[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 1, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1025-D1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7117-S7142
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 4931-4943, and S. Res. 780-781.   
  Page S7139
Measures Passed:
  Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act: Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. 
1153, to explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education 
information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices 
issued by the Department of Education a criminal act, and the bill was 
then passed.                                             
  Pages S7141-42
  National Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 780, 
designating November 2020 as ``National Lung Cancer Awareness Month'' 
and expressing support for the early detection of lung cancer. 
                                                             Page S7142
House Messages:
  Save Our Seas 2.0 Act: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House 
of Representatives to S. 1982, to improve efforts to combat marine 
debris.                                                      
  Page S7142
ALS Disability Insurance Access ACT--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the provisions of 
Rule XXII, if necessary, and at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, the Committee on 
Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 578, to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting 
period for disability insurance benefits under such title for 
individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that Senate proceed to 
its immediate consideration, and that the only amendment in order be an 
amendment to be offered by Senator Grassley; provided further that 
Senate vote on adoption of the Grassley amendment, and upon disposition 
of the amendment, the bill, as amended, if amended, be read a third 
time, and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended, if amended; 
and that adoption of the Grassley amendment and passage of the bill 
require 60 affirmative votes.                                
  Page S7123
Hauptman Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Kyle Hauptman, of Maine, to be a Member of the National 
Credit Union Administration Board.                       
  Pages S7123-31
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 244), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S7123-24
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on 
the nomination of Kyle Hauptman expire at 11:45 a.m., on Wednesday, 
December 2, 2020, and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; 
that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kathryn C. Davis, of 
Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
Senate then vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Christopher Waller, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; provided further that the 
post-cloture time with respect to the nomination of Kathryn C. Davis 
expire at 2:05 p.m., on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination; and that the confirmation vote with 
respect to the nomination of Christopher Waller occur at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic 
Leader, on Thursday, December 3, 2020.                       
Page S7128
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination of Kyle Hauptman, post-cloture, at 
approximately 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.    
Page S7142
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 53 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 241), Taylor B. McNeel, of 
Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Mississippi.                               
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  By 58 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. EX. 243), J. Philip Calabrese, of 
Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Ohio.                                                    
Pages S7122-23
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. EX. 242), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S7122-23
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7137-39
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7139-40
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7140-41
Additional Statements:
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7141
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7141
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--244) 
                                                         Pages S7122-24
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7142.)