[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 14 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D62-D63]
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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S411-S448
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 190-207, and S. Res. 23-25.    
  Pages S438-39
Measures Passed:
  Debt Limit: By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 11), Senate passed H.R. 
325, to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of 
the United States Government until May 19, 2013, after taking action on 
the following amendments and motion proposed thereto: 
                                                 Pages S413-26, S426-29
Rejected:
  Portman Amendment No. 6, to require that any debt limit increase be 
balanced by equal spending cuts over the next decade. (By 54 yeas to 44 
nays (Vote No. 6), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                 Pages S414-17, S425-26
  Portman Amendment No. 7, to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
provide for automatic continuing resolutions. (By 52 yeas to 46 nays 
(Vote No. 7), Senate tabled the amendment.)         
Pages S414-17, S426
  Toomey Amendment No. 8, to protect Social Security benefits and 
military pay and require that the United States Government prioritize 
all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the 
debt limit is reached. (By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 8), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                              
Pages S417-23, S427
  Paul/Lee Amendment No. 9, to prohibit the sale, lease, transfer, 
retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other 
defense articles or services to the Government of Egypt. (By 79 yeas to 
19 nays (Vote No. 9), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                 Pages S424-25, S427-28
  Vitter motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions. (By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 10), Senate tabled the 
motion.)                                                      
Page S428
  10th Anniversary of the Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 24, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the loss 
of the Space Shuttle Columbia.                                
  Page S448
  125th Anniversary of Gonzaga University: Senate agreed to S. Res. 25, 
honoring Gonzaga University on its 125th anniversary.         
  Page S448
Measures Considered:
  Violence Against Women Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 47, to reauthorize the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994.                           
  Page S433
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 5 p.m., on Monday, February 4, 2013, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill; 
that the time until 5:30 p.m., be equally divided and controlled in the 
usual form; and that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill.                                 
Page S448
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit.                                                      
Page S448
  Gregory Alan Phillips, of Wyoming, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Tenth Circuit.                                        
Page S448
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S436, S448
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S436-37
Executive Reports of Committees:                          
  Pages S437-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S439
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S439-46
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S435-36
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S446-47
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S447
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S447
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--11) 
                                                          Pages S426-29
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:32 a.m. and adjourned at 6:09 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S448.)

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