[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1101-D1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, October 19, 2017

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 71, Budget Resolution, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6593-S6701
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1984-1994, and S. Res. 294-300.   
  Page S6642
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 194, to ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal 
agencies. (S. Rept. No. 115-176)                             
Page S6641
Measures Passed:
  Budget Resolution: By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 245), Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, after 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S6593-S6629
Adopted:
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 226), Capito Amendment No. 1393 (to 
Amendment No. 1116), to help provide tax relief to middle-class 
Americans by reducing deductibility, for Federal tax purposes, of 
federal deductions, such as the state and local tax deduction which 
disproportionally favors high-income individuals.        
Pages S6602-03
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 229), Enzi (for Flake) 
Amendment No. 1178 (to Amendment No. 1116), to make the American tax 
system simpler and fairer.                        
Pages S6615-16, S6618
  Enzi (for Rubio/Lee) Amendment No. 1205 (to Amendment No. 1116), to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to tax cuts for 
working American families.                        
Pages S6615-16, S6619
  Enzi (for Portman) Amendment No. 1422 (to Amendment No. 1116), to 
provide for an international tax system that provides or enhances 
incentives for businesses to invest in America, generate American jobs, 
retain American jobs, and return jobs to America.       
Pages S6615-16, S6620
  Enzi (for Donnelly) Modified Amendment No. 1234 (to Amendment No. 
1116), to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to foreign 
countries.                                        
Pages S6615-16, S6620
  By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 239), Enzi (for Udall) Amendment No. 
1553 (to Amendment No. 1116), to establish a deficit-neutral reserve 
fund relating to the provision of full, permanent, and mandatory 
funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program.        
Pages S6625-26
  Enzi (for Fisher/Collins) Amendment No. 1552 (to Amendment No. 1116), 
to provide tax relief to American workers, families, and job creators 
in a manner which maintains the progressivity of the tax system by 
maintaining or raising the share of taxes paid by high income 
taxpayers.                                        
Pages S6625-26, S6628
  By 52 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 244), Enzi Amendment No. 1561 (to 
Amendment No. 1116), to provide other enforcement provisions related to 
the House of Representatives.                  
Pages S6625-26, S6628-29
  Enzi (for Perdue/Whitehouse) Amendment No. 1167 (to Amendment No. 
1116), to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to 
significantly improving the budget process.       
Pages S6625-26, S6629
  Enzi Amendment No. 1116, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                      Pages S6593-S6629
Rejected:
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 225), Wyden Amendment No. 1302 (to 
Amendment No. 1116), to strike the reconciliation instructions relating 
to tax reform.                                        
Pages S6594-S6602
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 228), Warner Amendment No. 1138 (to 
Amendment No. 1116), to strike the Senate pay-as-you-go exemption for 
tax cut reconciliation legislation and the exception to rules 
preventing any legislation from increasing the deficit over the short-
term.                                                    
Pages S6611-12

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  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 230), Enzi (for Baldwin) Amendment 
No. 1139 (to Amendment No. 1116), to prohibit reconciliation 
legislation that would increase the deficit or reduce a surplus. 
                                               Pages S6615-16, S6618-19
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 232), Brown Amendment No. 1378 (to 
Amendment No. 1116), to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund 
relating to providing tax benefits to patriot employers that invest in 
American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits to workers. 
                                                         Pages S6620-21
  By 4 yeas to 94 nays (Vote No. 233), Enzi (for Paul) Amendment No. 
1296 (to Amendment No. 1116), to modify reconciliation instructions to 
reduce the deficit.                                      
Pages S6621-22
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 235), Enzi (for Kaine) Amendment No. 
1249 (to Amendment No. 1116), to modify section 4111 to reinstate and 
strengthen a prohibition on voting on legislation without a 
Congressional Budget Office score.             
Pages S6615-16, S6622-23
  By 5 yeas to 95 nays (Vote No. 236), Enzi (for Paul) Amendment No. 
1298 (to Amendment No. 1116), to reduce discretionary spending by 
$43,000,000,000.                                         
Pages S6622-24
  By 32 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 237), Enzi (for Lee) Amendment No. 
1430 (to Amendment No. 1116), to expand the deficit-neutral reserve 
fund relating to the repeal of provisions of title I of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.                      
Pages S6622-25
  By 33 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 238), Enzi (for Paul) Amendment No. 
1277 (to Amendment No. 1116), to provide for reconciliation 
instructions to the relevant committees for the purpose of repealing 
and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
                                                  Pages S6622-23, S6625
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 240), Enzi (for Lee) Amendment No. 
1428 (to Amendment No. 1116), to modify a deficit neutral reserve fund 
relating to public land and the environment to address making payments 
under the payments in lieu of taxes program equivalent to the property 
tax revenue that would be due to a State or local government if the 
State or local government owned the land.                
Pages S6625-27
  By 7 yeas to 93 nays (Vote No. 241), Enzi (for Paul) Amendment No. 
1404 (to Amendment No. 1116), to ensure that all Americans receive a 
tax cut, keeping more of their hard earned money, and enjoy the benefit 
of tax reform.                                           
Pages S6625-27
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 242), Enzi (for Lee) Amendment No. 
1429 (to Amendment No. 1116), to establish a spending-neutral reserve 
fund relating to prohibiting Federal regulation of entirely intrastate 
species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.        
Pages S6625-28
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 243), Enzi (for Cantwell) Amendment 
No. 1301 (to Amendment No. 1116), to strike the reconciliation 
instructions for the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate to prevent oil and gas development within the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge.                                  
Pages S6625-26, S6628
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 227), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of Cantwell/Van Hollen 
Amendment No. 1141 (to Amendment No. 1116), to create a point of order 
against legislation that would raise taxes on middle class families by 
double-taxing income already taxed at the state or local level. 
Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment violates section 
305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was sustained, and 
the amendment thus fell.                                 
Pages S6603-04
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 231), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of Enzi (for Heitkamp) 
Amendment No. 1228 (to Amendment No. 1116), to create a point of order 
against legislation that would increase taxes on taxpayers whose annual 
income is below $250,000. Subsequently, the point of order that the 
amendment violates section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.        
Pages S6615-16, S6619-20
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 234), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of Enzi (for Cardin/
Blumenthal) Amendment No. 1375 (to Amendment No. 1116), to create a 
point of order against legislation that includes deficit-financed tax 
cuts. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment violates 
section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was 
sustained, and the amendment thus fell.                  
Pages S6621-22
  National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 298, supporting the designation of September 2017 as ``National 
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month''.                 
  Page S6700
  National Day on Writing: Senate agreed to S. Res. 299, expressing 
support for the designation of

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October 20, 2017, as the ``National Day on Writing''.        
  Page S6700
  McDaniel College 150th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 300, 
recognizing the 150th anniversary of McDaniel College.       
  Page S6700
House Messages:
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements 
Act: Senate began consideration of the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United 
States Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy 
judges, taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S6630
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                         
Page S6630
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1568, 
to change the enactment date.                                
Page S6630
  McConnell Amendment No. 1569 (to Amendment No. 1568), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6630
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
1570, to change the enactment date.                          
Page S6630
  McConnell Amendment No. 1571 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1570), of a perfecting nature.                               
Page S6630
  McConnell Amendment No. 1572 (to Amendment No. 1571), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S6630
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
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 Thursday, October 19, 2017, a vote on cloture will occur 
at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October 23, 2017.                   
Page S6630
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, October 23, 2017, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with the time until 5:30 p.m. 
equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees; and that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the pending cloture motion 
ripen at 5:30 p.m.                                       
Pages S6700-01
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6639-41
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6641-42
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6642-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6645-55
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6638-39
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S6657-S6700
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6700
Record Votes: Twenty-one record votes were taken today. (Total--245) 
                                        Pages S6602-04, S6612, S6618-29
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:23 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2017. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6700.)