[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                            Monday, January 9, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S125-S179
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 58-
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  Page S154
Measures Considered:
Budget Resolution--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026, taking action on 
the following amendments proposed thereto:       
  Pages S125-51, S161-79
Rejected:
  By 14 yeas to 83 nays (Vote No. 3), Enzi (for Paul) Amendment No. 1, 
in the nature of a substitute.                            
Pages S125-37
Pending:
  Sanders Amendment No. 19, relative to Social Security, Medicare, and 
Medicaid.                                                     
Page S125
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 4), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Sanders (for Hirono/Donnelly) Amendment 
No. 20, to protect the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Subsequently, 
the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 
305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and 
the amendment falls.                                
Pages S125, S137-38
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that it be in 
order to call up Flake Amendment No. 52; that at 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, 
January 10, 2017, Senate vote on or in relation to Flake Amendment No. 
52; and that following the disposition of Flake Amendment No. 52, there 
be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to a 
vote on or in relation to Sanders Amendment No. 19 (listed above). 
                                                              Page S151
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the concurrent resolution at approximately 12 noon, on 
Tuesday, January 10, 2017.                                    
Page S161
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                         
Page S179
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S154-56
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S153
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S156-61
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S161
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--4) 
                                                       Pages S137, S138
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 9, 2017 and 
adjourned at 12:16 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, until 12 p.m. on 
the same day. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S151.)