[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 143 (Saturday, October 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D980]
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                                         Saturday, October 12, 2013

[[Page D980]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7419-S7432
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 1571. 
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Measures Passed:
  Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico: Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 812, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
take actions to implement the Agreement between the United States of 
America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary 
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S7431
Measures Considered:
Default Prevention Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1569, to ensure the complete and timely 
payment of the obligations of the United States Government until 
December 31, 2014.                                       
  Pages S7419-30
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 216), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S7426
   Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote 
by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S7426
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.             
Page S7432
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7430
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7430
Measures Read the First Time:                                
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7430-31
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--216) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 2:58 p.m., 
until 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2013. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7431.)