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At 2:00pm Senator Johanns will deliver Washington's Farewell Address. Following the Address, the Senate will resume consideration of S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. There will be no roll call votes on Monday's session.

H.Con.Res.35, NAACP H.Con.Res.47, Adjournment Resolution

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; A bill 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 fiscal...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report; A bill 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and...

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; A bill 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 fiscal...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report; A bill 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and...

Morning business until 5pm with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. The Senate will complete action on the conference report to accompany H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

S.Res.38, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. Exec Cal #17, Leon Panetta to be Director of the CIA S.234, Post Office naming in Springfield, IL S.Res.48, Oregon Statehood

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 11:30am until 1:00pm. At 11:30am there will be a ceremony honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda.

S. Res.35, University of Miami H.Con.Res.41, Joint Session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

On the Nomination: Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Result: Confirmed (93-4, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Result: Confirmed (93-4, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate is in Executive Session for the consideration of Calendar #14, William J. Lynn, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. There will now be up to 3 hours for debate prior to a vote. If all time is used at...

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 1 as Amended; A bill 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for...

On the Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-37, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 1 as Amended; A bill 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for...

On the Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-37, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The following senators were appointed as conferees: Inouye, Baucus, Reid, Cochran, and Grassley. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no...

On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-36, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-36, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]