[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 155 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1046]
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                                                Monday, November 4, 2013

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7781-S7800
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1639-1643, and S. Res. 285.                           
  Page S7795
Measures Passed:
  Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Senate passed S. 42, to provide 
anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers, after agreeing to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.     
  Pages S7799-S7800
  Festival of Diwali: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 277, recognizing the religious and historical 
significance of the festival of Diwali, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.                                                               
  Page S7800
  Revised Edition of the Standing Rules of the Senate: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 285, authorizing the Committee on Rules and Administration to prepare a 
revised edition of the Standing Rules of the Senate as a Senate document. 
                                                                  Page S7800
Measures Considered:
Employment Non-Discrimination Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 815, to prohibit the 
employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender 
identity.                                           
  Pages S7783-85, S7793-94
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 61 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 229), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.                                                         
Page S7794
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, and that all time 
during adjournment, recess, and morning business count post-cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.                   
Page S7800
Water Resources Reform and Development Act--Conferees: The Chair announced 
the following conferees for H.R. 3080, to provide for improvements to the 
rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources: Senators Boxer, Baucus, Carper, 
Cardin, Whitehouse, Vitter, Inhofe, and Barrasso.                 
  Page S7799
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Gregory Howard Woods, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.                     
Pages S7790-93, S7800
  By a unanimous vote of 90 yeas (Vote No. EX. 228), Debra M. Brown, of 
Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Mississippi.                                           
Pages S7790-93, S7800
Measures Read the First Time:                                     
  Page S7795
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S7795-97
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Pages S7797-99
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S7794-95
Amendments Submitted:                                             
  Page S7799
Privileges of the Floor:                                          
  Page S7799
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--229) 
                                                          Pages S7793, S7794
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., until 10 
a.m. on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7800.)