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Monday, September 27, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6683-S6710
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2852-2865, and S. Res. 387.
Pages S6703-04
Measures Considered:
Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5305, making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance.
Pages S6684-94, S6708-10
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 385), 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 bill.
Pages S6693-94
Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
Page S6694
Appointments:
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council: The Chair, pursuant to Public Law 116-260, on behalf of the Majority Leader of the Senate, appointed the following individual as a member of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council: Crystal Peoples Stokes of New York.
Page S6708
Anderson Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Robert T. Anderson, of Washington, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior.
Page S6694
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Page S6694
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S6694
Meyer Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
Page S6694
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 Robert T. Anderson, of Washington, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior.
Page S6694
Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Page S6694
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
Page S6694
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Douglas R. Bush, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
Carrie Frances Ricci, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army.
Ashish S. Vazirani, of Maryland, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
Shannon Corless, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury.
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.
Messages from the House:
Page S6697
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S6697
Executive Communications:
Pages S6697-S6703
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6704-05
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6705-07
Additional Statements:
Pages S6695-96
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S6707-08 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--385)
Pages S6693-94
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:04 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6710.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 168
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