[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D877]
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                                              Friday, July 24, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5565-S5699
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 1861. 
                                                             Page S5682
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate began consideration of H.R. 22, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with 
health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being 
taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which 
the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act, after taking action on the following motions and 
amendments proposed thereto:                          
  Pages S5565-S5681
Pending:
  McConnell Modified Amendment No. 2266, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                      Pages S5566-S5677
  McConnell (for Kirk) Amendment No. 2327 (to Amendment No. 2266), to 
reauthorize and reform the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 
                                                             Page S5671
  McConnell Amendment No. 2328 (to Amendment No. 2327), to repeal the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.               
Page S5671
  McConnell Amendment No. 2329 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2266), of a perfecting nature.              
Page S5671
  McConnell Amendment No. 2330 (to Amendment No. 2329), to change the 
enactment date.                                              
Page S5671
  Cruz motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair that Cruz Amendment No. 
2301 is not in order because it is inconsistent with the Senate's 
precedents with respect to the offering of amendments, their number, 
degree, and kind.                                            
Page S5675
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 252), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.                    
Pages S5565-66
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell Amendment 
No. 2328 (to Amendment No. 2327) (listed above), and, in accordance 
with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, July 24, 
2015, a vote on cloture will occur at 3 p.m., on Sunday, July 26, 2015.
                                                             Page S5671
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell (for Kirk) 
Amendment No. 2327 (to Amendment No. 2266) (listed above), 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 McConnell 
Amendment No. 2328 (to Amendment No. 2327).              
Pages S5671-72
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell Modified 
Amendment No. 2266, 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 McConnell (for Kirk) Amendment No. 2327 (to Amendment 
No. 2266).                                                   
Page S5672
  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 McConnell 
Modified Amendment No. 2266.                                 
Page S5672
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 2 p.m., on Sunday, July 26, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the bill; that Saturday, July 25, 2015, count as the 
intervening day with respect to the cloture motions filed during 
today's session of the Senate; and that the filing deadline for all 
first-degree amendments to the bill and McConnell Modified Amendment 
No. 2266, as well as the second-degree filing deadline for amendments 
to McConnell (for Kirk) Amendment No. 2327 (to Amendment No. 2266), be 
at 2:30 p.m.                                                 
Page S5699
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5682
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5682
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5682, S5699
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S5682

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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5682-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5682
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5683-99
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--252) 
                                                         Pages S5565-66
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:29 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5699.)