[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D139]
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                                          Monday, February 10, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S949-S969
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3259-3262, and S. Res. 494.                   
  Pages S963-64
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to an alternative 
plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the 
General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2021; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs. (PM-44)                                              
Page S961
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States 
Government for Fiscal Year 2021; referred jointly, pursuant to the 
order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; 
which was referred to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget. 
(PM-45)                                                   
Pages S961-62
Brasher Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Andrew Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.                   
  Pages S949-55
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 46 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 35), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                
Pages S954-55
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, all post-cloture time on the nomination be 
considered expired at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, February 11, 2020; that 
following disposition of the nomination, Senate vote on the motions to 
invoke cloture on the nominations of Joshua M. Kindred, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Matthew Thomas 
Schelp, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, John Fitzgerald Kness, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois, and Philip M. Halpern, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; and that 
if cloture is invoked on any of those nominations, the confirmation 
votes occur on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at a time to be determined 
by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader. 
                                                              Page S955
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination of Andrew Lynn Brasher, post-cloture, 
at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.      
Page S966
Messages from the House:                                  
  Pages S962-63
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S963
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S963
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S963
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S964-66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Page S966
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S961
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--35)    
  Page S955
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S966.)