[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1029-D1030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Monday, October 3, 2011

[[Page D1029]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6013-S6058
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1636-1643, and S. Res. 285.                      
  Page S6049
Measures Considered:
  Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act--Agreement: Senate 
resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
1619, to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require 
action to correct the misalignment.            
  Pages S6020-27, S6034-39
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 155), 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.                               
Pages S6034-35
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and that at 2:30 
p.m., all post-cloture time on the motion to proceed to the bill be 
yielded back and following the reporting of the bill, the Majority 
Leader be recognized.                                        
Page S6057
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the legislation and supporting 
documents to implement the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement; 
which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-24) 
                                                         Pages S6047-48
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the legislation and supporting 
documents to implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion 
Agreement; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-25) 
                                                             Page S6048
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the legislation and supporting 
documents to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion 
Agreement; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-26) 
                                                         Pages S6048-49
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the letters exchanged between the 
United States and Korea that contain those commitments, which further 
enhance the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement; which was 
referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-27)                
Page S6049
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the District of Columbia's Budget 
Request Act for fiscal year 2012; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (PM-28)       
Page S6049
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Marina Garcia Marmolejo, of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Texas.
  Nannette Jolivette Brown, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  Nancy Torresen, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine.
  William Francis Kuntz II, of New York, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
  Jennifer Guerin Zipps, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona.                      
Pages S6027-34, S6058
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 154), Henry F. Floyd, of 
South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.                                             
Pages S6034, S6058

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  Robert Stephen Ford, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab 
Republic (Recess Appointment).                       
Pages S6056, S6058
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael T. Scuse, of Delaware, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
  Michael T. Scuse, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
  Earl W. Gast, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Roberta S. Jacobson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Western Hemisphere Affairs).
  James T. Ryan, of Utah, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring 
September 7, 2013.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                     
Page S6057
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  James T. Ryan, of Utah, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring 
September 7, 2013, which was sent to the Senate on July 22, 2011.
  Terry D. Garcia, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, 
which was sent to the Senate on May 16, 2011.                
Page S6058
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6049
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6049-51
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6051-53
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6043-47
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6053
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6053
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6053
Text of H.R. 2608 as Previously Passed:                  
  Pages S6053-55
Text of H.R. 2017 as Previously Passed:                  
  Pages S6055-56
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--155) 
                                                         Pages S6034-35
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6057.)