Senate Daily Digest — Tuesday, 9/19/2023
Senate convened at 10 a.m., adjourned at 7:52 p.m.
Tuesday, 9/19/2023 — Activity – On the Floor – Votes: 3 – Confirmed: 2
[Daily Digest]
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4567-S4607
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and four resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 2836-2854, and S. Res. 349-352.
Pages S4589-90
Measures Passed:
National Service Dog Day: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 238,
expressing support for recognizing September 20 as National Service Dog
Day, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the
following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S4606-07
Reed (for Tester) Amendment No. 1261, to amend the preamble.
Pages S4606-07
National Lobster Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 351, designating
September 25, 2023, as “National Lobster Day”.
Page S4607
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res.
352, designating September 2023 as “National Childhood Cancer
Awareness Month”.
Page S4607
Measures Considered:
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R.
4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2024, taking action on the following amendments and
motions proposed thereto:
Pages S4572-82
Pending:
Schumer (for Murray/Collins) Amendment No. 1092, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S4572
Murray Amendment No. 1205 (to Amendment No. 1092), to change the
effective date.
Page S4572
Murray motion to suspend Rule XVI for the consideration of Schumer
(for Murray/Collins) Amendment No. 1092 (listed above) to the bill.
Page S4572
Schumer motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations,
with instructions, Schumer Amendment No. 1230, to change the effective
date.
Page S4572
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday,
September 20, 2023; and that the motion to invoke cloture with respect
to the Murray motion to suspend Rule XVI for the consideration of
Schumer (for Murray/Collins) Amendment No. 1092 (listed above), ripen
at 12:15 p.m.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 230), Vernon D. Oliver, of
Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Connecticut.
Pages S4567-71
By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 232), Rita F. Lin, of California,
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of
California.
Page S4572
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 231), Senate agreed to the motion
to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S4571-72
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Jennifer L. Fain, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Stuart Alan Levey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three
years.
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the
Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
for a term expiring October 3, 2024.
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the
Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
for a term expiring October 3, 2030.
Daryle Williams, of California, to be a Member of the National
Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024, Shelly
Colleen Lowe, term expired.
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Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.
Page S4607
Messages from the House:
Page S4585
Measures Referred:
Page S4585
Executive Communications:
Pages S4585-86
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S4586-89
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4590-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4592-99
Additional Statements:
Pages S4582-85
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S4599-S4606
Notices of Intent:
Page S4606
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S4606-07
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--232)
Pages S4571-72
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:52 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S4607.)