[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D192-D193]
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                                             Tuesday, March 6, 2012

[[Page D192]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1401-S1432
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2156-2165, and S. Res. 389.                      
  Page S1422
Measures Passed:
  Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act: Senate passed S. 1886, to 
prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                        
  Page S1431
  Durbin (for Leahy/Grassley) Amendment No. 1808, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1431
  National Asbestos Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 389, 
designating the first week of April 2012 as ``National Asbestos 
Awareness Week''.                                        
  Pages S1431-32
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:         
  Pages S1407-10, S1413-17
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1761, of a perfecting nature.           
Page S1407
  Reid Amendment No. 1762 (to Amendment No. 1761), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1407
  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 S1407
  Reid Amendment No. 1764 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1763), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1407
  Reid Amendment No. 1765 (to Amendment No. 1764), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1407
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 25), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 1761 
(listed above).                                              
Page S1410
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on Reid Amendment No. 1761 (listed 
above).                                                      
Page S1410
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the bill, be withdrawn.                 
Page S1410
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, March 
7, 2012.                                                     
Page S1432
Senate Briefing--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Senate recess from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., on Wednesday, 
March 7, 2012, to allow for a Senators only briefing.        
  Page S1432
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 95 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 26), Mary Elizabeth Phillips, of 
Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Missouri.                                      
Pages S1410-13, S1432
  By 93 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 27), Thomas Owen Rice, of 
Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Washington.                                    
Pages S1410-13, S1432
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1420
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1420
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S1420
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1420-22
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S1422
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1422-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1423-25
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1418-20
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1425-30
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1430-31

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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--27) 
                                                     Pages S1410, S1413
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1432.)