[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D399-D400]
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                                           Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 35, Adjournment Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2293-S2331
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2224-2234, and S. Con. Res. 35.           
  Pages S2326-27
Measures Passed:
  100th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Smith-Lever Act: Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 33, celebrating the 100th anniversary of 
the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide 
Cooperative Extension System, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S2330
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 35, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                 
  Page S2330
Measures Considered:
  Paycheck Fairness Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 2199, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of 
discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. 
                                            Pages S2293-S2312, S2316-21
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 103), 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 S2299
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the bill.                   
Page S2299
Appointments:
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: The 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation 
of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by 
Public Law 106-55, and as further amended by Public Law 107-228, and 
112-75, reappointed the following individual to the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom: Katrina Lantos Swett of 
New Hampshire.                                               
  Page S2330
Friedland Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2014, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.                                       
  Page S2330
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 75 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 104), Wanda Felton, of New York, 
to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States for a term expiring January 20, 2017.      
Pages S2312-15, S2330
  By 95 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 105), Terrell McSweeny, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the 
unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2010. 
                                                     Pages S2315, S2330
  Debra L. Miller, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2017. 
                                                  Pages S2315-16, S2330
  Steven Joel Anthony, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2018. 
                                                  Pages S2315-16, S2330
  Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador.         
Pages S2315-16, S2330
  45 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.

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  A routine list in the Marine Corps.                    
Pages S2329-31
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2325
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2325
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S2293, S2325
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S2325
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2325
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S2325
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2325-26
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2327-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2328-29
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2323-25
Authorities for Committees to Meet
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2329
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--105) 
                                                     Pages S2299, S2315
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:52 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2330.)