[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 106 (Monday, July 16, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D726-D727]
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                                              Monday, July 16, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4985-S5050
Measures Introduced: Four bills and five resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3385-3388, and S. Res. 519-523.               
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Measures Reported:
  S. 1266, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to build on and help coordinate funding for the restoration and 
protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-183)
  S. 2018, to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long 
Island Sound restoration and stewardship. (S. Rept. No. 112-184)
  S. 3264, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program. (S. Rept. 
No. 112-185)
  Report to accompany H.R. 3902, to amend the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act to revise the timing of special elections for local office in 
the District of Columbia. (S. Rept. No. 112-186)             
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Measures Passed:
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 103rd 
Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 520, commending the National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of 
its 103rd anniversary.                                       
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  National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
521, designating September 2012 as ``National Spinal Cord Injury 
Awareness Month''.                                           
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  National Child Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 522, 
designating September 2012 as ``National Child Awareness Month'' to 
promote awareness of charities benefitting children and youth-serving 
organizations throughout the United States and recognizing efforts made 
by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as 
critical contributions to the future of the United States. 
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  Firefighters and Military Personnel Recognition: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 523, recognizing the heroic efforts of firefighters and military 
personnel in the United States to contain numerous wildfires that have 
affected tens of thousands of people.                        
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Measures Considered:
DISCLOSE Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3369, to amend the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements 
for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities. 
                                            Pages S4985-S5003, S5007-44
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 179), 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.                                   
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  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of the bill.                                                 
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 3 p.m., 
on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, the motion to proceed to 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 Senate proceed to the cloture vote on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, upon reconsideration. 
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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 91 yeas to 3 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. EX. 178), Kevin 
McNulty, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey.                           
Pages S5003-07, S5050
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
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Executive Communications:                                    
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
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Additional Statements:                                   
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Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--179) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2012 and 
adjourned at 12:26 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, until 10 a.m. on the 
same day. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S5050.)