[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D119-D120]
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                                       Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S661-S804
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2110-2114, and S. Res. 376-378.                
  Page S699
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing John Herschel Glenn, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 377, 
recognizing the 50th anniversary of the historic achievement of John 
Herschel Glenn, Jr., in becoming the first United States astronaut to 
orbit the Earth.                                          
  Pages S690-92
  Authorizing the Use of Emancipation Hall: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 99, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol 
Visitor Center for a ceremony to unveil the marker which acknowledges 
the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United 
States Capitol.                                           
  Pages S802-03
  Sense of the Senate Regarding Children: Senate agreed to S. Res. 378, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that children should have a safe, 
loving, nurturing, and permanent family and that it is the policy of 
the United States that family reunification, kinship care, or domestic 
and intercountry adoption promotes permanency and stability to a 
greater degree than long-term institutionalization and long-term, 
continually disrupted foster care.                            
  Page S803
Measures Considered:
  Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century--Agreement: Senate 
resumed consideration of S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                        
  Page S686
Withdrawn:
  Reid (for Johnson (SD)/Shelby) Amendment No. 1515, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S686
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1633, of a perfecting nature.            
Page S686
  Reid Amendment No. 1634 (to Amendment No. 1633), to change the 
enactment date.                                               
Page S686
  Reid Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 1635, to change the 
enactment date.                                               
Page S686
  Reid Amendment No. 1636 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1635), 
of a perfecting nature.                                   
Pages S686-87
  Reid Amendment No. 1637 (to Amendment No. 1636), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S687
   A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 
1633 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
on Friday, February 17, 2012.                                 
Page S686
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, 
February 16, 2012.                                            
Page S803
  Furman Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Jesse M. Furman, of New York, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York.         
Page S687
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Reid 
Amendment No. 1633 (to S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
Century).                                                     
Page S687
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 94 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. EX. 19), Adalberto Jose Jordan, of 
Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. 
                                                    Pages S672-73, S804
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S663, S699
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S699, S803
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S699
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S699-S700
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S700-04
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S698
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S704-S802
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S802

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Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S802
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--19)    
  Page S673
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:11 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on Page 
S804.)