Friday, January 9, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of Delaware, submitted a letter of
resignation from the United States Senate.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S239-S262
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 192-
199.
Page S256
Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``2008 Joint Economic Report.'' (S. Rept. No.
111-1)
Special Report entitled ``Summary of Legislative and Oversight
Activities During the 110th Congress.'' (S. Rept. No. 111-2)
Pages S256
Measures Considered:
Lands Bill--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to
proceed to consideration of 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.
Pages S239-55
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, and
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, January 9, 2009,
a vote on cloture will occur at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, 2009.
Page S255
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the
bill at approximately 1 p.m., on Sunday, January 11, 2009, the time
until 2 p.m. be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders,
or their designees, and Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on
the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S262
Resignation of Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.: Senator Joseph R. Biden,
Jr., of Delaware, submitted a letter of resignation from the United
States Senate, effective January 15, 2009, at 5 p.m., in order to
prepare for duties as Vice President of the United States.
Page S255
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S239, S256
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S256
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S256-62
Additional Statements:
Pages S255-56
Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed at 2:43 p.m., until 1
p.m. on Sunday, January 11, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S262.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Hilda L. Solis, to be
Secretary of Labor, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Feinstein and Boxer, testified and answered questions in her own
behalf.
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 97 public bills, H.R. 361-
457; 2 private bills, H.R. 458-459; and 18 resolutions, H.J. Res. 17;
H. Con. Res. 16-19; and H. Res. 37-49, were introduced.
Pages H158-63
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H163
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Tsongas to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H93
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measure:
Recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from
Gaza, reaffirming the United States' strong support for Israel, and
supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: H. Res. 34, to
recognize Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, to
reaffirm the United States' strong support for Israel, and to support
the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of
390 yeas to 5 nays with 22 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 10.
Pages H95-113, H138-39
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: The House passed H.R. 11, 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 247 yeas to 171
nays, Roll No. 9.
Pages H113-24, H138-39
The bill was considered pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 5, which was
agreed to on January 6.
Paycheck Fairness Act: The House passed H.R. 12, to amend the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex,
by a recorded vote of 256 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 8. Subsequently,
pursuant to the rule, the text of H.R. 12 was added as new matter at
the end of H.R. 11, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. H.R. 12 was
then laid on the table.
Pages H124-38
Rejected the Price (GA) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee
on Education and Labor with instructions to report the bill back to the
House forthwith with amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 178 yeas to
240 nays, Roll No. 7.
Pages H135-37
The bill was considered pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 5, which was
agreed to on January 6.
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 38, electing certain
minority members to the following committees: Committee on Agriculture:
Representatives Goodlatte, Moran (KS), Johnson (IL), Graves, Rogers
(AL), King (IA), Neugebauer, Foxx, Conaway, Fortenberry, Schmidt, Smith
(NE), Latta, Roe (TN), Luetkemeyer, and Thompson (PA). Committee on
Appropriations: Representatives Young (FL), Rogers (KY), Wolf,
Kingston, Frelinghuysen, Tiahrt, Wamp, Latham, Aderholt, Emerson,
Granger, Simpson, Culberson, Kirk, Crenshaw, Rehberg, Carter,
Alexander, Calvert, Bonner, LaTourette, and Cole. Committee on Armed
Services: Representatives Bartlett, McKeon, Thornberry, Jones, Akin,
Forbes, Miller (FL), Wilson (SC), LoBiondo, Bishop (UT), Turner, Kline
(MN), Rogers (AL), Franks (AZ), Shuster, McMorris Rodgers, Conaway,
Lamborn, Wittman, Fallin, Hunter, Fleming, Coffman (CO), and Rooney.
Committee on the Budget: Representatives Garrett (NJ), Mario Diaz-
Balart (FL), Hensarling, Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Simpson, McHenry,
Mack, Conaway, Campbell, Alexander, Jordan (OH), Nunes, Lummis, and
Austria. Committee on Education and Labor: Representatives Petri,
Hoekstra, Castle, Souder, Ehlers, Biggert, Platts, Wilson (SC), Kline
(MN), McMorris Rodgers, Price (GA), Foxx, Bishop (UT), Guthrie,
Cassidy, McClintock, Hunter, and Roe (TN). Committee on Energy and
Commerce: Representatives Hall (TX), Upton, Stearns, Deal (GA),
Whitfield, Shimkus, Shadegg, Blunt, Buyer, Radanovich, Pitts, Bono
Mack, Walden, Terry, Rogers (MI), Myrick, Sullivan, Tim Murphy (PA),
Burgess, Blackburn, and Gingrey (GA). Committee on Financial Services:
Representatives Castle, King (NY), Royce, Lucas, Paul, Manzullo, Jones,
Biggert, Gary G. Miller (CA) (when sworn), Capito, Hensarling, Garrett
(NJ), Barrett (SC), Gerlach, Neugebauer, Price (GA), McHenry, Campbell,
Putnam, Bachmann, Marchant, McCotter, McCarthy (CA), Posey, Jenkins,
Lee (NY), Paulsen, and Lance. Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Representatives Smith (NJ), Burton (IN), Gallegly, Rohrabacher,
Manzullo, Royce, Paul, Flake, Pence, Wilson (SC), Boozman, Barrett
(SC), Mack, Fortenberry, McCaul, Poe (TX), Inglis, and Bilirakis.
Committee on Homeland Security: Representatives Smith (TX), Souder,
Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Rogers (AL), McCaul, Dent, Bilirakis, Broun
(GA), Miller (MI), Olson, Cao, and Austria. Committee on House
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Administration: Representatives Daniel E. Lungren (CA), McCarthy (CA),
and Harper. Committee on the Judiciary: Representatives Sensenbrenner,
Coble, Gallegly, Goodlatte, Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Issa, Forbes, King
(IA), Franks (AZ), Gohmert, Jordan (OH), Poe (TX), Chaffetz, Rooney,
and Harper. Committee on Natural Resources: Young (AK), Gallegly,
Duncan, Flake, Brown (SC), McMorris Rodgers, Gohmert, Bishop (UT),
Shuster, Lamborn, Smith (NE), Wittman, Broun (GA), Fleming, Coffman
(CO), Chaffetz, Lummis, McClintock, and Cassidy. Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform: Representatives Burton (IN), McHugh, Mica,
Souder, Platts, Duncan, Turner, Westmoreland, McHenry, Foxx, Bilbray,
Jordan (OH), Flake, Fortenberry, and Chaffetz. Committee on Rules:
Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL) and Sessions. Committee on
Science and Technology: Representatives Sensenbrenner, Smith (TX),
Rohrabacher, Bartlett, Ehlers, Lucas, Biggert, Akin, Neugebauer,
Inglis, McCaul, Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Bilbray, Broun (GA), and Olson.
Committee on Small Business: Representatives Bartlett, Akin, King (IA),
Westmoreland, Gohmert, Fallin, Buchanan, Luetkemeyer, Schock, and
Thompson (PA). Committee on Standards of Official Conduct:
Representatives Bonner, Barrett (SC), Kline (MN), Conaway, and Dent.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Representatives Young
(AK), Petri, Coble, Duncan, Ehlers, LoBiondo, Moran (KS), Gary G.
Miller (CA) (when sworn), Brown (SC), Johnson (IL), Platts, Graves,
Shuster, Boozman, Capito, Gerlach, Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Dent, Mack,
Westmoreland, Schmidt, Miller (MI), Fallin, Buchanan, Latta, Scalise,
Cao, Guthrie, and Schock. Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
Representatives Stearns, Moran (KS), Brown (SC), Miller (FL), Boozman,
Turner, Bilbray, Bilirakis, Buchanan, and Scalise. Committee on Ways
and Means: Representatives Herger, Sam Johnson (TX), Brady (TX), Ryan
(WI), Cantor, Linder, Nunes, Tiberi, Ginny Brown-Waite (FL), Davis
(KY), Reichert, Boustany, Heller, and Roskam.
Pages H139-40
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13 for morning hour debate.
Page H141
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H136-37,
H137, H138 and H138-39. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
Committee Meetings
FHA OVERSIGHT OF LOAN ORIGINATORS
Committee on Financial Services: Met to discuss ``FHA Oversight of Loan
Originators.'' The following officials of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development participated in the discussion: Phillip Murray,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Single Family Housing; and James A. Heist,
Assistant Inspector General, Audit, Office of Inspector General; and
non-governmental persons.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of January 11 through January 17, 2009
Senate Chamber
On Sunday, at approximately 2 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 22,
Lands Bill.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared
legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 14, to
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack, to be
Secretary of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Armed Services: January 15, to hold hearings to
examine the nominations of William J. Lynn III, to be Deputy
Secretary, Robert F. Hale, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller) and
Chief Financial Officer, Michele Flournoy, to be Under Secretary for
Policy, and Jeh Charles Johnson, to be General Counsel, all of the
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 13, to
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Shaun Donovan, of New
York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, to be Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Christina Romer, of California,
to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, Austan Goolsbee, of
Illinois, and Cecilia Rouse, of New Jersey, 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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: January 13, to hold hearings to examine
the nominations of Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be
Director, and Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy
Director, both of the Office of Management and Budget, 9 a.m., SD-
608.
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January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the debt
outlook and its implications for policy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 13, to hold
hearings to examine the nomination of Steven Chu, to be Secretary of
Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nomination of Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the Interior, 9:30
a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 14, to hold
hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa P. Jackson, to be
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Nancy
Helen Sutley, to be Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: January 13, to hold hearings to
examine the nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of
State, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
January 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the
nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of State; to be
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to
be Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, and the Representative in the Security Council of the
United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service
as Representative to the United Nations, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 13,
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Arne Duncan to be
Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
January 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-430.
January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine investing
in health information technology (IT), focusing on stimulus for a
healthier America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January
14, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Peter R. Orszag,
of Massachusetts, to be Director, and Robert L. Nabors II, of New
Jersey, to be Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and
Budget, 2 p.m., SD-342.
January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nomination of Janet A. Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: January 15, to hold hearings to
examine job creation and economic stimulus in Indian country, 2:30
p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: January 15, to hold hearings to
examine the nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of
the United States, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: January 14, to hold hearings to
examine the nomination of Eric Shinseki, to be Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-106.
House Committees
Committee on Armed Services, January 14, to meet for
organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 15, hearing entitled
``The U.S. Climate Action Partnership,'' 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, January 13, to meet to discuss
``Priorities for the Next Administration: Use of TARP Funds under
EESA,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, January 13, to consider the following: H.R.
384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009; and the Children's
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H-313
Capitol.
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
January 15, to meet for organizational purposes; followed by a
hearing on ``Reinvigorating the Economy through Stimulus
Legislation: Opportunities for All,'' 1:45 p.m., room to be
announced.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
1 p.m., Sunday, January 11
Senate Chamber
Program for Sunday: Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 22, Lands bill.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 13
House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: To be announced.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E55
Boozman, John, Ark., E55
Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E62
Brady, Kevin, Tex., E57
Chaffetz, Jason, Utah, E54
Chandler, Ben, Ky., E62
Courtney, Joe, Conn., E56
Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E60
Culberson, John Abney, Tex., E57
Davis, Susan A., Calif., E61
Dingell, John D., Mich., E62
Farr, Sam, Calif., E61, E62
Filner, Bob, Calif., E53
Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E55, E60
Harman, Jane, Calif., E59
Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E53, E56
Hirono, Mazie K., Hawaii, E58
Langevin, James R., R.I., E62
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E60
Miller, Jeff, Fla., E57
Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E56
Poe, Ted, Tex., E53
Radanovich, George, Calif., E59, E61, E63
Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E54
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E55
Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E53, E56
Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E56
Shuler, Heath, N.C., E54
Skelton, Ike, Mo., E58
Upton, Fred, Mich., E60
Wolf, Frank R., Va., E55, E58
Young, C.W. Bill, Fla., E54