[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 132 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D926-D927]
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                                         Monday, September 30, 2013

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7011-S7064
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1560-
1566.                                                        
  Page S7063
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 213, expressing support for the free and peaceful exercise of 
representative democracy in Venezuela and condemning violence and 
intimidation against the country's political opposition, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 227, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the heroic rescue 
of Danish Jews during the Second World War by the Danish people. 
                                                             Page S7062
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Relief for Disasters Occurring in 2013: Senate passed S. 
1560, to allow certain emergency relief amounts to be made available to 
the Federal Highway Administration to use for disasters occurring in 
calendar year 2013.                                          
  Page S7014
  Military Pay Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 3210, making 
continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a Government 
shutdown.                                                    
  Page S7018
  U.S. Government Employees in Iraq: Senate passed S. 1566, to extend 
the period during which Iraqis who were employed by the United States 
Government in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and to 
temporarily increase the fee or surcharge for processing machine-
readable nonimmigrant visas.                             
  Pages S7049-50
House Messages:
Continuing Appropriations Resolution: Senate resumed consideration of 
the House Message to accompany H.J. Res. 59, making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, taking action on the following 
motions proposed thereto:                                    
  Page S7011
Rejected:
  The amendments of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
joint resolution. (By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 210), Senate tabled 
the House amendments to the Senate amendment.)               
Page S7011
  The amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the 
joint resolution. (By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 211), Senate tabled 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment.)                
Page S7041
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation.
  Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, to be United States Executive Director of 
the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three years.
  Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  Catherine Ann Novelli, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years.
  Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2018.
  Alan L. Cohen, of Virginia, to be Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2016.       
Page S7064
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7058
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7058
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7058-62
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7062
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Page S7063-64
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7057-58
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7064
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7064
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--211) 
                                                     Pages S7011, S7041
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2013 
and adjourned at 12:18 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, until 9:30 
a.m. on the same day. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7053.)

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