[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1320-D1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6829-S6862
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2972-2981, and S. Res. 446-447.                  
  Page S6858
Measures Passed:
  Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 760, to enable registered apprenticeship programs 
to better serve veterans, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:             
  Pages S6837-39
  Peters Amendment No. 1254, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6838
  Tributes in Honor of the Late Senator Hagan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
446, authorizing the printing of tributes and other related materials 
in honor of the late Senator Janet Kay Hagan.                
  Page S6861
  Government Publishing Office: Senate passed H.R. 5277, to amend 
section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain 
interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit 
plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for 
the Government Publishing Office.                            
  Page S6861
Myers Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Richard Ernest Myers II, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.        
  Pages S6829-36
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 72 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 375), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S6836
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, December 5, 2019.                         
Page S6862
Lydon Nomination: By 79 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. EX. 376), Senate 
agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination of 
Sherri A. Lydon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
South Carolina.                                          
  Pages S6836-37
Duncan Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service.                                              
  Page S6837
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 91 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 377), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S6837
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 75 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 378), John L. Sinatra, Jr., of 
New York, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of New York.                                             
Pages S6841-42
  By 49 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 379), Sarah E. Pitlyk, of 
Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Missouri.                                                 
Page S6842
  By 64 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. EX. 380), Douglas Russell Cole, of 
Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Ohio.                                                    
Pages S6842-43
  By 89 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 381), R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of 
Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Alabama.                                                     
Page S6843
  By 88 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 382), David B. Barlow, of Utah, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Utah.    
Page S6843
  Hugh Nathanial Halpern, of Virginia, to be Director of the Government 
Publishing Office.                                           
Page S6851
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6855
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S6855-56
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6856-58
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6858-60
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S6860
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S6860-61

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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6861
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--382) 
                                               Pages S6836-37, S6841-43
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6862.)