Senate Daily Digest — Tuesday, 5/21/2024
Senate convened at 10 a.m., adjourned at 7:46 p.m.
Tuesday, 5/21/2024 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 4 – Confirmed: 1
Committee — Meetings: 12
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3783-S3818
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced,
as follows: S. 4370-4384, and S. Res. 700.
Pages S3814-15
Measures Passed:
Consumer Furnaces CRA: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 58, providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States
Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to
“Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Consumer Furnaces”, and the joint resolution was then passed in a roll
call vote, 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 176).
Page S3800
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the joint
resolution.
Page S3800
Measures Considered:
Border Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to
proceed to consideration of S. 4361, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
Page S3783
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 upon disposition of the nomination of Melissa Griffin Dalton, of
Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.
Page S3783
Appointments:
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: The Chair, on
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of S. Con.
Res. 34 (118th Congress), appointed the following Senators to the Joint
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: Senators Schumer,
Klobuchar, and Fischer.
Page S3800
Martinez Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the
nomination of Angela M. Martinez, of Arizona, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S3790
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 64 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. EX. 175), Senate agreed to the motion
to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S3789-90
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on
confirmation of the nomination occur at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May
22, 2024; and that the motions to invoke cloture filed during the
session of the Senate on Monday, May 20, 2024, ripen upon disposition
of the nomination.
Page S3800
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10
a.m., on Wednesday, May 22, 2024; and that if cloture is invoked on the
nomination of Dena M. Coggins, of California, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, all time be
considered expired at 3:15 p.m.
Page S3800
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 66 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. EX. 174), Krissa M. Lanham, of
Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Arizona.
Pages S3786-89, S3818
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 66 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 173), Senate agreed to the motion
to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S3788-89
Measures Discharged:
Page S3809
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S3783, S3809
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S3800, S3809
Executive Communications:
Pages S3809-12
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S3812-14
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3815-16
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3816-17
Additional Statements:
Pages S3808-09
Amendments Submitted:
Page S3817
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S3817-18
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--176)
Pages S3789-3800
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:46 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S3818.)