[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D754-D755]
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                                              Monday, July 23, 2012

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5239-S5264
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3416-3423 and S. Res. 524.                       
  Page S5257
Measures Reported:
  S. 1039, to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the 
detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to 
defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through 
fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other 
gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 112-191) 
                                                             Page S5257
Measures Considered:
Middle Class Tax Cut Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3412, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to middle-class families. 
                                                         Pages S5239-44
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of 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 Wednesday, July 25, 2012.                           
Page S5244
Appointments:
  Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader, 
pursuant to the Public Law 110-298, reappointed the following 
individual to serve as a member of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Congressional Badge of Bravery Board: Richard Gardner of Nevada. 
                                                             Page S5264
  State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader, 
pursuant to the Public Law 110-298, appointed the following individual 
to serve as a member of the State and Local Law Enforcement 
Congressional Badge of Bravery Board: Mike Hettich of Kentucky, vice 
Nick DiMarco of Ohio.                                        
  Page S5264
Moment of Silence--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 3:40 p.m., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Senate observe 
a moment of silence in memory of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and 
Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were 
killed 14 years ago in the line of duty defending this Capitol, the 
people who work here, and its visitors against an armed intruder. 
                                                             Page S5264
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13536 on 
April 12, 2010 with respect to Somalia, received during adjournment of 
the Senate July 20, 2012; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-58)             
Pages S5256-57
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 91 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 182), Michael A. Shipp, of New 
Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey.                                           
Pages S5244-51, S5264
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination, be withdrawn.           
Page S5244
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5257
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5257
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S5257, S5264
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5257, S5264
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5257-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5259-63
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5255-56
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5263
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                            
  Pages S5263-64

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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--182) 
                                                             Page S5251
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:20 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5264.)