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Thursday, January 15, 2009 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Senator-Elect Roland Burris, of Illinois, was administered the oath of office by the Vice President. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S401–S631 

Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and one 

resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 251–273, 

and S. Res. 14. Page S598 

Measures Passed: 

Lands Bill: By 73 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 3), 

Senate passed S. 22, to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in 

the Department of the Interior and the Department 

of Agriculture, after taking action on the following 

amendments proposed thereto: Pages S419–S557 

Adopted: 

Bingaman/Murkowski Amendment No. 23, to improve the bill. Page S419 

Bingaman/Murkowski Amendment No. 24, to 

make certain technical corrections. Page S419 

Withdrawn: 

Reid Amendment No. 15, to change the enactment date. Page S419 

Reid Amendment No. 16 (to Reid Amendment 

No. 15), of a perfecting nature. Page S419 

During consideration of this measure on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Senate also took the following action: 

Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, with instructions to 

report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 

17, to change the enactment date, fell when cloture 

was invoked on the bill. Page S419 

Reid Amendment No. 18 (to the instructions of 

the motion to recommit), of a perfecting nature, fell 

when the motion to recommit fell. Page S419 

Reid Amendment No. 19 (to Reid Amendment 

No. 18), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid 

Amendment No. 18 fell. Page S419 

Senate Staff Transition Funding: Senate agreed 

to S. Res. 14, to provide funding for Senate staff 

transitions. Page S630 

Ralph Regula Federal Office Building and 

Courthouse: Senate passed S. 273, to require the designation of the federally occupied building located at 

McKinley Avenue and Third Street, S.W., Canton, 

Ohio, as the ‘‘Ralph Regula Federal Office Building 

and Courthouse’’. Page S630 

Measures Failed: 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Obligations Disapproval Resolution: By 42 yeas to 52 

nays (Vote No. 5), Senate rejected S.J. Res. 5, relating to the disapproval of obligations under the 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. 

 Pages S559–63, S565–87 

Measures Considered: 

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act—Cloture: Senate 

began consideration of S. 181, to amend title VII of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify 

the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act 

of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or 

other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the 

discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to consideration thereto, taking action on the following 

amendments proposed thereto: Pages S588–90 

Pending: 

Hutchison Amendment No. 25, in the nature of 

a substitute. Page S588 

During consideration of this measure today, Senate 

also took the following action: 

By 72 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 4), three-fifths 

of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having 

voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion 


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to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 

consideration of the bill. Pages S557–59 

Senator Salazar Farewell Remarks—Agreement: 

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Friday, January 16, 2009, Senator 

Salazar be recognized to speak in order to give his 

farewell remarks. Page S631 

Messages from the President: Senate received the 

following messages from the President of the United 

States: 

Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 

continuation of the national emergency that was 

originally declared on January 23, 1995, with respect to foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt 

the Middle East peace process; which was referred to 

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs. (PM–3) Page S597 

Transmitting, pursuant to law, the 2009 National 

Drug Control Strategy; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. (PM–4) Page S597 

Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 

continuation of the national emergency relating to 

Cuba and of the emergency authority relating to the 

regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels; 

which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM–5) Page S597 

Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the Russian Federation on Mutual Fisheries Relations; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 

(PM–6) Pages S597–98 

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction 

of secrecy was removed from the following treaty: 

Tax Convention with Malta (Treaty Doc. No. 

111–1). 

The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, 

considered as having been read for the first time, and 

referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Pages S630–31 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S598–99 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S599–S628 

Additional Statements: Pages S596–97 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S628–29 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: 

 Pages S629–30 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S630 

Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. 

(Total—5) Pages S430, S559, S587 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:32 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Friday, January 16, 2009. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks 

of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page 

S631.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded 

hearings to examine the nominations of William J. 

Lynn III, to be Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Reed, Robert F. Hale, to be Under 

Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, 

Michele Flournoy, to be Under Secretary for Policy, 

who was introduced by Representative Skelton, and 

Jeh Charles Johnson, to be General Counsel, who 

was introduced by Senator Menendez, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 

answered questions in their own behalf. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 

nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, to be 

Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who was introduced by Senators Reed and 

Schumer, Christina Romer, of California, to be Chair 

of the Council of Economic Advisors, Austan 

Goolsbee, of Illinois, who was introduced by Senator 

Durbin, and Cecilia Rouse, of New Jersey, who was 

introduced by Senator Menendez, each to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Daniel 

Tarullo, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 

of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, who was 

introduced by Senator Dodd, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. 

DEBT OUTLOOK 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the debt outlook and its implications 

for policy, after receiving testimony from Richard 

Berner, Morgan Stanley, and Allen Sinai, Decision 

Economics, Inc., both of New York, New York; and 

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, DHE Consulting, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee 

concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of 

Ken Salazar, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the 

nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mark Udall 

and Representative John Salazar, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 


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