[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 71 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
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                                               Monday, May 12, 2014

[[Page D494]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2889-S2922
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2316-
2322.                                                    
  Pages S2910-11
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.                      
  Pages S2889-90
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if cloture 
is invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, the 
time during the recess count post-cloture.                   
Page S2922
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act: By 55 yeas to 36 
nays (Vote No. 142), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and 
sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion 
to close further debate on S. 2262, to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry.                   
  Pages S2899-S2902
  Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by 
which cloture was not invoked on the bill.                   
Page S2900
Logan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona.                                 
  Page S2904
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 3474, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt 
employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the 
employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
                                                             Page S2922
Tuchi Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona.                                 
  Page S2904
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona.                  
Page S2904
Humetewa Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona.                  
  Page S2904
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona.                  
Page S2904
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. EX. 141), Robin S. 
Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit.                                 
Pages S2898-99, S2922
  Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Energy.                                           
Pages S2899, S2922
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lisa Afua Serwah Mensah, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Rural Development.
  Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt.
  Stuart E. Jones, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq.                                                        
Page S2922
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 2014.   
Page S2922

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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2909
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2909
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2909-10
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2911-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S2912
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2905-09
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S2913
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--142) 
                                                      Pages S2898-S2900
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2922.)