[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 161 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1158-D1159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Friday, October 30, 2015

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the 
      House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 
      1314, Bipartisan Budget Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7665-S7676
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2225, and S. Res. 301.                           
  Page S7675
Measures Considered:
Federal Water Quality Protection Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1140, to 
require the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the 
definition of the term ``waters of the United States''.      
  Page S7675
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, 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, October 30, 
2015, a vote on cloture will occur at 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, November 
3, 2015.                                                     
Page S7676
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
with the time until 12:30 p.m. equally divided between the two Leaders, 
or their designees; that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 
p.m. to allow for the weekly conference meetings; and that 
notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill 
occur at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 3, 2015, with the time from 2:15 
p.m. until 2:30 p.m. equally divided in the usual form.      
Page S7676
House Messages:
  Bipartisan Budget Act: By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 294), Senate 
agreed to the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 1314, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an 
administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt 
status of certain organizations, after taking action on the following 
motions and amendments proposed thereto:                 
  Pages S7665-75
  Rejected:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with 
McConnell Amendment No. 2750, to change the enactment date. (Senate 
tabled the motion.)                                          
Page S7665
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 63 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 292), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to concur in 
the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill.                                          
Page S7668
  McConnell motion to refer the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, to the 
Committee on Finance, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 2752, 
to change the enactment date, fell when cloture was invoked on 
McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill. 
                                                             Page S7665
  McConnell Amendment No. 2753 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
2752), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to refer the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill, to the Committee on Finance, with instructions, 
McConnell Amendment No. 2752 (listed above) fell.            
Page S7665
  McConnell Amendment No. 2754 (to Amendment No. 2753), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when

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McConnell Amendment No. 2753 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 2752) 
(listed above) fell.                                         
Page S7665
  By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 293), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions with respect to 
the House Message. Subsequently, the point of order that the House 
Message reallocates payroll taxes between the retirement and disability 
Social Security trust funds, was not sustained, and thus the point of 
order fell.                                                  
Page S7674
  McConnell Amendment No. 2751 (to Amendment No. 2750), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House of Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, 
with McConnell Amendment No. 2750 (listed above) was tabled. 
                                                             Page S7665
Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that during the upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the 
Majority Leader, and Senator Cochran, be authorized to sign duly 
enrolled bills or joint resolutions.                         
  Page S7676
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S7675
Additional Statements:
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--294) 
                                           Pages S7668, S7674, S7674-75
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:01 a.m. and adjourned at 3:14 a.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7676.)