[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 20 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D111-D112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, February 5, 2015

[[Page D111]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S803-S842
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 379-409, S. Res. 69-71, and S. Con. Res. 3. 
                                                          Pages S832-33
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2015''. (S. Rept. No. 114-2) 
                                                              Page S832
Measures Passed:
  Internet Governance Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 71, 
designating the week of February 8 through February 14, 2015, as 
``Internet Governance Awareness Week''.                       
  Page S842
Measures Considered:
  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate 
continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.            
Pages S803-10
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 53), 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 S809
  Subsequently, Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S809
Appointments:
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed the 
following individual to serve as a member of the United States Senate 
Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Senator Grassley, Chairman. 
                                                              Page S842
Botticelli Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that at 5:00 p.m., on Monday, February 9, 2015, 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Michael P. Botticelli, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy; that there be 30 minutes of debate, equally divided, on the 
nomination, and that following the use or yielding back of time, Senate 
vote on confirmation of the nomination.                       
  Page S842
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2018.
  Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
  Maria Cancian, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Cassandra Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
  Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Costa Rica.
  Nancy Bikoff Pettit, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Latvia.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                                  
Page S842
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S832
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S832
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S803, S832
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S832, S842


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page D111, February 5, 2015, the following language appears: 
Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S832 Measures Read the First 
Time: Page S832
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Measures Placed on 
the Calendar: Pages S803, S832 Measures Read the First Time: Pages 
S832, S842


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Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S832
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S833-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S834-41
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S831-32
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S841-42
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S842

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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--53)    
  Page S809
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:58 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S842.)