[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D248]
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                                              Monday, March 9, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1615-S1640
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3417-3422, and S. Res. 536.                      
  Page S1625
Measures Considered:
Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act--Agreement: Senate 
resumed consideration of S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced 
geothermal research and development, taking action on the following 
amendments and motions proposed thereto:                 
  Pages S1615-20
Pending:
  Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 1407, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                         Pages S1615-19
  Portman/Shaheen Amendment No. 1514 (to Amendment No. 1407), to 
establish greater energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness in building 
codes.                                                   
Pages S1615-19
  Shaheen Amendment No. 1525 (to Amendment No. 1514), to modify the 
authorization of appropriations for cost-effective codes implementation 
for efficiency and resilience.                           
Pages S1615-19
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 47 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 67), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Murkowski Modified 
Amendment No. 1407 (listed above).                           
Page S1619
  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on Murkowski Modified Amendment No. 1407. 
                                                             Page S1619
  By 15 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 68), 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 bill. 
                                                         Pages S1619-20
  Senator McConnell entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the bill.                         
Page S1620
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, March 
10, 2020.                                                    
Page S1640
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the designation 
as emergency requirements all funding so designated by the Congress in 
the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2020, pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for the enclosed list of 
accounts, received during adjournment of the Senate on March 6, 2020; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget. (PM-51) 
                                                         Pages S1623-24
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1624
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S1624, S1640
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S1624
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S1624-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1625-26
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
  Page S1627
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1627-40
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1640
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--68) 
                                                         Pages S1619-20
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1640.)