[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D29-D30]
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                                         Thursday, January 10, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S111-S147
Measures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 73-111, and S. Res. 14-16.     
  Pages S141-43
Measures Passed:
  Government Employee Fair Treatment Act: Senate passed S. 24, to 
provide for the compensation of Federal and other government employees 
affected by lapses in appropriations.                     
  Pages S133-34
  Commending the Clemson University Tigers Football Team: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 15, commending the Clemson University Tigers football team 
for winning the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. 
                                                              Page S146
  Relative to the Death of Former Senator John Chester Culver: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 16, relative to the death of John Chester Culver, 
former United States Senator for the State of Iowa.           
  Page S146
Measures Considered:
Strengthening America's Security In The Middle East Act--Agreement: 
Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of 
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense 
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the 
Syrian people.                                            
  Pages S115-35
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 2), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                    
Page S128
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, 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 14, 2019.                            
Page S128
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Friday, January 11, 2019.           
Page S146
Appointments:
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: The 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of 
Public Law 99-93, as amended by Public Law 99-151, appointed the 
following individuals to serve as members of the United States Senate 
Caucus on International Narcotics Control for the 116th Congress: 
Senators Cornyn (Chairman), Grassley, Risch, and Perdue.      
  Page S146
  Syria Study Group: The Chair, pursuant to the provisions of section 
1501 of Public Law 115-254, on behalf of the Majority Leader of the 
Senate and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 
appointed the following individual as a member of the Syria Study 
Group: Chris Tuttle, of Virginia.                             
  Page S146
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S141
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S141
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                       
  Pages S111, S141
Measures Read the First Time:                          
  Pages S141, S146
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S141
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S143
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S143-44
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S139-41
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S146
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S146
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--2)     
  Page S128
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator John Chester Culver, 
in accordance with S. Res. 16, at 5:59 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Friday, 
January 11, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S146.)

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