[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D79-D80]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, February 2, 2021

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed the nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery 
      Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation.
      Senate confirmed the nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
      of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland 
      Security.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S215-S272
Measures Introduced: Forty-one bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 146-186, S. Res. 24-25, and S. Con. Res. 5. 
                                                          Pages S247-49
Measures Passed:
  Honoring the Life of Henry Louis Aaron: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 23, honoring the 
life and legacy of Henry Louis Aaron, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                    
  Page S241
  National School Choice Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 25, designating 
the week of January 24 through January 30, 2021, as ``National School 
Choice Week''.                                                
  Page S241
Measures Considered:
Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: Senate began consideration 
of S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030, after 
agreeing to the motion to proceed.
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                          Pages S225-41
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 13), Senate agreed to the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the resolution.               
Pages S225-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution at approximately 9 a.m., on Wednesday, 
February 3, 2021, with 31 hours of debate remaining.          
Page S272
Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that for the duration of the Senate's 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030, 
the Majority and Republican managers of the concurrent resolution, 
while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted to 
deliver floor remarks, retrieve, review, and edit documents, and send 
email and other data communications from text displayed on wireless 
personal digital assistant devices and tablet devices; provided further 
that the use of calculators be permitted on the floor during 
consideration of the resolution; and that the staff be permitted to 
make technical and conforming changes to the resolution, if necessary, 
consistent with the amendments adopted during Senate consideration, 
including calculating the associated change in the net interest 
function, and incorporating the effect of such adopted amendments on 
the budgetary aggregates for Federal revenues, the amount by which the 
Federal revenues should be changed, new budget authority, budget 
outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the public. 
                                                              Page S226
Appointments:
  Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C., 
sections 42 and 43, appointed the following Senators as Members of the 
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, respectively: Senator 
Leahy (reappointment) and Senator Cortez Masto.               
  Page S241
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By 86 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. EX. 11), Peter Paul Montgomery 
Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation. 
                                                    Pages S217-22, S272
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 12), Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. 
                                                    Pages S222-25, S272
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S244
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S244-47
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S247
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S249-50
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S250-58
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S244
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S258-71
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S271-72
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S272
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--13) 
                                                    Pages S222, S225-26
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:21 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S272.)