[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                        Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8381-S8419
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1949-1962, and S. Res. 345.
  Pages S8413-14
Measures Reported:
  S. 1430, to authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of 
Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 112-99)
Page S8413
Measures Passed:
  National Flood Insurance Program: Senate passed S. 1958, to extend 
the National Flood Insurance Program until May 31, 2012.
  Page S8408
  Umatilla Army Chemical Depot: Senate agreed to S. Res. 345, 
expressing the sense of the Senate on the closure of Umatilla Army 
Chemical Depot, Oregon.
  Page S8419
Measures Considered:
Payroll Tax Relief--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 1944, to create jobs by providing 
payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses. 
                                                         Pages S8383-84
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Friday, December 9, 2011.
Pages S8383-84
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill on 
Thursday, December 8, 2011, if cloture is not invoked on the nomination 
of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection.
Page S8419
Cordray Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
December 8, 2011, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of 
Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, with the time until 10:30 a.m. equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that the 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination occur at 10:30 
a.m.
  Page S8419
Messages from the House:
  Pages S8412-13
Measures Referred:
  Page S8413
Executive Communications:
  Page S8413
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8414-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8415-18
Additional Statements:
  Page S8412
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S8418
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S8418-19
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S8419
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:03 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8419.)