[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D440-D441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4486, Military Construction and Veterans 
      Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2527-S2569
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2271-2274, and S. Res. 430-431.                  
  Page S2566
Measures Passed:
  Silver Star Service Banner Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 430, 
expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2014, as ``Silver Star 
Service Banner Day''.                                
  Pages S2567, S2568
  National Month of the Military Child: Senate agreed to S. Res. 431, 
honoring military children during the National Month of the Military 
Child.                                                   
  PageS S2567-68
Measures Considered:
Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Senate continued 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 S2527-28, S2535-54
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 117), 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 S2546
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked.                               
Page S2546
Chuang, Hazel, Moritz, Schneider, Levine, and Selfridge Nominations--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing 
that notwithstanding rule XXII, at 11:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 1, 
2014, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nominations of 
Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland, George Jarrod Hazel, of Maryland, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Nancy L. 
Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
Circuit; that if cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, all 
post-cloture time be expired and at 1:45 p.m., Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nominations of Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, George 
Jarrod Hazel, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maryland, Janice Marion Schneider, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Suzan G. LeVine, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Principality of Liechtenstein; that at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, May 5, 
2014, Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations of Nancy L. 
Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
Circuit, and Peter A. Selfridge, of Minnesota, to be Chief of Protocol, 
and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, that 
there be two minutes for debate prior to each vote, equally divided in 
the usual form, and that any roll call votes, following the first in 
each series, be ten minutes in length; and that no further motions be 
in order to the nominations.                                 
  Page S2568
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 118), Sheryl H. Lipman, 
of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Tennessee.                               
Pages S2554, S2555
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 119), Stanley Allen 
Bastian, of Washington, to be

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United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington. 
                                                  Pages S2554, S2555-56
  By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 120), Manish S. Shah, of 
Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois.                                         
Pages S2554, S2556
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. EX. 121), Daniel D. 
Crabtree, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Kansas.                               
Pages S2554, S2556-57
  By a unanimous vote of 94 yeas (Vote No. EX. 122), Cynthia Ann 
Bashant, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California.                     
Pages S2554, S2557
  By 75 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. EX. 123), Jon David Levy, of Maine, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine. 
                                                             Page S2554
  Robert O. Work, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
                                                  Pages S2554-55, S2557
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2564
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2564
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S2564
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2564-66
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2566-67
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2561-64
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2568
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--123) 
                                                  Pages S2546, S2555-57
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:46 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2568.)