[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 181 (Tuesday, November 7, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1182-D1183]
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                                          Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7033-S7069
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2083-2093, and S. Res. 322-323.               
  Page S7062
Measures Reported:
  S. 171, to reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, to reauthorize 
the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 115-181)
  Report to accompany S. 2010, to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 
2008 for 8 years. (S. Rept. No. 115-182)                     
Page S7061
Measures Passed:
  Federal Agency Customer Experience Act: Senate passed S. 1088, to 
require the collection of voluntary feedback on services provided by 
agencies, after agreeing to the committee amendments, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                  
  Page S7066
  Daines (for McCaskill) Amendment No. 1580, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                         Pages S7067-68
  National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act: Senate passed S. 1015, to 
require the Federal Communications Commission to study the feasibility 
of designating a simple, easy-to-remember dialing code to be used for a 
national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, 
after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
  Page S7069
  Robb Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the 
National Labor Relations Board.                          
Pages S7054-55
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 265), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S7054
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, November 8, 2017; and that all time during recess, 
adjournment, morning business, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on 
the nomination.                                              
Page S7069
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 262), John H. Gibson II, of Texas, 
to be Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. 
                                                  Pages S7035-38, S7069
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 264), Steven Andrew Engel, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                  Pages S7038-54, S7069
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 263), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.              
Pages S7038, S7069
  David J. Redl, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information.                      
Pages S7056, S7069
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7060
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7060
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7060-61
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S7061
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7061-62
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7062-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7064-66
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7058-60
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S7066
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7066
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--265) 
                                               Pages S7037-38, S7053-54
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7069.)

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