[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 24 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D131-D132]
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                                          Monday, February 10, 2014

[[Page D131]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings,                                    
  Pages S837-S858
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2007-2010, and S.J. Res. 31.                      
  Page S852
Measures Passed:
  Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services: 
Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration of S. 
1954, to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on 
supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 
critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014, and the bill 
was then passed.                                              
  Page S855
  Mayo Clinic 150th Anniversary: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 339, 
commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mayo Clinic, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                       
  Pages S855-56
Measures Considered:
Bipartisan Budget Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1963, to repeal section 403 of 
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.                        
  Pages S837-48
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. 26), 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 S847
  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, February 11, 2014; and that all time 
during adjournment and recess count post-cloture.             
Page S856
Appointments:
  Washington's Farewell Address: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to the order of the Senate of January 24, 1901, as 
modified by the order of February 10, 2014, appointed Senator King, of 
Maine, to read Washington's Farewell Address on Monday, February 24, 
2014.                                                         
  Page S856
Washington's Farewell Address--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that notwithstanding the resolution of the Senate 
of January 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell 
Address take place on Monday, February 24, 2014, following the prayer 
and pledge; provided further, that Senator King be recognized to 
deliver the address.                                          
  Page S856
Resignation of Senator Max Baucus: Senator Max Baucus, of Montana, 
submitted a letter of resignation from the United States Senate, 
effective February 6, 2014, in order to prepare for duties as 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.                 
  Page S855
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert O. Work, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  Mark Green, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of two years.
  Cassandra Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
  Matthew T. McGuire, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development for a term of two years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                          Pages S856-58
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S850
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S850
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S837, S850
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S850-52
Petitions and Memorials:                                      
  Page S852
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S852-53

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S853-54
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S849-50
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S854-55
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S855
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S855
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--26)    
  Page S847
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S856.)