[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 61 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D421-D422]
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                                             Monday, April 28, 2014

[[Page D421]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2409-S2426
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2257-
2264.                                                        
  Page S2424
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Friday, April 25, 2014, during the adjournment:
  Special Report entitled ``Pushing the Envelope: Publishers Clearing 
House in the New Era of Direct Marketing''. (S. Rept. No. 113-153)
  Reported on Monday, April 28, 2014:
  S. 2260, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain 
expiring provisions. (S. Rept. No. 113-154)
  S. 2261, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical 
corrections, to remove provisions that are no longer applicable. (S. 
Rept. No. 113-155)                                           
Page S2424
Measures Considered:
Minimum Wage Fairness Act-Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2223, to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the 
treatment of certain real property as section 179 property. 
                                               Pages S2409-10, S2419-20
  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, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Wednesday, April 30, 2014.                      
Pages S2418-19
Lipman, Bastian, Shah, Crabtree, Bashant, Levy Nominations--Agreement: 
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11:00 
a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the nominations of Sheryl H. Lipman, 
of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Tennessee, Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 
Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois, Daniel D. Crabtree, of Kansas, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Cynthia Ann 
Bashant, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, and Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Maine; that if cloture 
is invoked on any of these nominations, all post-cloture time be 
considered expired, and that following the series of votes, Senate 
resume Legislative session; that on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at a 
time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with 
the Republican Leader, Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations 
in the order upon which cloture was invoked; and that there be two 
minutes for debate prior to each vote and all roll call votes after the 
first vote in each sequence be ten minutes in length.        
  Page S2418
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 
51 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 108), Michelle T. Friedland, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                                     Pages S2415, S2426
  By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 110), David Weil, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor.                                 
Pages S2418, S2426
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 109), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S2415-18
  Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.                    
Pages S2418-19, S2426
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2422, S2425
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2422-24
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2424-25
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                      
  Page S
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2421-22
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2425

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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--110) 
                                              Pages S2415, S2416, S2418
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2426.)