[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 21 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D107-D108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Monday, February 4, 2019

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S817-S840
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
316-328.                                                  
  Pages S831-32
Measures Passed:
  Providing for the State of the Union: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
9, providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from 
the President.                                                
  Page S839
Measures Considered:
Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Agreement: 
Senate resumed 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, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S819-30
Adopted:
  Menendez Amendment No. 96 (to McConnell Amendment No. 65), to clarify 
that the amendment shall not be construed as a declaration of war or an 
authorization of the use of military force.               
Pages S820-29
  By 70 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 14), McConnell Amendment No. 65, to 
express the sense of the Senate that the United States faces continuing 
threats from terrorist groups operating in Syria and Afghanistan and 
that the precipitous withdrawal of United States forces from either 
country could put at risk hard-won gains and United States national 
security.                                                 
Pages S820-29
Pending:
  Risch Amendment No. 97, to clarify the deadline for the reporting 
requirement relating to the establishment of a Jordan Enterprise Fund. 
                                                              Page S830
  Menendez (for Risch) Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 97), to 
provide for a classified annex to be submitted with the report on the 
cooperation of the United States and Israel with respect to countering 
unmanned aerial systems.                                      
Page S830
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 72 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 15), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.        
Pages S829-30
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, all post-cloture time on 
the bill be considered expired at 3:30 p.m., on Tuesday, February 5, 
2019.                                                         
Page S839
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, February 5, 2019; and that all time during recess, 
adjournment, morning business, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on 
the bill.                                                     
Page S839
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S830
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S830-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S832-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S833-35
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S835-36
Privileges of the Floor:                                  
  Pages S836-37
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--15) 
                                                          Pages S829-30
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:37 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S839.)

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