Senate Daily Digest — Monday, 9/11/2023

Senate convened at 3 p.m., adjourned at 6:46 p.m.

Monday, 9/11/2023 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 1 – Reported: 3 – Confirmed: 2

• Legislation: New: 12

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                                         Monday, September 11, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4337-S4358

Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2751-2761, and S. Res. 334.
  Pages S4355-56

Measures Reported:
  S. 285, to provide for the perpetuation, administration, and funding 
of Federal Executive Boards, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 118-95)
  S. 885, to establish a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the 
Department of Homeland Security as a pilot project to address the 
cybersecurity needs of the United States with respect to national 
security, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 118-96)
  S. 2272, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for special 
base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 118-97)
Page S4355

Bradsher Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Tanya J. Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
  Pages S4337-47
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 223), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S4347
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, September 12, 2023; that all time be considered 
expired at 11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of 
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings, of Illinois, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, all time be considered 
expired at 2:15 p.m.
Page S4358

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Rural Development.
  Patrice J. Robinson, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2028.
  Thomas G. Day, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2028.
  Colleen Duffy Kiko, of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 
2027.
  Colleen Danielle Holland, of New York, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of New York.
  John A. Kazen, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas.
  Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
Judge for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands for a 
term of ten years.
  Micah W.J. Smith, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Hawaii.
Page S4358

Executive Communications:
  Pages S4352-55

Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4356-57

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4357-58

Additional Statements:
  Pages S4351-52

Amendments Submitted:
  Page S4358

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--223) 
                                                             Page S4347

Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:46 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4358.)