[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D472-D473]
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                                             Wednesday, May 7, 2014

[[Page D472]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2741-S2829
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2296-
2304.                                                        
  Page S2796
Measures Passed:
  Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3627, to require the 
Attorney General to report on State law penalties for certain child 
abusers, and the bill was then passed.                       
  Page S2823
Measures Considered:
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act--Agreement: Senate 
began consideration of S. 2262, to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, after agreeing to the motion to 
proceed, and taking action on the following amendments and motions 
proposed thereto:                          
  Pages S2743-63, S2763, S2768
  Pending:
  Reid (for Shaheen/Portman) Amendment No. 3012, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3023 (to Amendment No. 3012), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3024 (to Amendment No. 3023), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3025, to change the enactment date.     
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3026 (to Amendment No. 3025), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2763
  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3027, to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3028 (to (the instructions of the motion to 
commit) Amendment No. 3027), of a perfecting nature.         
Page S2763
  Reid Amendment No. 3029 (to Amendment No. 3028), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S2763
  A motion was entered to close further debate on 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 
Wednesday, May 7, 2014, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition 
of the nomination of Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel 
of the Department of Energy.                                 
Page S2763
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 132), Senate failed to table Reid 
Amendment No. 3023 (to Amendment No. 3012), to change the enactment 
date.                                                        
Page S2768
  By 45 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 133), Senate failed to table Reid 
Amendment No. 3025, to change the enactment date.            
Page S2768
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Monday, 
May 12, 2014, the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill 
occur upon disposition of the nomination of Steven Croley, of Michigan, 
to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy; and that the filing 
deadline for first-degree amendments to the bill be 1 p.m., on 
Thursday, May 8, 2014.                                       
Page S2824
Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency Act: Senate 
began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
2260, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain 
expiring provisions.                                     
  Pages S2763-68
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the notification of the President's 
intent to withdraw the designation of Russia as a beneficiary 
developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) 
program; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-40) 
                                                             Page S2792
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13338 of May 11, 2004, with respect to the blocking of property of 
certain persons and prohibition of exportation and re-exportation of 
certain goods to Syria; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-41)                          
Page S2792
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:

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  The Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with Spain (Treaty Doc. No. 
113-4). The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be 
printed.                                                 
Pages S2823-24
Talwani, Peterson, Rosenstengel, Hamamoto, Rosenbaum, Mitchell, and 
Croley Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that, notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:15 a.m., on 
Thursday, May 8, 2014, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nominations of Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, James D. 
Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Wisconsin, and Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Illinois, and vote on confirmation of the nomination of Pamela K. 
Hamamoto, of Hawaii, to be Representative to the Office of the United 
Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank 
of Ambassador; that if cloture is invoked on the nominations of Indira 
Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts, James D. Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, and 
Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Illinois, all post-cloture time be 
considered expired and at 1:45 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations in the order listed; that following disposition of the 
nomination of Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, Senate vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum, 
of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
and vote on confirmation of the nomination of Theodore Reed Mitchell, 
of California, to be Under Secretary of Education, that if cloture is 
invoked on the nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, all post-cloture 
time be considered expired and at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, May 12, 2014, 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum, of 
Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; 
that upon disposition of the nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum, of 
Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination of Steven Croley, of 
Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy; that there 
be two minutes for debate prior to each vote, equally divided in the 
usual form, 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 S2780
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.          
  Pages S2824-29
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2793
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2793
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2793, S2823
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2793-96
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2796-97
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2797-99
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2788-92
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S2799-S2823
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2833
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2833
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--133) 
                                                             Page S2768
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2014. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2824.)