[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D333-D334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, April 2, 2019

[[Page D333]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2163-S2208
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and seven resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 978-996, S.J. Res. 17, and S. Res. 134-139. 
                                                         Pages S2188-89


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  On page D333, April 2, 2019, the following language appears: 
Measures Reported:Special Report entitled ``Report on Legislative 
Activities of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions''. (S. Rept. No. 116-26)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The Measures 
Reported section has been removed.


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       Measures Passed:
     Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act: Senate 
     passed H.R. 1839, to amend title XIX to extend protection for 
     Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services 
     against spousal impoverishment, establish a State Medicaid 
     option to provide coordinated care to children with complex 
     medical conditions through health homes, prevent the 
     misclassification of drugs for purposes of the Medicaid drug 
     rebate program.                                    
       Page S2203
     Honoring the life of Ted Lindsay: Committee on the Judiciary 
     was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 132, 
     honoring the life of Ted Lindsay, and the resolution was then 
     agreed to.                                     
       Pages S2203-04
     The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University 50th 
     Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 138, recognizing the 
     50th anniversary of The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta 
     University.                                        
       Page S2204
     Authorizing Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
     139, to authorize the production of records by the Permanent 
     Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.                 
       Page S2204
       Measures Considered:
     Nominations in the Senate: Senate resumed consideration of 
     the motion to proceed to consideration S. Res. 50, improving 
     procedures for the consideration of nominations in the 
     Senate.                                   90[D02AP9-5]{D333}During 
     con
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 57), 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 resolution.                             
Page S2177
  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the resolution.                                              
Page S2177
Calabria Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Mark Anthony Calabria, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency.                              
  Page S2183
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Roy Kalman Altman, of Florida, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.         
Page S2183
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S2183
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 12:30 p.m., on Wednesday, April 3, 
2019, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Jeffrey Kessler, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, with the time 
until 2 p.m., equally divided between the two Leaders, or their 
designees; and that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the 
motions to invoke cloture filed on Monday, April 1, 2019, ripen at 2 
p.m., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.                           
  Page S2204
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2186
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2186
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S2186-87, S2203
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S2187
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S2187-88
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2189-90

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2190-95
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2184-86
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S2195-S2203
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2203
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2203
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--57)   
  Page S2177
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., 
until 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2204.)