[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 23 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D125-D126]
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                                         Thursday, February 6, 2014

[[Page D125]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S775-S835
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and eight resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1997-2006, and S. Res. 345-352.                
  Page S821
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1870, to reauthorize and restructure adoption 
incentive payments, to better enable State child welfare agencies to 
prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who 
are victims of sex trafficking, to increase the reliability of child 
support for children. (S. Rept. No. 113-137)                  
Page S820
Measures Passed:
  World Polio Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 270, supporting the goals 
and ideals of World Polio Day and commending the international 
community and others for their efforts to prevent and eradicate polio. 
                                                          Pages S833-34
  Ambush Marketing: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 289, expressing 
the sense of the Senate that ambush marketing adversely affects the 
United States Olympic and Paralympic teams, and the resolution was then 
agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:
                                                              Page S834
  Reid (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2729, to amend the resolving 
clause.                                                       
Page S834
  Reid (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2730, to amend the preamble. 
                                                              Page S834
  Reid (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2731, to amend the title. 
                                                              Page S834
  Iraqi Jewish Archive: Senate agreed to S. Res. 333, strongly 
recommending that the United States renegotiate the return of the Iraqi 
Jewish Archive to Iraq.                                       
  Page S834
  Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 352, commemorating the success of Team USA in the past 22 Olympic 
Winter Games and supporting Team USA in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games 
and Paralympic Winter Games.                                  
  Page S834
Measures Considered:
Bipartisan Budget Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1963, to repeal section 403 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.                  
  Pages S775-77, S812
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 6, 
2014, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, February 10, 
2014.                                                         
Page S812
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill at approximately 2 p.m. on Monday, February 10, 2014.    
Page S835
Unemployment Benefits Extension: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1845, to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, 
taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
                                                          Pages S777-94
Pending:
  Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2714, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                              Page S777
  Reid Amendment No. 2715 (to Amendment No. 2714), to change the 
enactment date.                                               
Page S777
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2716, to change the enactment date. 
                                                              Page S777
  Reid Amendment No. 2717 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2716), 
of a perfecting nature.                                       
Page S777
  Reid Amendment No. 2718 (to Amendment No. 2717), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S777
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 23), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Reid (for Reed) 
Amendment No. 2714 (listed above).                            
Page S794

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  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2714.        
Page S794
   By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 24), 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.      
Page S794
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture 
was not invoked on the bill.                                  
Page S794
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas, 1 responding present (Vote No. EX. 
25), Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.                                     
Pages S795, S835
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Cheryl Ann Krause, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Third Circuit.
  Beth Bloom, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida.
  Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Florida.
  Darrin P. Gayles, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida.
  Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, and Navy.           
Page S835
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S819
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S775, S819
Measures Read the First Time:                       
  Pages S819, S834-35
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S819-20
Executive Reports of Committees:                          
  Pages S820-21
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S821-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S823-26
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S818
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S826-32
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S832
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S832-33
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S833
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--25) 
                                                          Pages S794-95
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 10, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S835.)