[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, February 11, 2020

[[Page D147]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S971-S997
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3263-3276, S. Res. 495-497, and S. Con. Res. 
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  Pages S989-90
Measures Reported:
  S. 512, to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer 
Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting 
seniors. (S. Rept. No. 116-215)


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  On page D147, February 11, 2020, the following language appears: 
Measures Reported: S. 512, to establish an advisory office within 
the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission 
to prevent fraud targeting seniors. (S. Rept. No. 116-214)
  
  The online Record have been corrected to read: Measures 
Reported: S. 512, to establish an advisory office within the 
Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to 
prevent fraud targeting seniors. (S. Rept. No. 116-215)


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  S. 982, to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and 
combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-214)
  S. 3239, to designate the headquarters building of the Department of 
Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, in Washington, DC, 
as the ``William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building''.         
Page S989
       Measures Passed:
     VA waiver request approval: Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
     was discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 80, 
     approving the request of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     for a waiver under section 1703E(f) of title 38, United 
     States Code, and the resolution was then passed.    
       Page S997
     National Tribal Colleges and University Week: Committee on 
     the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 
     Res. 491, designating the week beginning February 2, 2020, as 
     ``National Tribal Colleges and University Week'', and the 
     resolution was then agreed to.                      
       Page S997
     Kindred Nomination--Agreement: By 52 yeas to 41 nays (Vote 
     No. EX. 37), Senate agreed to the motion to close further 
     debate on the nomination of Joshua M. Kindred, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Alaska.
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture.                
Page S997
     Schelp Nomination--Cloture: By 72 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 
     EX. 38), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate 
     on the nomination of Matthew Thomas Schelp, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. 
                                                          Pages S979-80
     Kness Nomination--Cloture: By 82 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 
     EX. 39), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate 
     on the nomination of John Fitzgerald Kness, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. 
                                                              Page S980
     Halpern Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of 
     the nomination of Philip M. Halpern, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of New York. 
                                                          Pages S981-84
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 40), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                
Pages S980-81
     Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following 
     nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 36), Andrew Lynn Brasher, of 
Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. 
                                                          Pages S974-79
  John Hennessey-Niland, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Palau.
  Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United Republic 
of Tanzania.
  Dorothy Shea, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese 
Republic.
  Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.                                           
Page S985
     Messages from the House:
      Referred:
      Placed on the Calendar:
      Read the First Time:                             30Executive 
     Communications:                                      30Executive 
     Reports of Committees:
     al Cosponsors:                                       30Statements 
     on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                     30Additional 
     Statements:                                          30Amendments 
     Submitted:                                           30Authorities 
     for Committees to Meet:                              30Record 
     Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--40) 
                                                cord VotesPages S979-81
     Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:49 
     p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. (For 
     Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
     today's Record on page S997.)