[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 82 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D547]
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                                               Monday, June 4, 2012

[[Page D547]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3669-S3694
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3254-3261, and S. Res. 476.                      
  Page S3688
Measures Reported:
  S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. (S. 
Rept. No. 112-173)                                           
Page S3688
Measures Passed:
  National Foster Care Month: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 462, 
recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise 
awareness about the challenges faced by children in the foster care 
system, acknowledging the dedication of foster care parents, advocates, 
and workers, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve 
the lives of children in the foster care system, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                          
  Pages S3689-90
Measures Considered:
Paycheck Fairness Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3220, to amend the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. 
                                                         Pages S3669-74
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 88 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 114), Timothy S. Hillman, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts.                                    
Pages S3674-77, S3694
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S3683-84
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3684
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3684
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Paged S3684-88
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3688-89
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3682-83
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S3689
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--114) 
                                                         Pages S3676-77
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:07 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3690.)