Committee Meetings 

U.S. ECONOMY—ROLE OF CREDIT 

DERIVATIVES 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the 

role of credit derivatives in the U.S. economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BRIEFING—MUMBAI/CYBER UPDATE 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to receive a briefing on Mumbai/Cyber 

Update. The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses. 

NEW PUBLIC LAWS 

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D1271) 

H.R. 6867, to provide for additional emergency 

unemployment compensation. Signed on November 

21, 2008. (Public Law 110–449) 

H.R. 5714, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of 

the establishment of the United States Army in 

1775, to honor the American soldier of both today 

and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the 

United States Army and its role in American society, 

from the Colonial period to today. Signed on December 1, 2008. (Public Law 110–450) 

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. Signed on December 2, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–451) 

S. 602, to develop the next generation of parental 

control technology. Signed on December 2, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–452) 


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