Senate Daily Digest — Tuesday, 11/14/2023

Senate reconvened Monday's Legislative Day at 10:01 a.m. adjourned at 7:02 p.m., reconvened for Tuesday at 7:03 p.m., and adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

Monday, 11/13/2023 (Legislative Day continued – #49-122)

Tuesday, 11/14/2023 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 1

• Legislation: New: 14, Voted: 1

• Committee — Meetings: 8 • Legislation: Action: 1, Markup: 1, Reported: 1

[Daily Digest]
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                                         Tuesday, November 14, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
(Legislative Days of Monday, November 13, 2023, and Tuesday, 
November 14, 2023)
Routine Proceedings, pages S5481-S5513

Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3292-3303, and S. Res. 462-463.
  Page S5507

Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 444, providing for the en bloc consideration of military 
nominations.
Page S5507

Measures Considered:
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 6126, 
making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks 
in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 
                                                         Pages S5500-01
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Thursday, November 16, 2023.
Page S5501
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 309), Murray motion to table the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, was agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5501
  Subsequently, the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill was rendered moot.
Page S5501
Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal 
Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) 
Program--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that if a motion to proceed to the consideration of S.J. Res. 43, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of 
Education relating to “Improving Income Driven Repayment for the 
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family 
Education Loan (FFEL) Program,” is made, the motion be agreed to and 
that at 2:30 p.m., on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Senate vote on 
passage of the joint resolution.
  Page S5506

Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a certification that it is in the 
national security interests of the United States to extend the partial 
termination date specified in subsection (i)(1) of section 130(i) of 
title 10, United States Code, by 180 days; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services. (PM-31)
Page S5505

Nomination Discharged: The following nomination was discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, United States 
Agency for International Development, which was sent to the Senate on 
July 26, 2023, from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs.
Pages S5513

Messages from the House:
  Pages S5505-06

Measures Referred:
  Page S5506

Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S5506

Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S5506

Executive Communications:
  Pages S5506-07

Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5508-09

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5509-11

Additional Statements:
  Pages S5501-05

Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S5511

Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S5511

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--309) 
                                                             Page S5501

Motion to Adjourn: Senate agreed to the motion to adjourn until 7:03 
p.m., on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
  Page S5511

Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
and reconvened at 7:03 p.m., on the same day, and adjourned at 7:05 
p.m.,

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until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5513.)