[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 12 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D53]
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                                         Thursday, January 27, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S295-S348
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 211-223, and S. Res. 28-33.        
  Page S338
Measures Passed:
  Publicly Disclose Objection Resolution:  By 92 yeas to 4 nays (Vote 
No. 2), Senate agreed to S. Res. 28, to establish as a standing order 
of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to 
objecting to any measure or matter. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the resolution, having achieved 60 affirmatives 
votes, be agreed to.)                              
  Pages S296, S304-326
  Reading of Amendment Resolution:  By 81 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 3), 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 29, to permit the waiving of the reading of an 
amendment if the text and adequate notice are provided. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the resolution, having 
achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be agreed to.)         
  Pages S296, S327
  110th Anniversary of the United States Army Nurse Corps: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 31, commemorating the 110th anniversary of the United 
States Army Nurse Corps.                                  
  Pages S345-46
  National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 32, designating the month of February 2011 as 
``National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month''. 
                                                          Pages S346-47
  150th Anniversary of the Admittance of the State of Kansas: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 33, expressing the sense of the Senate relating to 
the 150th anniversary of the admittance of the State of Kansas to the 
United States as the 34th State.                              
  Page S347
Measures Failed:
  Cloture Resolution: By 12 yeas to 84 nays (Vote No. 4), two-thirds of 
the Senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate failed to agree to S. Res. 8, amending the Standing 
Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than 
a three-fifths majority after additional debate, and was returned to 
the calendar over, under the rule.                     
  Pages S296, S327
  Debate Improvement Resolution:  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 5), 
two-thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum being present, not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to S. Res. 10, to 
improve the debate and consideration of legislative matters and 
nominations in the Senate, and was returned to the calendar over, under 
the rule, after taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                            
  Pages S296-97, S328
Adopted:
  Reid (for Udall (NM)) Amendment No. 1, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                          Pages S296-97
  Extended Debate Resolution: By 46 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 6), two-
thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to S. Res. 21, to amend the 
Standing Rules of the Senate to provide procedures for extended debate, 
and was returned to the calendar over, under the rule, after taking 
action on the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S297-S304, S328-29
Adopted:
  Reid (for Merkley) Amendment No. 2, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S297-S304
Appointments:
  Members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 
20 U.S.C., sections 42 and 43, appointed and reappointed the following 
Senators as Members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution, respectively:
  The Honorable Jack Reed of Rhode Island vice The Honorable 
Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut and Reappointment of the Honorable 
Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.                                  
Page S348
Second Reading--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, that on 
Friday, January 28, 2011, S. 223, be considered to have

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received a second reading; an objection made to further proceedings; 
and the bill be placed on the Calendar under the provisions of Rule 
XIV.                                                          
  Page S347
Messages from the House:                                  
  Pages S334-35
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                 
  Pages S295, S335, S347
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S335, S347
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S335-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S339
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S339-43
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S334
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S343-44
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S344-45
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S345
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--6) 
                                                 Pages S326, S327, S328
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:01 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S348.)