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Results of Executive Business Meeting - December 17, 2009

The Senate Judiciary Committee held an executive business meeting to consider pending nominations and legislation on December 17, 2009.

Agenda

I. Nominations

O. Rogeriee Thompson to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit
Held Over

Barbara L. McQuade to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote

Christopher A. Crofts to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote

James L. Santelle to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote

Michael Cotter to be United States Attorney of the District of Montana
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote

Mark Anthony Martinez to be United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote


II. Bills

S. 714, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 (Webb, Graham, Leahy, Hatch, Schumer, Durbin, Cardin, Whitehouse, Franken, Specter)
Held Over

S. 1624, Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 (Whitehouse, Franken, Feingold)
Held Over

S. 1765, Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009 (Cardin, Schumer, Whitehouse, Leahy)
Held Over

S. 678, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009 (Leahy, Kohl, Durbin, Specter)
Ordered Reported by Roll Call Vote, 12 - 7

Amendment HEN09D14 (Leahy)
Adopted by Unanimous Consent

Amendment HEN09C45 (Feingold)
Adopted by Unanimous Consent

Amendment ALB09208 (Durbin)
Adopted by Unanimous Consent

Amendment HEN09C75 (Sessions)
Failed by Roll Call Vote, 6 - 13

Amendment ALB09170 (Grassley)
Adopted by Roll Call Vote, 10 - 9

S. 1554, Safe Babies Act (Harkin, Schumer, Franken)
Held Over

S. 1789, Fair Sentencing Act (Durbin, Leahy, Feingold, Cardin, Whitehouse, Kaufman, Specter, Franken)
Held Over

S. 1376, To restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption (Klobuchar, Inhofe, Feingold, Durbin, Leahy)
Ordered Reported by Unanimous Consent

Amendment MDM09978 (Klobuchar)
Adopted by Unanimous Consent

H.R. 1741, Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009
Held Over
noteworthy

Did You Know?  William Howard Taft is the only person to head both the Executive and Judicial branches of the government.  Taft served as President from 1909 until 1913, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 until 1930.

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