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Monday, May 24, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3317-S3383
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1786-1795, and S. Res. 229-231.
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Measures Passed:
National Charter Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 230, congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and leaders of charter schools across the United States for making ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 22nd annual National Charter Schools Week, to be held May 9 through May 15, 2021.
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DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 231, expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2021, as ``DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day'' to raise awareness of and encourage research on diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors and pediatric cancers in general.
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Measures Considered:
Endless Frontier Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Pending:
Schumer Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute.
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Cantwell Amendment No. 1527 (to Amendment No. 1502), of a perfecting nature.
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Brooks-Lasure Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
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During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 200), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 25, 2021; that all time on the nomination be considered expired at 11:45 a.m.; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, all post-cloture debate time be considered expired at 2:30 p.m.
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Messages from the House:
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:
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Executive Communications:
Pages S3332-33
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S3334-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S3337-38
Additional Statements:
Pages S3331-32
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S3338-82
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Privileges of the Floor:
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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--200)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:41 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3382-83.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 90
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