Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program.
Reauthorization Act.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1007-S1102
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced,
as follows: S. 343-356, and S.J. Res. 7.
Pages S1057-58
Measures Reported:
S. 350, to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package
relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health.
Page S1057
Measures Passed:
DTV Transition Date: Senate passed S. 352, to postpone the DTV
transition date.
Pages S1050-51
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act: By 66 yeas
to 32 nays (Vote No. 31), Senate passed H.R. 2, to amend title XXI of
the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health
Insurance Program, after taking action on the following amendments
proposed thereto:
Pages S1007-50
Adopted:
Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 94 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to make a
technical correction to the option to cover legal immigrant children
and pregnant women.
Page S1042
Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 95 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to make
technical corrections to the State option to provide dental-only
supplemental coverage.
Page S1042
Baucus/Grassley Amendment No. 96 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to clarify
that no eligible entity that receives an outreach and enrollment grant
is required to provide matching funds.
Pages S1042-43
Rockefeller (for Baucus) Amendment No. 97 (to H.R. 2, as amended), of
a technical nature.
Page S1043
Coburn Amendment No. 50 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to restore fiscal
discipline by making the Medicaid and SCHIP programs more accountable
and efficient.
Pages S1007, S1044
By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 29), Bingaman Modified Amendment No.
63 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to clarify that new paperwork and
enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment
option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based
on State income tax records or returns.
Pages S1040, S1044-45
Rejected:
By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 24), Baucus (for Coburn/Thune)
Amendment No. 47 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to ensure that children do
not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get
access to private insurance.
Pages S1016-19, S1030, S1031
Bunning Modified Amendment No. 74 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to
eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an
enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose
family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line. (By 54 yeas to
44 nays (Vote No. 25), Senate tabled the amendment).
Pages S1015-16, S1019-25, S1029-30, S1031
By 39 yeas to 59 yeas (Vote No. 26), Hatch Amendment No. 80 (to H.R.
2, as amended), to codify regulations specifying that an unborn child
is eligible for child health assistance.
Pages S1009-15, S1031-32
Grassley Amendment No. 83 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to provide H.R.
3963 (CHIPRA II) as a complete substitute.
Pages S1025-29, S1030-31. S1036
Grassley Amendment No. 71 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to extend the
State Children's Health Insurance Program for 6 quarters in order to
enact bipartisan, comprehensive health care reform.
Pages S1036-38
By 40 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 27), DeMint Amendment No. 85 (to H.R.
2, as amended), to
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provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care
costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average
federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for
medical assistance or child health assistance.
Pages S1032-33, S1038-40, S1040-42, S1043
By 36 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 28), Coburn Amendment No. 86 (to H.R.
2, as amended), to ensure that American children have high-quality
health coverage that fits their individual needs.
Pages S1033-36, S1043-44
Coburn Amendment No. 49 (to H.R. 2, as amended), to prevent fraud and
restore fiscal accountability to the Medicaid and SCHIP programs.
Pages S1007, S1044
By 17 yeas to 81 nays (Vote No. 30), Hutchison Amendment No. 93 (to
H.R. 2, as amended), to provide assistance for States with percentages
of children with no health insurance coverage above the national
average.
Pages S1045-46
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Baucus, Rockefeller,
Conrad, Grassley, and Hatch.
Page S1049
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached
providing that at 3:15 p.m., on Monday, February 2, 2009, Senate
consider the nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of
Columbia, to be Attorney General, and that there be 3 hours of debate,
with the time equally divided and controlled between the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, or their designees;
provided further, that at 6:15 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the
nomination.
Page S1027
Messages from the House:
Page S1057
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S1058
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1058-69
Additional Statements:
Pages S1055-57
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S1069-S1102
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S1102
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S1102
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--31)
Pages S1031, S1032, S1043, S1044, S1045, S1046, S1048-49
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:15 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 2009. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S1102.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the
global economy, focusing on outlook, risks, and implications for
policy, after receiving testimony from Simon Johnson, Peterson
Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC; Brad Setser,
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; and Tim Adams, The
Lindsey Group, Fairfax, Virginia.
QUALITY IN HEALTH REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine quality in health reform, after
receiving testimony from Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient
Advocate Foundation, Washington, DC; Karen Davis, The Commonwealth
Fund, New York, New York; Rhonda Robinson Beale, OptumHealth Behavioral
Solutions, Golden Valley, Minnesota; Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg,
University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Charlottesville; and
Christine Cassel, American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at
2 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of H.
Con. Res. 26.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D50)
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. Signed on
January 29, 2009. (Public Law 111-2)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,
JANUARY 30, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
No meetings/hearings are scheduled.
House
No committee meetings are scheduled.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Friday, January 30
Senate Chamber
Program for Friday: Senate will be in for a period of morning business.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 p.m., Monday, February 2
House Chamber
Program for Monday: To be announced.