[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D647-D648]
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                                             Tuesday, June 11, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3299-S3328
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1771-1791, and S. Res. 244-245. 
                                                         Pages S3319-20
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1589, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2018, 2019, and 2020 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System. (S. Rept. No. 116-47)
  S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. (S. 
Rept. No. 116-48)                                        
Pages S3318-19
Measures Passed:
  Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act: Senate passed S. 
395, to require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to 
include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed 
rule.                                                        
  Page S3326
  LEGION Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 504, to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
authorize The American Legion to determine the requirements for 
membership in The American Legion, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S3326-27
  McConnell (for Tillis/Sinema) Amendment No. 252, to expand 
eligibility for membership in The American Legion and to prohibit 
discrimination with respect to staff positions.              
Page S3326
  Glioblastoma Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 245, designating 
July 17, 2019, as ``Glioblastoma Awareness Day''.        
  Pages S3327-28
Barker Nomination--Cloture: By 89 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 150), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Pamela A. Barker, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.                               
  Page S3312
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination.                             
Page S3328
Maze Nomination--Cloture: By 62 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 151), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Corey Landon Maze, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama.                        
  Page S3312
Smith Nomination--Cloture: By 77 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. EX. 152), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Rodney Smith, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida.                            
  Pages S3312-13
Barber Nomination--Cloture: By 75 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 153), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Thomas P. Barber, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Florida.                              
  Page S3313
Boulee Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Jean-Paul Boulee, of Georgia, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.         
  Page S3314
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 84 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. EX. 154), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S3313-14
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 1:45 
p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Pamela A. Barker, of Ohio, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Corey Landon Maze, of Alabama, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama, Rodney Smith, of Florida, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Florida, Thomas P. Barber, of Florida, to 
be United

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States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Jean-Paul 
Boulee, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia, in the order listed.                    
Page S3314
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 89 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 149), Sarah Daggett Morrison, of 
Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Ohio.                                   
Pages S3301-06, S3306-12, S3328
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S3315
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3315
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S3315
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S3316
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3317-18
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3319
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3320-22
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3322-24
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3315
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3325-26
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S3326
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--154) 
                                                          Page S3312-14
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:12 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3328.)