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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

The House passed H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages Page S10841–S10887 

Measures Introduced: Seven bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3725–3731, S.J. 

Res. 46, and S. Res. 728–729. Page S10881 

Measures Reported: 

Special Report entitled ‘‘Recognition of Excellence 

in Aging Research Committee Report’’. (S. Rept. 

No. 110–527) Pages S10880–81 

Measures Passed: 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Senate 

passed S. 3731, to amend the Emergency Economic 

Stabilization Act of 2008 (division A of Public Law 

110–343) to provide the Special Inspector General 

with additional authorities and responsibilities. 

 Pages S10884–85 

America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter 

Dollar Coin Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, 

and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6184, to provide for a program 

for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each 

State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of 

the United States, and the bill was then passed, 

clearing the measure for the President. Page S10885 

2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games: 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of 

S. Res. 196, commending Idaho on winning the bid 

to host the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter 

Games, and the resolution was then agreed to. 

 Page S10885 

Secretary of State Compensation: Senate passed 

S.J. Res. 46, ensuring that the compensation and 

other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary 

of State are those which were in effect on January 

1, 2007. Pages S10885–86 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Senate 

passed H.R. 7311, to authorize appropriations for 

fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures 

to combat trafficking in persons, clearing the measure for the President. Pages S10886–87 

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 S10859 

Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn. Page S10859 

Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act—Cloture: 

Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed 

to consideration of H.R. 7005, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide alternative 

minimum tax relief for individuals for 2008. 

 Page S10859 

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, December 12, 2008. 

 Page S10859 

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

proceed to consideration of the bill at approximately 

11 a.m., on Thursday, December 11, 2008. 

 Page S10887 

Messages from the House: Page S10880 

Additional Cosponsors: Page S10881 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S10881–84 

Additional Statements: Pages S10879–80 

December 10, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1315 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S10884 

Recess: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and recessed 

at 6:45 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 

11, 2008. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of 

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on 

page S10887.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CLEAN ENERGY AND NATURAL 

RESOURCES 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee 

concluded a hearing to examine investments in clean 

energy and natural resources projects and programs 

to create ‘‘green jobs’’—family-supporting, middleskill jobs in the primary sectors of a clean energy 

economy of efficiency, renewables, and alternative 

transportation and fuels, and to stimulate the economy, after receiving testimony from Mark A. 

Limbaugh, former Assistant Secretary for Water and 

Science, and Denis Galvin, former Deputy Director 

National Park Service, National Parks Conservation 

Association, both of the Department of the Interior; 

Malcolm D. Woolf, Maryland Energy Administration, Annapolis, on behalf of the National Association of State Energy Officials; Bracken Hendricks, 

Center for American Progress Action Fund, and Joe 

Loper, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, 

D.C.; Steven G. Hauser, GridPoint, Inc., and Kevin 

Book, Friedman Billings Ramsey and Company Capital Markets Corporation, both of Arlington, Virginia; and Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon 

Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Eugene. 

PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine disease 

prevention and public health, focusing on transforming the health care system, after receiving testimony from Donald Wright, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for 

Health; Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health, 

Washington, D.C.; Kenneth E. Thorpe, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Department 

of Health Policy and Management, Atlanta, Georgia; 

John J. Mahoney, Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Connecticut; and Carol Hibbs, Marshalltown Community Y, Marshalltown, Iowa, on behalf of the YMCA 

of the USA’s Activate America: Pioneering Healthier 

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Communities. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 7321, 7325–7340; and 2 resolutions, 

H. Con. Res. 443; and H. Res. 1535 were introduced. Page H10975 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages H10975–76 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 7322, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2009 (H. Rept. 110–919); 

H.R. 7323, making appropriations for financial 

services and general government for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2009 (H. Rept. 110–920); 

H.R. 7324, making appropriations for energy and 

water development and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2009 (H. Rept. 

110–921); and 

H. Res. 1534, providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 7321) to authorize financial assistance to 

eligible automobile manufacturers (H. Rept. 

110–922). Pages H10870, H10876, H10974–75 

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she 

appointed Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker 

Pro Tempore for today. Page H10869 

Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval 

of the Journal by a recorded vote of 215 ayes and 

170 noes with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 686. 

 Pages H10869, H10877–78 

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed that the business in 

order under the Calendar Wednesday rule be dispensed with today. Page H10869 

Recess: The House recessed at 10:11 a.m. and reconvened at 2:30 p.m. Page H10870 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission—Appointment: Read a letter 

from Representative Boehner, Minority Leader, in 

which he reappointed Mr. Larry Wortzel of Williamsburg, Virginia, to the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, effective 

January 1, 2009. Page H10871