[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D531-D532]
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                                               Monday, May 23, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3205-S3246
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and five resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1041-1050, S.J. Res. 13-14, S. Res. 194-195, and S. Con. 
Res. 21.                                                     
  Page S3224
Measures Passed:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 150th Anniversary: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 195, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
                                                         Pages S3244-45
Measures Considered:
  Patriot Sunsets Extension Act--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1038, to 
extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015.               
  Pages S3210-20
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 74 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 75), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S3219
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 24, 2011; and 
that any time during tonight's adjournment count post-cloture. 
                                                             Page S3245
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort His Excellency 
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, into the House Chamber 
for the joint meeting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.   
  Page S3245
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order to take additional steps with respect to the 
national emergency originally declared on March 15, 1995 in Executive 
Order 12957 with respect to Iran; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-9)           
Pages S3222-23
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joyce A. Barr, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
(Administration).
  Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic 
of Egypt.
  Claude M. Steele, of New York, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014.
  Charles Thomas Massarone, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the 
United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  59 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S3245-46
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3223
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S3223, S3245
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3223-24
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3225-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3226-35
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3220-22
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3235-44
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3244
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3244
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--75)   
  Page S3219
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of

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the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3245.)