[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 34 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D178-D179]
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                                              Friday, March 2, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1371-S1374
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 2152. 
                                                         Pages S1373-74
Measures Considered:
  Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century--Agreement: Senate 
continued consideration of S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:                   
  Pages S1372-73
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1761, of a perfecting nature.           
Page S1372
  Reid Amendment No. 1762 (to Amendment No. 1761), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1372
  Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 1763, to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1372
  Reid Amendment No. 1764 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1763), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1372
  Reid Amendment No. 1765 (to Amendment No. 1764), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1372
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 
1761 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, March 2, 2012, a vote on cloture 
will occur at 12 p.m., on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.            
Page S1372
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, 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. 1761.                                          
Page S1372
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the clerks 
be authorized to modify the instruction lines on any amendments 
currently filed in order to match the page and line numbers on the 
pending Reid Amendment No. 1761, and that those amendments and 
instruction line modifications be considered timely filed under Rule 
XXII; that the cloture vote on Reid Amendment No. 1761 occur at 12 
p.m., on Tuesday, March 6, 2012; and that the filing deadline for 
first-degree amendments to the bill be at 4 p.m., on Monday, March 5, 
2012, and the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to Reid 
Amendment No. 1761, and the bill, be at 11:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 
6, 2012.                                                     
Page S1373
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the continuation of the national 
emergency originally declared in executive order 13288 on March 6, 
2003, with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of 
the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-43)    
Page S1373
Phillips and Rice Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing that at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, March 6, 
2012, Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Mary Elizabeth 
Phillips, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Missouri, and Thomas Owen Rice, of Washington, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; 
that there be two minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote without 
intervening action or debate, on the nominations of Mary Elizabeth 
Phillips, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Missouri, and Thomas Owen Rice, of Washington, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 
in that order; and that no further motions be in order.      
  Page S1374
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S1374
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1373
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S1374
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1374
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:48 a.m., 
until 2:00 p.m. on Monday,

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March 5, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S1374.)