[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 10 (Thursday, January 17, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D55-D56]
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                                         Thursday, January 17, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S287-S298
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 173-191, S.J. Res. 4, and S. Res. 20-24. 
                                                          Pages S292-94
Measures Passed:
  Medicaid Extenders Act: Senate passed H.R. 259, to extend the 
Medicaid Money Follows the Person Rebalancing demonstration, to extend 
protection for Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services 
against spousal impoverishment.                               
  Page S297
  Honoring the life of Richard Arvin Overton: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 10, 
honoring the life of Richard Arvin Overton, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                    
  Page S297
  Minority party's committee membership: Senate agreed to S. Res. 21, 
to constitute the minority party's membership on certain committees for 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, or until their successors are 
chosen.                                                       
  Page S297
Measures Considered:
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure 
Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 109, to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. 
                                                          Pages S288-92
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 7), 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 S288
Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 
10 a.m., on Friday, January 18, 2019, Senate resume 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 S297-98
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas A. Summers, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2020.
  Mark Lee Greenblatt, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department 
of the Interior.
  Donald W. Washington, of Texas, to be Director of the United States 
Marshals Service.
  Greg Girard Guidry, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  James Wesley Hendrix, of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Texas.
  Sean D. Jordan, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Texas.
  Michael T. Liburdi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Arizona.
  Mark T. Pittman, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas.
  Peter D. Welte, of North Dakota, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of North Dakota.                             
Page S298
Messages from the House:                                      
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Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S292
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
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Executive Communications:                                     
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Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S294
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S294-97
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S297
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--7)     
  Page S288
Adjournment: Senate convened at 4 p.m. and adjourned at 6:32 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, January 18, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S297-98.)

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