[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D166-D167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1037-S1084
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 536-554, and S. Con. Res. 4-5. 
                                                         Pages S1074-75
Measures Reported:
  S. 527, to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who 
participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or in the final 
Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served 
as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.             
Page S1074
Measures Passed:
  Boko Haram: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 65, supporting efforts to bring an end 
to violence perpetrated by Boko Haram, and urging the Government of 
Nigeria to conduct transparent, peaceful, and credible elections, and 
the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S1081-83
  McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 253, to amend the preamble. 
                                                         Pages S1081-82
  McConnell (for Rubio) Amendment No. 254 (to the language proposed by 
Amendment No. 253), to illustrate the extreme degree of religious 
intolerance demonstrated by Boko Haram.                      
Page S1082
  McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 252, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S1081


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

  
  On page D166, February 24, 2015, the following language appears: 
McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 253, to amend the preamble. 
Pages S1081-83 McConnell (for Rubio) Amendment No. 254 (to the 
language proposed by Amendment No. 253), to illustrate the extreme 
degree of religious intolerance demonstrated by Boko Haram. Pages 
S1081-83 McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 252, in the nature 
of a substitute. Pages S1081-83 . . . Keystone XL Pipeline 
Approval Act--Veto Message: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, but no later 
than March 3, 2015, Senate begin consideration of the veto message 
of the President to accompany S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL 
Pipeline, and that the message be considered as having been read, 
that it be printed in the Record, and spread in full upon the 
Journal. Pages S1047-48, S1073 Measures Placed on the Calendar: 
Page S1073
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: McConnell (for 
Menendez) Amendment No. 253, to amend the preamble. Pages S1081-82 
McConnell (for Rubio) Amendment No. 254 (to the language proposed 
by Amendment No. 253), to illustrate the extreme degree of 
religious intolerance demonstrated by Boko Haram. Page S1082 
McConnell (for Menendez) Amendment No. 252, in the nature of a 
substitute. Page S1081 . . . Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act--
Veto Message: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in 
consultation with the Democratic Leader, but no later than March 
3, 2015, Senate begin consideration of the veto message of the 
President to accompany S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, 
and that the message be considered as having been read, that it be 
printed in the Record, and spread in full upon the Journal. Pages 
S1047-48 Measures Placed on the Calendar: Pages S1037, S1073


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

Measures Considered:
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: 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 S1037-38, S1044-47, S1048-58
Appointments:
  Senate National Security Working Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 64, adopted 
March 5, 2013, appointed the following Senators as members of the 
Senate National Security Working Group for the 114th Congress:
  Senator Rubio (Republican Administrative Co-Chairman), Senator 
Cochran (Republican Co-Chairman), Senator Graham (Republican Co-
Chairman), Senator Sessions (Republican Co-Chairman), Senator Corker, 
Senator McCain, Senator Risch, Senator Blunt, and Senator Inhofe. 
                                                             Page S1083
Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act--Veto Message: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, but no 
later than March 3, 2015, Senate begin consideration of the veto 
message of the President to accompany S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL 
Pipeline, and that the message be considered as having been read, that 
it be printed in the Record, and spread in full upon the Journal. 
                                                  Pages S1047-48, S1073
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Constitution, the report of the veto of 
S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act; ordered to be printed in 
the Record, spread in full upon the Journal, and held at the desk. (PM-
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Page S1073
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1073
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1073
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1073
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S1073
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1073-74
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1075-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1076-79
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1072-73
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1079-80
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1080-81
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see

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the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1083.)