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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D75-D76 on Jan. 27, 2009.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senator-designate Kirsten E. Gillibrand, of New York, was administered the oath of office by the Vice President.
The House passed S. 181, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S851-S948
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 330-336, and S. Res. 22-23.
Page S894
Measures Reported:
S. 336, making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. (S. Rept. No. 111-3)
Page S893
Measures Passed:
Catholic Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 22, recognizing the goals of Catholic Schools Week and honoring the valuable contributions of Catholic schools in the United States.
Page S946
Honoring Andrew Wyeth: Senate agreed to S. Res. 23, honoring the life of Andrew Wyeth.
Pages S946-47
Measures Considered:
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S852-66, S867-81, S881-85
Adopted:
Reid (for Baucus) Amendment No. 39, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S852-66, S867-81, S881-85
Rejected:
DeMint Amendment No. 43 (to Amendment No. 39), to require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line. (By 60 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 16), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S859-66, S867-80
Hatch/Grassley Amendment No. 45 (to Amendment No. 39), to prohibit any Federal matching payment for Medicaid or CHIP coverage of noncitizen children or pregnant women until a State demonstrates that it has enrolled 95 percent of the children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP who reside in the State and whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line.
Pages S857-59, S880-81
Pending:
McConnell Amendment No. 40 (to Amendment No. 39), in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S852-54
Grassley Amendment No. 41 (to Amendment No. 39), to strike the option to provide coverage to legal immigrants and increase the enrollment of uninsured low income American children.
Pages S854-57
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, and that the time until 11 a.m. be for debate relative to McConnell Amendment No. 40 (to H.R. 2, as amended) (listed above), with the time equally divided and controlled between the Majority and Republican Leaders, or their designees; that no amendments be in order to the amendment prior to a vote on or in relation to the amendment, and that at 11 a.m., Senate vote on or in relation to the amendment; provided further that if McConnell Amendment No. 40 (to H.R. 2, as amended) is agreed to, the bill, as thus amended, be considered as original text for the purpose of further amendments.
Page S885
Announcements:
Democratic Committee Assignments: The Majority Leader announced, in accordance with S. Res. 18, that the following Democratic members have been assigned to the following committees:
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Senators Bennet and Gillibrand.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Senator Bennet.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Senator Gillibrand.
Committee on Foreign Relations: Senator Gillibrand.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Senator Bennet.
Special Committee on Aging: Senators Bennet and Gillibrand.
Pages S878-79
Appointments:
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed the following Senator as Chairman to the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference for the 111th Congress:
Senator Dodd.
Page S947
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 96 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 17), Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008.
Page S881
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States Governor of the African Development Fund; United States Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Page S948
Messages From the House:
Page S892
Executive Communications:
Pages S892-93
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S893-94
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S894
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S894-S900
Additional Statements:
Page S892
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S900-45
Authorities for Committees To Meet:
Pages S945-46
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S946
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--17)
Pages S890, S891
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:22 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S948.)
