[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 112 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D835-D836]
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                                              Monday, July 25, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4855-S4881
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1410-
1413.                                                    
  Pages S4868-69
Measures Considered:
  Sense of the Senate Regarding the Budget Deficit--Agreement: Senate 
resumed consideration of S. 1323, to express the sense of the Senate on 
shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit, taking action on the 
following amendments and motions proposed thereto:       
  Pages S4865-66
Withdrawn:
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 531, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S4865
  Reid Amendment No. 529, to change the enactment date. 
                                                         Pages S4865-66
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 581, to cut spending, maintain existing 
commitments, and for other purposes.                         
Page S4866
  Reid Amendment No. 582 (to Amendment No. 581), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S4866
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 583, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S4866
  Reid Amendment No. 584 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 583) of 
the motion to commit), of a perfecting nature.               
Page S4866
  Reid Amendment No. 585 (to Amendment No. 584), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S4866
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  Reid Amendment No. 532 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 531) of 
the motion to commit), of a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to 
commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions, Reid 
Amendment No. 531, was withdrawn.                            
Page S4865
  Reid Amendment No. 533 (to Amendment No. 532), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 532 (to the instructions 
(Amendment No. 531) of the motion to commit), fell.          
Page S4865
  Reid Amendment No. 530 (to Amendment No. 529), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 529, fell.              
Page S4865
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. 
                                                             Page S4881
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report declaring a national 
emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal 
organizations; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM--15)                              
Pages S4867-68
Engelmayer and Manglona Nominations--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the nomination of Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
and the nomination of Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be Judge for the District Court for the Northern 
Mariana Islands for a term of ten years.                 
  Pages S4860-62
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that the 
votes on confirmation of the nominations scheduled for Monday, July 25, 
2011 be vitiated; that Senate continue consideration of the nominations 
at 12:15 p.m., on Tuesday, July 26, 2011; that there be two minutes for 
debate equally divided in the usual form; that upon the use or yielding 
back of time, Senate vote, without intervening action or debate, on 
confirmation of the nomination of Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
and the nomination of Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be Judge for the District Court for the Northern 
Mariana Islands for a term of ten years, in that order; and that no 
further motions be in order.                         
Pages S4862, S4881
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  26 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  50 Army nominations in the rank of general.

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  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S4881
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4868
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S4868
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4869-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S4870
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4867
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4870-81
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4881.)