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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D479 on May 12, 2006.
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Friday, May 12, 2006
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4507-S4527
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2796-2798, and S. Res. 476.
Page S4523
Measures Passed:
Supporting Haiti: Senate agreed to S. Res. 476, supporting democracy, development, and stabilization in Haiti.
Pages S4526-27
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2006, Senate begin consideration of S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform.
Page S4527
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Uttam Dhillon, of California, to be Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
Marc L. Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Linda Avery Strachan, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Timothy Anthony Junker, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
Patrick Carroll Smith, Sr., of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of four years.
Page S4527
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Page S4527
Measures Placed on Calendar:
Page S4523
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S4523
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4523-26
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S4526
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 12:42 p.m., until 2 p.m., on Monday, May 15, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4527.)
