[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D360-D361]
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                                            Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2021-S2045
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2636-2643, and S. Res. 453-456.               
  Page S2040
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 1404, to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings 
owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to 
the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. (S. Rept. No. 115-222)
  H.R. 1500, to redesignate the small triangular property located in 
Washington, DC, and designated by the National Park Service as 
reservation 302 as ``Robert Emmet Park''. (S. Rept. No. 115-223) 
                                                         Pages S2039-40
Measures Passed:
  Relative to the Death of Zell Bryan Miller: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
454, relative to the death of Zell Bryan Miller, the former Governor 
and Senator of the State of Georgia.                         
  Page S2044
  Relative to the Death of Daniel K. Akaka: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
455, relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Senator 
from the State of Hawaii.                                    
  Page S2044
  Majority Party Committee Membership for the 115th Congress: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 456, to constitute the majority party's membership on 
certain committees for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, or until 
their successors are chosen.                                 
  Page S2044
  Military Retiree Appreciation Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 377, recognizing the 
importance of paying tribute to those individuals who have faithfully 
served and retired from the Armed Forces of the United States, 
designating April 18, 2018, as ``Military Retiree Appreciation Day'', 
and encouraging the people of the United States to honor the past and 
continued service of military retirees to their local communities and 
the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                         Pages S2044-45
Ring Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
of the National Labor Relations Board.         
  Pages S2028-29, S2029-32
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 66), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                  
Pages S2028-29
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 12:20 p.m., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination.               
Page S2032
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.                          
Page S2045
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 65), Claria Horn Boom, of Kentucky, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western 
Districts of Kentucky.                            
Pages S2021-28, S2045
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Justin George Muzinich, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Emin Toro, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court 
for a term of fifteen years.
  Wendy Williams Berger, of Florida, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida.
  Holly A. Brady, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Indiana.
  Andrew Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Alabama.
  Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit.
  John M. O'Connor, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
  Lance E. Walker, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine.

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  Allen Cothrel Winsor, of Florida, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Florida.
  Patrick R. Wyrick, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Oklahoma.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                 
Page S2045
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2035-39
Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S2039
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2040-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2042-44
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2034-35
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2044
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--66) 
                                                         Pages S2028-29
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memories of the late Zell Bryan Miller, the 
former Governor and Senator of the State of Georgia, and Daniel K. 
Akaka, Senator from the State of Hawaii, in accordance with S. Res. 454 
and S. Res. 455, at 6:25 p.m., until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 
2018. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S2045.)