[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 32 (Wednesday, March 6, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D165]
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                                           Wednesday, March 6, 2013

[[Page D165]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed H.R. 933, Department of Defense, Military 
      Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing 
      Appropriations Act, 2013.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1137-S1238
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 468-484, S. Res. 68, and S. Con. Res. 6. 
                                                             Page S1229
  Halligan Nomination: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.              
  Pages S1138-46
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 30), 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 nomination. 
                                                             Page S1146
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the nomination.             
Page S1146
  Brennan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency.                          
  Pages S1181-S1226
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Saturday, March 9, 2013. 
                                                         Pages S1226-27
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1229-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1230-38
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1228
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1238
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--30)   
  Page S1146
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 
and adjourned at 12:41 a.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2013, 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 S1238.)