[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 86 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D547-D548]
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                                             Thursday, May 18, 2017

[[Page D547]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3023-3049
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1171-1189, S. Res. 172-174, and S. Con. Res. 
15-16.                                                   
  Pages S3041-42
Measures Reported:
  S. 582, to reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 115-74)                            
Page S3041
Measures Passed:
  Older Americans Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 172, designating May 
2017 as ``Older Americans Month''.                           
  Page S3048
  National Police Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 173, designating the 
week of May 15 through May 21, 2017, as ``National Police Week''. 
                                                             Page S3048
Branstad Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.                                           
  Page S3039
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 86 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 132), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S3033
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, May, 22, 2017, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture; that the time until 5:30 
p.m. be equally divided in the usual form; and that notwithstanding the 
provisions of Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on the nomination expire 
at 5:30 p.m.                                                 
Page S3048
Sullivan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
State.                                                       
  Page S3039
  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, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.                                           
Page S3039
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 131), Rachel L. Brand, of Iowa, 
to be Associate Attorney General.                            
Page S3033
  Todd Philip Haskell, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Congo.
  Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. 
                                                             Page S3033
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                      
Page S3048
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David J. Redl, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information.
  Claire M. Grady, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for 
Management, Department of Homeland Security.
  Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.     
Pages S3048-49
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S3040-41
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3041
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3041
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3042-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3043-45
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3040
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S3047-48
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--132) 
                                                             Page S3033

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:24 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, May 22, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3048.)