[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 26 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D120]
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                                          Monday, February 25, 2013

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator Ayotte read Washington's Farewell Address.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S793-S818       
Measures Introduced: Five bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 374-378, and S. Res. 38-41.                    
  Page S813
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 38, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship for March 1, 2013, through September 30, 
2013.
  S. Res. 40, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
Measures Passed:
  North Korea Nonproliferation and Accountability Act: Senate passed S. 
298, to prevent nuclear proliferation in North Korea, after agreeing to 
the committee amendments.                                 
  Pages S816-17
  National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
41, supporting the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal 
Cancer Awareness Month.                                       
  Page S817
Hagel Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 
the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of 
Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense, be agreed to; the motion to 
reconsider be agreed to; the time until 12 p.m., be equally divided in 
the usual form, and that following the use or yielding back of time, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination, upon 
reconsideration.                                              
  Page S816
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if cloture 
is invoked, the time during recess, morning business and adjournment 
count post-cloture on the nomination.                     
Pages S817-18
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 22), Robert E. 
Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
Circuit.                                            
Pages S803-05, S818
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S813
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S813
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S813-14
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S814-16
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S812-13
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S816
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S816
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S816
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--22)    
  Page S805
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:32 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S817-18.)