[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 66 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                                Monday, May 4, 2015

[[Page D487]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages SS2593-S2609
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1179-1187, S. Res. 166, and S. Con. Res. 15.     
  Page S2599
Measures Reported:
  S. 261, to designate the United States courthouse located at 200 NW 
4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the William J. Holloway, Jr. 
United States Courthouse.
  S. 612, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the 
``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
  S. 1034, to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 
East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``Charles Clark 
United States Courthouse''.                                  
Page S2598
Measures Passed:
  Domestic Flower Production: Senate agreed to S. Res. 166, expressing 
the sense of the Senate that domestically grown flowers support the 
farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the United States, 
enhance the ability of the people of the United States to honor their 
mothers on Mother's Day, and that the White House should strive to 
showcase domestically grown flowers.                     
  Pages S2608-09
Veto Messages:
National Labor Relations Board Veto Message--Agreement: Senate resumed 
consideration of the veto message to accompany S. J. Res. 8, providing 
for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board 
relating to representation case procedures.              
  Pages S2594-97
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the veto message to accompany the joint resolution at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.              
Page S2609
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. EX. 169), Willie E. May, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and 
Technology.                                                  
Page S2597
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Elizabeth Ann Copeland, of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.                 
Page S2609
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2598
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2598
Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages S2599-S2600
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2600-02
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--169) 
                                                             Page S2597
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2609.)