[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 163 (Monday, September 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D819]
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                                         Monday, September 21, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5719-S5732
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4630-4636, and S. Con. Res. 45.                  
  Page S5731
Measures Passed:
  Providing for the Use of the Catafalque: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 45, providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the crypt 
beneath the Rotunda of the Capitol in connection with memorial services 
to be conducted in the Supreme Court Building and the Capitol for the 
late honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United 
States Supreme Court.                                        
  Page S5731
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 issuance of 
an Executive Order with respect to Iran that takes additional steps 
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
12957 of March 15, 1995; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-58)             
Pages S5730-31
Meyers Nomination-Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims.                   
  Pages S5722-30
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 65 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. EX. 184), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S5728-29
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on 
the nomination of Edward Hulvey Meyers expire at 11:30 a.m., on 
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, and Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nomination; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Andrea R. 
Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the post-cloture time expire at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, 
September 22, 2020, and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; 
and that following disposition of the nomination of Andrea R. Lucas, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Keith 
E. Sonderling, of Florida, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission.                                      
Page S5730
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, 
September 22, 2020.                                          
Page S5732
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5721
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5731
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5731-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--184) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5732.)