[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D343-D344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Monday, April 16, 2012

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2287-S2343
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2284-2285, S. Res. 418, and S. Con. Res. 40.     
  Page S2324
Measures Considered:
  Paying A Fair Share Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 2230, to reduce the deficit by 
imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers. 
                                  Pages S2289-93, S2294-S2305, S2313-14
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 65), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S2313
  21st Century Postal Service Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time 
agreement was reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on 
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Senate resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1789, to improve, sustain, and transform 
the United States Postal Service, that the motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill, be agreed to; that the motion to reconsider 
be agreed to and that there be up to ten minutes of debate equally 
divided between the two Leaders, or their designees, on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill, upon reconsideration.                                  
  Page S2342
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 91 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. Ex. 64), Stephanie Dawn Thacker, of 
West Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.                                       
Pages S2305-13, S2342-43
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ingrid A. Gregg, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2017.
  James L. Henderson, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2017.
  Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2015.
  Charles P. Rose, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term 
expiring April 16, 2017.
  Jay Nicholas Anania, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Suriname.
  Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ghana.
  Susan Marsh Elliott, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tajikistan.
  David J. Lane, of Florida, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies 
for Food and Agriculture.
  Patricia M. Wald, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 
29, 2019.                                                    
Page S2342
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2324
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S2288, S2324
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2324-26

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2326-33
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2323-24
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2333-41
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2342
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2342
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--65) 
                                                             Page S2313
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2342.)