[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 20, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D269-D270]
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                                            Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1817-S1872
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2206-2214, and S. Res. 400.                  
  Pages S1847-48
Measures Considered:
  Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act--
Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 3606, to increase 
American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the 
public capital markets for emerging growth companies, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                     Pages S1824-31, S1832-39, S1840-42
Pending:
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 1833, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1824
Reid Amendment No. 1834 (to Amendment No. 1833), to change the 
    enactment date.                                          
Page S1824
  Reid Amendment No. 1835 (to Amendment No. 1834), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1824
  Reid (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 1836 (to the language proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 1833), to reauthorize the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States.                        
Pages S1824, S1837-39
  Reid Amendment No. 1837 (to Amendment No. 1836), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S1824
  Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 1838, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S1824
  Reid Amendment No. 1839 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1838), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1824
  Reid Amendment No. 1840 (to Amendment No. 1839), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1824
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 51), 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 (for Reed) 
Amendment No. 1833.                                      
Pages S1840-41
  By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 52), 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 (for Cantwell) 
Amendment No. 1836 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 1833).                                     
Pages S1841-42
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
March 21, 2012.                                              
Page S1872
House Messages:
  Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 
2038, to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from 
using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for 
personal benefit, taking action on the following motions and amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S1839-40
Pending:
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill. 
                                                             Page S1839
  Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill, with 
Reid Amendment No. 1940, to change the enactment date.       
Page S1839
  Reid Amendment No. 1941 (to Amendment No. 1940), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1839
  Reid motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 1942, to change the enactment date. 
                                                         Pages S1839-40
  Reid Amendment No. 1943 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 1942), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S1840
  Reid Amendment No. 1944 (to Amendment No. 1943), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S1840
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid motion to concur 
in the amendment of the House to 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 Thursday, March 22, 2012.              
Page S1839

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  Honoring Senator Mikulski--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached proving that the time from 2:30 p.m. until 3 
p.m., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, be as if in morning business to 
acknowledge the milestone reached by Senator Mikulski as the longest 
serving woman in Congress.                                   
Page S1872
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1846
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1846
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S1817, S1846
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1846-47
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S1848
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1848-50
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1844-46
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1850-71
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1871-72
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1872
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--52) 
                                                         Pages S1840-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:21 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1872.)