Senate Daily Digest — Thursday, 4/27/2023

Senate convened at 12 noon, adjourned at 3:26 p.m.

Thursday, 4/27/2023 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 2 – Passed: 2 – Reported: 2 – Nominations Confirmed: 1,600

Joint Meeting to hear an address by His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea

[Daily Digest]
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Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1403-S1427

Measures Introduced: Fifty-eight bills and eight resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1328-1385, S. Res. 179-185, and S. Con. Res. 
9.
  Pages S1417-19

Measures Reported:
  S. 349, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the 
appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active 
duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work 
remotely, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 118-14)
  S. 933, to amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify 
requirements relating to data centers of certain Federal agencies. (S. 
Rept. No. 118-15)
Page S1416

Measures Passed:
  National Safe Digging Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 182, supporting 
the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month.
  Pages S1426-27
  Arbor Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 183, celebrating the 151st 
anniversary of Arbor Day.
  Pages S1426-27

Measures Considered:
Equal Rights Amendment: Senate continued consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S.J. Res 4, removing the deadline for the 
ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
  Pages S1403-06
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 99), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the joint resolution.
Page S1406
  Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the joint resolution.
Page S1406

Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021, 
authorizing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to order to active duty such units and individual members of 
the Ready Reserve to ensure the Department of Defense can properly 
sustain its support of the Department of Homeland Security concerning 
international drug trafficking along the Southwest Border; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
9)
Page S1416

Johnstone Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Anthony Devos Johnstone, of Montana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
  Pages S1406-07
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 100), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S1406-07
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 
3 p.m., on Monday, May 1, 2023; that all post-cloture time be 
considered expired at 5:30 p.m.; and that that the motions to invoke 
cloture filed on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 ripen on Tuesday, May 2, 
2023.
Page S1427

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, 
Navy, and Space Force.
Page S1408

Messages from the House:
  Page S1416

Measures Referred:
  Page S1416

Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S1416-17

Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1419-20

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1420-26

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Additional Statements:
  Pages S1415-16

Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1426

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--100) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 3:26 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 1, 2023. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1427.)