Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
The House and Senate met for the Inauguration of President Barack
Hussein Obama and Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S661-71
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached
providing that at 12 noon, on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Senate
consider the nomination of Hillary Clinton, to be Secretary of State,
and that there be 3 hours of debate, with the time equally divided and
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, and that Senate
then vote on confirmation of the nomination.
Page S670
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.
Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland
Security.
Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.
Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Pages S663 S671
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State.
Dennis Cutler Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National
Intelligence.
Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.
Michele A. Flournoy, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy.
Thomas Andrew Daschle, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and
Human Services.
Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2012.
Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development.
Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission.
Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.
Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of
Economic Advisers.
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller).
Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney
General.
John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy.
Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the
Department of the Defense.
Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be United States Trade Representative, with
the rank of Ambassador.
Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State for
Management and Resources.
Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.
Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere.
Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland
Security.
William J. Lynn, III, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative
of the United States of America
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to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the
Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council
of the United Nations.
Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the Council of
Economic Advisers.
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of
the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of
the United States of America to the United Nations.
Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2014.
Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be a Member of the
Council of Economic Advisers.
James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Member of the Council on
Environmental Quality.
Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be Member of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years
from February 1, 2008.
Hilda L. Solis, of California, to be Secretary of Labor.
Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
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Additional Cosponsors:
Page S670
Additional Statements:
Pages S663-67
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 3:58 p.m.,
until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S671.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: There were no bills or
resolutions introduced.
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H390
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Castello to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
Page H389
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Scalise,
wherein he resigned from the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure and Veterans' Affairs.
Page H389
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Daniel E.
Lungren (CA), wherein he resigned from the Committee on the Budget.
Page H389
Inauguration Ceremonies: Pursuant to H. Res. 23, the House proceeded in
a body to the Inauguration Ceremony for President Barack Obama and Vice
President Joseph Biden.
Pages H389-90
Quorum Calls--Votes: There were no Yea and Nay votes, and there were no
Recorded votes. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 12:47 p.m., pursuant to H.
Res. 61, it stands adjourned until 12 noon on Wednesday, January 21,
2009.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 21, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine addressing
short-and long-term fiscal challenges, 10 a.m., SD-608.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold
hearings to examine the nomination of Ray LaHood, to be Secretary of
Transportation, 2 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nomination
of Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the
Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the
nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Permanent Representative to the
United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, 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, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold
hearings to examine the financial crisis and the breakdown of
financial governance, 2 p.m., SD-342.
House
No committee meetings are scheduled.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
12 noon, Wednesday, January 21
Senate Chamber
Program for Wednesday: Senate will consider the nomination of Hillary
Clinton, to be Secretary of State, with a vote on confirmation of the
nomination to occur following 3 hours of debate.
(Senate will recess from 12:45 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their
respective party conferences.)
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12 noon, Wednesday, January 21
House Chamber
Program for Wednesday: To be announced.