[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1025-D1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                      Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5547-S5582
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2494-2508, and S. Res. 316-318. 
                                                         Pages S5577-78
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2020''. (S. Rept. No. 116-106) 
                                                             Page S5573
Measures Considered:
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign 
Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act: Senate 
resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
2740, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020.                               
  Pages S5553-62
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 292), 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.                               
Pages S5561-62
  Subsequently, Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the 
vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S5562
House Messages:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to 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, taking action on the 
following motions proposed thereto:                      
  Pages S5562-70
Adopted:
  McConnell motion to disagree in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives, agree to the request of the House of Representatives 
for a conference, and authorize the Chair to appoint conferees on the 
part of the Senate.                                      
Pages S5562-63
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 87 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 293), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on McConnell motion to disagree 
in the amendment of the House of Representatives, agree to the request 
of the House of Representatives for a conference, and authorize the 
Chair to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate.    
Pages S5569-70
  The Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Inhofe, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 
Ernst, Tillis, Sullivan, Perdue, Cramer, McSally, Scott (FL), 
Blackburn, Hawley, Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, 
Kaine, King, Heinrich, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, and Jones. 
                                                             Page S5570
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if McConnell 
motion to disagree in the amendment of the House of Representatives, 
agree to the request of the House of Representatives for a conference, 
and authorize the Chair to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate 
is agreed to, it be in order for the following motions to instruct, 
which are at the desk: Senators Van Hollen, Cotton, Jones, Schatz, 
Peters, McSally, McConnell or designee, to be considered at a time to 
be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
Democratic Leader, but prior to Thursday, September 26, 2019, in the 
form of Senate resolutions, taken up and considered on the same day 
with no amendments in order.                                 
Page S5569
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:

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  Report to accompany Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (Treaty Doc. 116-1) 
(Ex. Rept. 116-5).                                       
Pages S5576-77
McGuire Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Brian McGuire, of New York, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury.                                   
  Page S5570
  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 on Friday, September 20, 2019.
                                                             Page S5570
  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 S5570
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10:00 a.m., on 
Thursday, September 19, 2019.                            
Pages S5581-82
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 289), Robert A. Destro, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor.                                
Pages S5548-52, S5582
  By 54 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 290), Brent James McIntosh, of 
Michigan, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury.          
Page S5552
  By 55 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 291), Brian Callanan, of New 
Jersey, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury. 
                                                         Pages S5552-53
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5572-73
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5573
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S5573-77
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5578-79
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5572
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5581
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5581
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--293) 
                                           Pages S5552-53, S5562, S5570
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 19, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5582.)