[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 118 (Sunday, July 31, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D880]
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                                              Sunday, July 31, 2011

[[Page D880]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5147-S5154
House Messages:
  Debt Limit Increase Bill--Agreement: Senate continued consideration 
of the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 627, to 
establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing 
Delays, taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
Pages S5148-54
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 589, to cut 
spending, maintain existing commitments, and for other purposes. 
                                                             Page S5148
  Reid Amendment No. 590 (to Amendment No. 589), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S5148
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on the Budget, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 591, to 
change the enactment date.                                   
Page S5148
  Reid Amendment No. 592 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 591) on 
the motion to refer), of a perfecting nature.                
Page S5148
  Reid Amendment No. 593 (to Amendment No. 592), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5148
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 122), 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 Reid motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill, 
with Reid Amendment No. 589, to cut spending, maintain existing 
commitments, and for other purposes.                         
Page S5153
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the Reid motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill, with Reid 
Amendment No. 589.                                           
Page S5153
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing further 
consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the bill, with Reid Amendment No. 589, at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., on Monday, August 1, 2011; and that the 
Senate recess from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.; provided further, that 
12:30 p.m., Senate resume consideration of the motion to concur with 
respect to the House Message to S. 627, with the time until 2 p.m. 
equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their 
designees, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S5154
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--122) 
                                                             Page S5153
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 8:36 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 1, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5154.)