[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 199 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1398]
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                                          Friday, December 23, 2011

[[Page D1398]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
  The Senate met at 9:30:21 a.m. in pro forma session, and adjourned at 
9:31:46 a.m. until 12 noon, on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
House Passed Version of Two Month Payroll--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that if the House passes, and 
sends to the Senate, a bill which is identical to the text which is at 
the desk--a two month extension of the reduced payroll tax, 
unemployment insurance, TANF, and the Medicare payment fix--the bill be 
considered read three times and passed; the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, provided 
further, that the Senate having received a message from the House 
requesting a conference with respect to H.R. 3630, the Senate insisted 
on its amendment, and agreed to the request for a conference, and the 
Chair was authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate 
with a ratio of 4 to 3; that if the House does not act by January 1, 
2012, with respect to passage of a bill providing the two month 
extension, the Senate action with respect to as conference on H.R. 
3630, be vitiated.                                           
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  Subsequently, the bill (H.R. 3765, to extend the payroll tax holiday, 
unemployment compensation, Medicare physician payment, provide for the 
consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline) was received from the House, 
read three times, and passed by the Senate.
Messages from the House:                                 
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