[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 35 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D203-D204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Monday, March 2, 2015

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1207-S1221.
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 617-622, and S. Res. 93.                         
  Page S1217
Measures Reported:
  S. 166, to stop exploitation through trafficking, with an amendment.
  S. 178, to provide justice for the victims of trafficking, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
Page S1217
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Gold Medal: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 431, to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in 
Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery 
Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the bill was then passed. 
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Veto Messages:
Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act Veto Message--Cloture: Senate began 
consideration of the veto message to accompany S. 1, to approve the 
Keystone XL Pipeline.                                        
  Page S1215
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the veto message to 
accompany the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on 
Wednesday, March 4, 2015.                                    
Page S1215
House Messages:
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Senate resumed 
consideration of the House Message to accompany H.R. 240, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, taking action on the following motion 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S1208-15
Pending:
  McConnell Motion to insist upon the Senate amendment, agree to the 
request by the House of Representatives for a conference, and authorize 
the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees.                  
Page S1208
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 47 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 64), 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 McConnell Motion to 
insist upon the Senate amendment, agree to the request by the House of 
Representatives for a conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer 
to appoint conferees.                                        
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  By 58 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 65), Senate tabled the House Message 
to accompany the bill.                                    
Page S1214-15
Appointments:
  Election Assistance Board of Advisors: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 107-252, Title II, Section 
214, reappointed the following individual to the Election Assistance 
Board of Advisors: Dr. Barbara Simons of California.         
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Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S1216-17
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1217-18
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1218-20
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--65) 
                                                         Pages S1214-15
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1221.)

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