[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D64-D65]
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                                           Friday, January 19, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S315-S357
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2325-
2328.                                                     
  Pages S347-48
House Messages:
Further Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate continued 
consideration of the amendment of the House to the amendment of the 
Senate to H.R. 195, to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict 
the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to 
Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United 
States, taking action on the following motions and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                         
  Pages S316-44, S351-55
Rejected:
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
1905, to change the enactment date. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 
15), Senate tabled the motion.)                               
Page S354
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1903 
(to the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the bill), to change 
the enactment date. (Senate tabled the motion.)               
Page S316
Pending:
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill.                          
Page S316
  McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1917 
(to the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the bill), of a 
perfecting nature.                                            
Page S354
  McConnell motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the 
Committee on Appropriations, with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 
1918, to change the enactment date.                           
Page S354
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the McConnell motion 
to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate 
to the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 1917 (to the House Amendment 
to the Senate Amendment to the bill) (listed above), and, in accordance 
with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 
vote on cloture will occur on Monday, January 22, 2018.       
Page S354
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 14), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill.                                                 
Pages S351-52
  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on McConnell motion to concur in the amendment 
of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.      
Page S352
  McConnell Amendment No. 1906 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 
1905), of a perfecting nature, fell when McConnell motion to refer the 
message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, 
with instructions, McConnell Amendment No. 1905 (listed above) was 
tabled.                                                       
Page S316
  McConnell Amendment No. 1907 (to Amendment No. 1906), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 1906 (to (the instructions) 
Amendment No. 1905) (listed above) fell.                      
Page S316
  McConnell Amendment No. 1904 (to Amendment No. 1903), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the 
House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, with McConnell 
Amendment No. 1903 (to the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to 
the bill) (listed above) was tabled.                          
Page S316
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill at 
approximately 12 noon, on Saturday, January 20, 2018.         
Page S355
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Edward Charles Prado, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Argentine 
Republic.

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  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.         
Pages S355-57
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S346
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S346
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                     
  Page S346
Petitions and Memorials:                                  
  Pages S346-47
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S348
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S348-49
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S345-46
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S349-51
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--15) 
                                                       Pages S352, S365
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018 and 
adjourned at 1:28 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2018, until 12 noon on 
the same day. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S355.)