[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 73 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D466]
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                                             Friday, April 28, 2017

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.J. Res. 99, Further Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2633-S2639
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 989-990.
                                                             Page S2636
Measures Passed:
  Further Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 99, making 
further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017. 
                                                         Pages S2634-35
Clayton Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Jay Clayton, of New York, to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.                          
  Page S2635
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action: Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive 
Session to consider the nomination.                          
Page S2635
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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, 
April 28, 2017, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 
May 1, 2017.                                                 
Page S2635
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, May 1, 2017, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination.                             
Page S2637
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ryan Dean Newman, of New Mexico, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  David Joel Trachtenberg, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense.
  Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Mira Radielovic Ricardel, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration.
  David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2635
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2635-36
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2636-37
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 12:26 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 1, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2637.)