May 12:
The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. and will be in a period of morning business with Senators
permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each, with the time until 5:30 p.m. equally divided and controlled
between the two Leaders or their designees. There will be no roll call votes on Monday. Senators should be prepared to vote as early as 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday in relation to the following items: the
McConnell amendment No. 4720 (energy) with a 60-vote threshold; the Reid amendment (energy) with a
60-vote threshold; passage of the flood insurance legislation (either S. 2284 or H.R. 3121); and cloture on
the motion to proceed to H.R. 980 (collective bargaining). If cloture on the motion to proceed is invoked, all post-cloture time will be yielded back and the motion to proceed will be agreed to.
Timeline of Events
Learn more about Woodrow Wilson Keeble and Tim's
work to get him the Medal of Honor
A Firsthand Look at Woodrow
Keeble
A 1954 affidavit from a soldier who served
with Keeble, this document tells about his
action in 1951 and the loss of the original
recommendation for the Medal of Honor
Sen. Johnson's Original Request for MoH
Original request letter from Senator Johnson
and Senator Daschle to have Keeble's case reconsidered
The Army's Response
Letter from the Army stating the
case was being reviewed by a Senior Army
Decorations Board
Sen. Johnson Seeks
Update
Letter from Senator Johnson to Secretary Harvey
asking for an update on the case
Sec. Harvey's Response
Letter from Secretary Harvey stating he was
recommending Keeble be awarded the Medal of Honor
Johnson's Letter
to Sec. Rumsfeld
Letter to Secretary Rumsfeld noting Secretary Harvey's
recommendation and a request for his approval
of the recommendation
Sec. Rumsfeld Responds
Letter from Secretary Rumsfeld in reply
Letter to Secretary
Gates
Sens. Johnson's recommendation
for the recommendation to be moved forward
Sec. Gates Responds
Letter from Secretary Gates in reply
Sen. Johnson writes
Pres. Bush
Asks him to expedite final
approval of the Medal of Honor
Honoring
Keeble
Sen. Johnson's Congressional Record
statement from February 15, 2006 honoring Keeble.
Paying Tribute
to Keeble
Read Sen. Johnson's statement that will be entered in to
the Congressional Record on March 3, 2008, the
day of the White House Medal of Honor ceremony.
"The
first hand accounts of his actions that day read like something out of
an old Hollywood movie. What he did was real, and his bravery in the face
of enemy fire was so remarkable that the men in his company twice submitted
recommendations that he receive the Congressional Medal of Honor...Few
Americans will recognize MSG Woodrow Wilson Keeble's name, but he was
an American hero who served in two wars and who deserves our Nation's
most prestigious recognition."
To
read more information about the
Medal of Honor ceremony honoring
Woodrow W. Keeble, visit
our newsroom.
For a photo of Keeble, Click
Here.
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