[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 176 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1280]
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                                           Monday, December 7, 2015

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8427-S8444
Measures Introduced: Three bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2360-2362, S.J. Res. 27, and S. Res. 329-330. 
                                                             Page S8438
Measures Reported:
  S. 2109, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to develop an integrated plan to reduce 
administrative costs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 114-173)                           
Page S8437
Conference Reports:
Every Child Achieves Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, December 
8, 2015, Senate resume consideration of the conference report to 
accompany S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; and that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the conference report to accompany the bill occur at 11:30 a.m. 
                                                             Page S8441
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By a unanimous vote of 89 yeas (Vote No. EX. 332), Travis Randall 
McDonough, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Tennessee.                           
Pages S8441-43
  Kenneth Damian Ward, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Executive Service, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as United States Representative to the Organization for the 
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.      
Pages S8443-44
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charlotte P. Kessler, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018.
  Esperanza Emily Spalding, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2020.
  Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development.   
Page S8443
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S8437
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S8432, S8437
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S8437-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8438-39
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S8439-41
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S8437
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S8441
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--332) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 6:05 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8441.)