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Senate Agenda – Nov. 3 – Senate will continue consideration of S. 1932, Budget Reconciliation.

Highlights:  Senate confirmed the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to be Chief Justice of the United States.

Senate passed S. 397, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. (Also: Gun Maker Protection Bill Gains Support in Senate)

Senate passed H.R. 2360, Homeland Security Appropriations.

Senate passed S. 1307, CAFTA Implementation Act.

Senate passed H.R. 2361, Interior Appropriations.

Senate passed H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act. 

Senate confirmed the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Senate passed S. Res. 39, apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.

Senate confirmed the nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

Senate passed H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act.

Senate confirmed the nomination of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Senate agreed to conference report to accompany H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Senate passed H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.

Senate passed S. 686, for the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.

Senate passed S. 256, Bankruptcy Reform Act. 

Senate passed S. 306, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Senate confirmed the nomination of Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

State of the Union Address - Feb. 2, 2005 

Senate confirmed the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales, of Texas, to be Attorney General.

Senate has confirmed the nominations of Condoleezza Rice, of California, to be Secretary of State, Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Senate passed H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act and H.R. 4759, United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

Senate rejects motion to consider S.J. Res. 40, Constitutional Amendment on Marriage. The amendment would ban states from legalizing same-sex marriages. (See: Bush Backs Gay Marriage Ban Amendment)

Senate passed H.R. 4613, Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

Senate passed S. 15, Project Bioshield Act.

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