[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D51-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, January 22, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S367-S445
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 231-249, and S. Res. 33-38.    
  Pages S420-21
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 33, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.
  S. Res. 34, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance.
  S. Res. 36, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the 
Judiciary.                                                    
Page S420
Measures Passed:
  Death of former Senator Wendell H. Ford: Senate agreed to S. Res. 38, 
relative to the death of Wendell H. Ford, former United States Senator 
for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.                             
  Page S445
Measures Considered:
Keystone XL Pipeline--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 
1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                            
  Pages S372-S408
Adopted:
  By 75 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 18), Murkowski Amendment No. 123 (to 
Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of the Senate that all forms of 
unrefined and unprocessed petroleum should be subject to the nominal 
per-barrel excise tax associated with the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be agreed to.) 
                                           Pages S377-82, S390, S394-95
  By 64 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 21), Murkowski (for Cornyn) Modified 
Amendment No. 126 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure private property is 
protected as guaranteed by the United States Constitution. 
                                                    Pages S391, S396-97
Rejected:
  By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 13), Boxer Amendment No. 113 (to 
Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress regarding federally 
protected land. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the 
amendment was not agreed to.)                             
Pages S391-92
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 14), Fischer Modified Amendment No. 
18 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide limits on the designation of new 
federally protected land. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative 
votes, the amendment was not agreed to.)            
Pages S377-82, S392
  Cantwell (for Manchin) Amendment No. 99 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
express the sense of Congress regarding climate change. (By 53 yeas to 
46 nays (Vote No. 15), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                    Pages S391, S392-93
  Sanders Amendment No. 24 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress regarding climate change. (By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 
16), Senate tabled the amendment.)               
Pages S375-77, S393-94
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 17), Lee Amendment No. 71 (to 
Amendment No. 2), to require a procedure for issuing permits to drill. 
(A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
amendment, having failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment 
was not agreed to.)                                 
Pages S382-90, S394
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 19), Wyden Amendment No. 27 (to 
Amendment No. 2), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify 
that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the 
Federal excise tax on petroleum. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.)      
Pages S395-96
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 20), Murkowski (for Blunt/Inhofe) 
Modified Amendment No. 78 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the conditions for the President entering into 
bilateral or other international agreements regarding greenhouse gas 
emissions without proper study of any adverse economic effects, 
including job losses and harm to the industrial sector, and without the 
approval of the Senate. (A unanimous-consent

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agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having failed to 
achieve 60 affirmative votes, the amendment was not agreed to.) 
                                                    Pages S390-91, S396
  By 43 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 22), Menendez/Cantwell Modified 
Amendment No. 72 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure private property 
cannot be seized through condemnation or eminent domain for the private 
gain of a foreign-owned business entity.            
Pages S391, S397-98
  Markey Amendment No. 25 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that products 
derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes of the 
Federal excise tax on petroleum. (By 53 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 24), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)                       
Pages S402-03, S406
  Carper Amendment No. 121 (to Amendment No. 2), to impose a fee of 8 
cents per barrel on oil transported through the pipeline. (By 57 yeas 
to 38 nays (Vote No. 25), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                       Pages S402, S406
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 28 (to Amendment No. 2), to require campaign 
finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands 
development. (By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 26), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                      
Pages S400-01, S406-07
  Leahy Amendment No. 30 (to Amendment No. 2), to strike a provision 
relating to judicial review. (By 53 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 27), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)                          
Pages S400, S407
  Reed Amendment No. 74 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program should be 
funded at not less than $4,700,000,000 annually. (By 49 yeas to 45 nays 
(Vote No. 28), Senate tabled the amendment.)           
Pages S399, S407
Pending:
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S372
  Vitter/Cassidy Modified Amendment No. 80 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
provide for the distribution of revenues from certain areas of the 
outer Continental Shelf.                                      
Page S372
  Murkowski (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 67 (to Amendment No. 2), to 
restrict the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to arm 
agency personnel.                                             
Page S398
  Cardin Amendment No. 75 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide communities 
that rely on drinking water from a source that may be affected by a tar 
sands spill from the Keystone XL pipeline an analysis of the potential 
risks to public health and the environment from a leak or rupture of 
the pipeline.                                                 
Page S398
  Murkowski Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress relating to adaptation projects in the United States Arctic 
region and rural communities.                                 
Page S399
  Flake Amendment No. 103 (to Amendment No. 2), to require the 
evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs. 
                                                        Pages S399-S400
  Cruz Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment No. 2), to promote economic 
growth and job creation by increasing exports.                
Page S399
  Moran/Cruz Amendment No. 73 (to Amendment No. 2), to delist the 
lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973.                             
Pages S401-02, S403-04
  Daines Amendment No. 132 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense 
of Congress regarding the designation of National Monuments. 
                                                              Page S402
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the Murkowski 
Amendment No. 2 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions 
of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture 
will occur on Monday, January 26, 2015.                       
Page S407
  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, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of Murkowski 
Amendment No. 2 (listed above).                           
Pages S407-08
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 4:30 p.m., on Monday, January 26, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill, and that notwithstanding the adjournment of 
the Senate, the filing deadline for first-degree amendments be at 3:00 
p.m. and the filing deadline for second-degree amendments be at 5:00 
p.m., on Monday, January 26, 2015.                            
Page S445
Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms: By 89 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 
23), Senate agreed to the motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to 
request the attendance of absent Senators.                    
  Page S405
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S419
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S419-20
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S420


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  On page D52, January 22, 2015 the following language appears: 
Executive Communications: Pages S419-20 Additional Cosponsors: 
Pages S421-22
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Executive 
Communications: Pages S419-20 Executive Reports of Committees: 
Page S420 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S421-22


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Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S421-22
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S422-27
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S418-19
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S427-44
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S444-45
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S445
Quorum Calls: Three quorum calls were taken today. (Total--4) 
                                                    Pages S393, S405-06

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Record Votes: Sixteen record votes were taken today. (Total--28) 
                                                 Pages S392-98, S405-07
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2015 
and adjourned, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late 
former Senator Wendell H. Ford, in accordance with S. Res. 38, at 12:21 
a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2015, until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 
26, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader 
in today's Record on page S445.)