12/11/2008
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"I urge the Senate to follow the House in passing the line item veto, a critical tool that will help rein in wasteful spending."
"I applaud the House for today's passage of S. 2590, the 'Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.'"
"Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Richard L. Nygaard, retired."
"Frank Baxter, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay."