[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 110 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Monday, June 15, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2959-S2980
Measures Introduced: Six bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3958-3963, and S. Res. 617-622.                  
  Page S2973
Measures Passed:
  Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability 
Act: Senate passed S. 712, to provide assistance for United States 
nationals taken hostage or unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, 
after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, and the committee amendment to the title.    
  Pages S2977-79
  Senate Manual: Senate agreed to S. Res. 619, to provide for the 
printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 
                                                             Page S2979
  Juneteenth Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 620, 
designating June 19, 2020, as ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in 
recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of 
slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.       
  Page S2979
Measures Considered:
Taxpayer First Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and 
improve the Internal Revenue Service, taking action on the following 
motions and amendments proposed thereto:                 
  Pages S2960-72
Adopted:
  By 73 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 119), McConnell (for Gardner) Amendment 
No. 1617, in the nature of a substitute.                          
Page S2972
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 118), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the 
motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to McConnell (for 
Gardner) Amendment No. 1617 (listed above). Subsequently, the point of order 
that the bill was in violation of the Senate pay-go rule, pursuant to 
Section 4106(a) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2018, was not sustained, and thus the point of order fell. 
                                                       Pages S2970, S2971-72
  McConnell Amendment No. 1628 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 1617), to change the enactment date. (Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                                       
Page S2972
  McConnell Amendment No. 1629 (to Amendment No. 1628), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 1628 (to the language proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 1617) (listed above) was tabled.     
Page S2972
  McConnell Amendment No. 1626 (to Amendment No. 1617), to change the 
enactment date. (Senate tabled the amendment.)                    
Page S2972
  McConnell Amendment No. 1627 (to Amendment No. 1626), of a perfecting 
nature, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 1626 (to Amendment No. 1617) 
(listed above) was tabled.                                        
Page S2972
  By 75 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 120), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the bill.                       
Page S2972
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, June 16, 2020; and that all time during adjournment, Leader 
remarks, and recess count post-cloture on the bill.               
Page S2980
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S2973-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Pages S2975-77
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S2972-73
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--120) 
                                                              Pages S2971-72
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., until 10 
a.m. on Tuesday,

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June 16, 2020. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S2980.)