Thursday, December 11, 2008 [[Page D1320]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S10889-S10958 Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3732-3741, and S. Con. Res. 107. Page S10946 Measures Reported: Report to accompany S. 3501, to ensure that Congress is notified when the Department of Justice determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute. (S. Rept. No. 110-528) Page S10946 Measures Passed: Technical Corrections: Senate passed H.R. 7327, to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, clearing the measure for the President. Pages S10914-15 United States Capitol Complex Tours: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 107, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the rights of Members of Congress (or any employee of a Member of Congress authorized by that member) to lead tours of the United States Capitol complex. Page S10957 Union Station, Washington, D.C. Centennial: Committee on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 664, celebrating the centennial of Union Station in Washington, District of Columbia, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S10957 National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 710, designating the week of February 2 through February 6, 2009, as ``National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. Pages S10957-58 National Mentoring Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 728, designating January 2009 as ``National Mentoring Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to. Pages S10957-58 Measures Considered: Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act--Cloture: Senate continued 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 S10931 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 52 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 215), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Page S10931 Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Page S10931 Appointments: Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, appointed the following individual to the Congressional Award Board: Major General Robert Newman of Virginia. Page S10958 Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous- consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate. Page S10958 Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate meet in pro forma sessions with no business conducted on the following days and times: Friday, December 12 at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, December 16 at 11 a.m.; Friday, December 19 at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, December 23 at 11 a.m.; Friday, December 26 at 11 a.m.; Tuesday, December 30 at 10:30 a.m.; and Friday, January 2 at 10 a.m.; and that at the close of the pro forma session on Friday, January 2, Senate stand adjourned sine die under the provisions of H. Con. Res. 440. Page S10958 [[Page D1321]] Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination: Matthew W. Friedrich, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Page S10958 Messages from the House: Pages S10944-45 Executive Communications: Pages S10945-46 Additional Cosponsors: Page S10947 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S10947-51 Additional Statements: Pages S10943-44 Amendments Submitted: Pages S10951-57 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S10957 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--215) Page S10931 Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed at 11:50 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10958.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM PREVENTION REPORT Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a report from the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, after receiving testimony from former Senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent, Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, and former Representative Tim Roemer, and Robin Cleveland, each a Commissioner, all of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. House of Representatives Chamber Action The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January, 3, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 440. Committee Meetings STATES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES--IMPACT OF RECESSION Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on the Impact of Recession on States and Local Communities. Testimony was heard from the following Governors: Jon Corzine, New Jersey; Jim Doyle, Wisconsin; and Jim Douglas, Vermont; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT--ADMINISTRATION'S LAST-MINUTE RULEMAKINGS Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a hearing entitled ``Approaching Midnight: Oversight of the Bush Administration's Last-Minute Rulemakings.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate No meetings/hearings scheduled. House No committee meetings are scheduled. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087ÿ09390). The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C. The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code, and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session, excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually small consecutive issues are printed one time. Public access to the Congressional Record is available online through GPO Access, a service of the Government Printing Office, free of charge to the user. The online database is updated each day the Congressional Record is published. The database includes both text and graphics from the beginning of the 103d Congress, 2d session (January 1994) forward. It is available through GPO Access at www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess. Customers can also access this information with WAIS client software, via telnet at swais.access.gpo.gov, or dial-in using communications software and a modem at 202ÿ09512ÿ091661. Questions or comments regarding this database or GPO Access can be directed to the GPO Access User Support Team at: E-Mail: gpoaccess@gpo.gov; Phone 1ÿ09888ÿ09293ÿ096498 (toll-free), 202ÿ09512ÿ091530 (D.C. area); Fax: 202ÿ09512ÿ091262. The Team's hours of availability are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, except Federal holidays. The Congressional Record paper and 24x microfiche edition will be furnished by mail to subscribers, free of postage, at the following prices: paper edition, $252.00 for six months, $503.00 per year, or purchased as follows: less than 200 pages, $10.50; between 200 and 400 pages, $21.00; greater than 400 pages, $31.50, payable in advance; microfiche edition, $146.00 per year, or purchased for $3.00 per issue payable in advance. The semimonthly Congressional Record Index may be purchased for the same per issue prices. To place an order for any of these products, visit the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at: bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail orders to: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250ÿ097954, or phone orders to 866ÿ09512ÿ091800 (toll free), 202ÿ09512ÿ091800 (D.C. area), or fax to 202ÿ09512ÿ092104. Remit check or money order, made payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or use VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or GPO Deposit Account. Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets. With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no restrictions on the republication of material from the Congressional Record. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Record, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received. [[Page D1322]] _______________________________________________________________________ Next Meeting of the SENATE 10 a.m., Friday, December 12 Senate Chamber Program for Friday: Senate will meet in pro forma session. Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 11 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009 House Chamber Program for Saturday: To be announced.