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Results of Executive Business Meeting - November 5, 2009

The Senate Judiciary Committee held an executive business meeting to consider pending nominations and legislation on November 5, 2009.

Agenda

I. Nominations

Jane Branstetter Stranch to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
Held Over

Benjamin B. Tucker to be Deputy Director for State, Local and Tribal Affairs, Office of Drug Control Policy
Held Over

Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission
Ordered Reported by Unanimous Consent

Kenyen Ray Brown to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
Ordered Reported by Unanimous Consent

Stephanie M. Rose to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
Ordered Reported by Unanimous Consent

Nicholas A. Klinefeldt to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
Ordered Reported by Unanimous Consent


II. Bills

S. 448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (Specter, Schumer, Graham, Klobuchar)
Held Over

H.R. 985, Free Flow of Information Act
Held Over

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

S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (Leahy, Specter, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin)
Ordered Reported by Roll Call Vote, 14 - 5

Amendment GRA09882 (Leahy)
  Adopted by Unanimous Consent

Amendment GRA09859 (Sessions)
Rejected by Roll Call Vote, 6 - 13

Amendment GRA09884 (Kyl)
Rejected by Roll Call Vote, 7 - 12

Amendment GRA09876 (Coburn)
Withdrawn

Amendment GRA09877 (Coburn)
Withdrawn

Amendment GRA09857 (Sessions)
Withdrawn

Amendment GRA09889 (Kyl)
Withdrawn

S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein)
Ordered Reported by Roll Call Vote, 14 - 2

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

S. 1472, Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2009 (Durbin, Coburn, Leahy, Cardin)
Ordered Reported by Voice Vote

Amendment MDM09890 (Durbin)
Adopted by Unanimous Consent

S. 1147, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 (Kohl, Leahy, Schumer, Specter, Feinstein, Klobuchar)
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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