[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1263-D1264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, November 30, 2017

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7507-S7651
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2174-2181, and S. Res. 345.                      
  Page S7563
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1532, to disqualify from operating a 
commercial motor vehicle for life an individual who uses a commercial 
motor vehicle in committing a felony involving human trafficking. (S. 
Rept. No. 115-188)                                           
Page S7562
Measures Considered:
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, taking 
action on the following motions and amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7508-57
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 286), Brown motion to commit the bill 
to the Committee on Finance, with instructions.              
Page S7518
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 287), Casey motion to commit the bill 
to the Committee on Finance, with instructions.              
Page S7527
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 288), King motion to commit the bill 
to the Committee on Finance, with instructions.              
Page S7536
  By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 289), Stabenow motion to commit the 
bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions.         
Page S7545
Pending:
  McConnell (for Hatch/Murkowski) Amendment No. 1618, of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S7508
  Baldwin motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions.                                                
Page S7548
  Wyden (for Nelson) motion to commit the bill to the Committee on 
Finance, with instructions.                                  
Page S7548
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that 
following Leader remarks on Friday, December 1, 2017, there be up to 20 
minutes of debate on each motion, equally divided in the usual form, 
and that following the use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote 
on the motions, with no intervening action or debate.        
Page S7548
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Friday, December 
1, 2017.                                                     
Page S7651
Appointments:
  Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center of the Library of 
Congress: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant 
to Public Law 94-201, as amended by Public Law 105-275, appointed the 
following individual as a member of the Board of Trustees of the 
American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress: Jay Winik of 
Maryland vice Margaret Z. Robson of New Mexico.              
  Page S7651
  Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 115-77, 
appointed the following individual to the Frederick Douglass 
Bicentennial Commission: Senator Scott.                      
  Page S7651
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7559
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7559-62
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7562-63
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7563-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7557-59
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S7565-S7650
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7650
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7650
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--289) 
                                       Pages S7518, S7527, S7536, S7545
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:14 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, December 1, 2017. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7651.)

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