[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 167 (Thursday, November 21, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1126-D1128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Thursday, November 21, 2013

[[Page D1126]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 28, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8413-S8538
Measures Introduced: Twenty-four bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1754-1777, S. Res. 309-311, and S. Con. Res. 
26-29.                                                   
  Pages S8456-57
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 246), Senate 
agreed to S. Con. Res. 28, providing for a conditional adjournment or 
recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of 
Representatives.                                             
  Page S8441
Measures Considered:
Workforce Investment Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1356, to amend the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce development 
system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, 
employment, training, and education programs in the United States, and 
to promote individual and national economic growth.      
  Pages S8413-18
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, taking 
action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S8437-41
Pending:
  Reid (for Levin/Inhofe) Amendment No. 2123, to increase to 
$5,000,000,000 the ceiling on the general transfer authority of the 
Department of Defense.                                       
Page S8437
  Reid (for Levin/Inhofe) Amendment No. 2124 (to Amendment No. 2123), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S8437
  Reid motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, 
with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2305, to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page S8437
  Reid Amendment No. 2306 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2305), 
of a perfecting nature.                                      
Page S8437
  Reid Amendment No. 2307 (to Amendment No. 2306), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S8437
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 245), 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 bill. 
                                                         Pages S8440-41
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the bill.                   
Page S8441
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill, to allow the Chairman and Ranking Member to 
provide a status update on the bill.                         
Page S8537
Appointments:
  United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Republican 
Leader, pursuant to Section 2(b) of Public Law 98-183, as amended by 
Public Law 103-419, appointed Gail Heriot, of California, to the United 
States Commission on Civil Rights, for a term of six years. 
                                                             Page S8537
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the adjournment or recess of the Senate from 
Thursday, November 21, 2013, through Monday, December 9, 2013, Senators 
Warner, Kaine, and Rockefeller be authorized to sign duly enrolled 
bills or joint resolutions.                                  
  Page S8537

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Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the Senate adjourn, and convene for pro forma 
sessions only, with no business conducted, on the following dates and 
times, and that following each pro forma session, Senate adjourn until 
the next pro forma session: Friday, November 22, 2013, at 11:15 a.m.; 
Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at 11 a.m.; Friday, November 29, 2013, at 1 
p.m.; Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 11 a.m.; and Friday, December 6, 
2013, at 10:30 a.m.; that the Senate adjourn on Friday, December 6, 
2013, until 2 p.m., on Monday, December 9, 2013, unless the Senate 
receives a message from the House of Representatives that it has 
adopted S. Con. Res. 28, providing for a conditional adjournment or 
recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of 
Representatives; and that if the Senate receives such a message, Senate 
adjourn until 2 p.m., on Monday, December 9, 2013.           
  Page S8537
Millett Nomination: By 55 yeas to 43 nays, 2 responding present (Vote 
No. 244), Senate upon reconsideration agreed to the motion to close 
further debate on the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
                                                  Pages S8418, S8441-48
  Senate also took the following action:
  By 57 yeas to 40 nays, 3 responding present (Vote No. 239), Senate 
agreed to the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination.                     
Pages S8416-17
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 240), Senate rejected the McConnell 
motion to adjourn until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2013. 
                                                             Page S8417
  By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 241), Senate agreed to the motion to 
reconsider the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Patricia 
Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit.                                
Page S8417
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 242), Senate rejected the ruling of 
the Chair that the cloture vote for all nominations other than for the 
Supreme Court is not by majority vote. Subsequently, Senator Reid 
motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair was sustained. 
                                                         Pages S8417-18
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 243), Senate sustained the ruling of 
the Chair that under precedent set by the Senate today, November 21, 
2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations, not including those of 
the Supreme Court, is now a majority. Subsequently, Senator McConnell 
motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair was rejected.       
Page S8418
   A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 5 
p.m., on Monday, December 9, 2013, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, post-cloture, with 
up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual 
form; and that at 5:30 p.m., all post-cloture time be expired and the 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination.               
Page S8537
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Sherry Moore Trafford, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for 
the term of fifteen years.
  Steven M. Wellner, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Andrew Mark Luger, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  Damon Paul Martinez, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of New Mexico for the term of four years.
  Brad R. Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  Richard A. Kennedy, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
expiring May 30, 2016.
  David Radzanowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Maureen Elizabeth Cormack, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia 
and Herzegovina.
  Leslie Berger Kiernan, of Maryland, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and 
Reform, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Leslie Berger Kiernan, of Maryland, to be Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform.
  Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2017.
  John Roth, of Michigan, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                 
Pages S8537-38
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S8413, S8455
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S8455, S8537
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S8455
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S8455-56
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S8456
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8457-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8462-67
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8453-55
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8467-S8527
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S8527-28
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--246) 
                                                  Pages S8416-18, S8441
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:32 p.m., 
until 11:15 a.m. on Friday, November 22, 2013. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8537.)