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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7349-S7392
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3063-3079, and S. Res. 427-428.
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Measures Reported:
S. 2201, to manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 117-43)
S. 2293, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-44)
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Measures Passed:
Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1899, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the modification, transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals, and the bill was then passed.
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United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1872, to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S7391-92
Schumer (for Ernst) Amendment No. 3912, in the nature of a substitute.
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National Principals Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 428, recognizing October 2021 as ``National Principals Month''.
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Nachmanoff Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Pages S7354-55
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 430), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S7354-55
Nagala Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
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During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 431), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
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Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Omar Antonio Williams, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; that at 11 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations of Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, in the order listed, prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Omar Antonio Williams, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; provided further that at 2:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, in the order listed; that at 5:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Hampton Y. Dellinger, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Elizabeth Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Department of Justice, in the order listed; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, if cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, Senate vote on confirmation thereon at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey.
Tom Udall, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa.
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria.
Cindy Hensley McCain, of Arizona, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
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By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 432), Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
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During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 427), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
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By 56 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 433), Karen McGlashan Williams, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
Pages S7353, S7362
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 428), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
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By 68 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 434), Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Pages S7353-54, S7362
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. EX. 429), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
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Messages from the House:
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Measures Referred:
Pages S7367-68
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
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Executive Reports of Committees:
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Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S7370-73
Additional Statements:
Pages S7366-67
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S7373-91
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--434)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7392.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 188
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