[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 102 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D699-D700]
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                                             Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4793-S4833
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3365-
3369.                                                        
  Page S4821
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1791, to designate the United States courthouse under 
construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, 
Florida, as the ``Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse''.
  S. 3304, to redesignate the Environmental Protection Agency 
Headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, 
D.C., as the ``William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building'', to 
redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located 
at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the ``George H. W. Bush 
and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal 
Building'', and to designate the Federal building housing the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Headquarters located at 99 
New York Avenue N.E., Washington D.C., as the ``Eliot Ness ATF 
Building''.
  S. 3311, to designate the United States courthouse located at 2601 
2nd Avenue North, Billings, Montana, as the ``James F. Battin United 
States Courthouse''.                                         
Page S4821
Measures Passed:
  World Malaria Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 429, supporting the goals 
and ideals of World Malaria Day, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S4832-33
  Brown (OH) (for Wicker) Amendment No. 2507, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                             Page S4833
Measures Considered:
Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2237, to 
provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend 
bonus depreciation for an additional year. 
                                            Pages S4793-S4800, S4804-15
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 80 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 174), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S4804
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all time 
during morning business, adjournment and recess count post-cloture on 
the motion to proceed to the bill.                           
Page S4833
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act Printing--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 3240, to 
reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, be printed as passed. 
                                                             Page S4833
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 94 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. EX. 173), John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., of 
Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Tennessee.                                     
Pages S4800-04, S4833
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4821
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4821
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S4821
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S4821
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4821-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4823-25
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4818-21
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4825-31
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S4831
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4831
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4831
Text of S. 1379 as Previously Passed:                    
  Pages S4831-32
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--174) 
                                                  Pages S4803-04, S4804
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:34 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (For Senate's program, see 
the

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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4833.)