[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 22 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D95-D97]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Friday, February 5, 2021

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
 The Senate was not in session and stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., on 
    Monday, February 8, 2021.


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  On page D95, February 5, 2021, the following appears: Friday, 
February 5, 2021 Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 5, Concurrent Budget Resolution, as amended. Senate Chamber 
Action (Legislative Day of Thursday, February 4, 2021)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Friday, February 
5, 2021 Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action The Senate was not in 
session and stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., on Monday, February 
8, 2021.


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                  Routine Proceedings, pages S413-S559
       Measures Passed:
     Concurrent Budget Resolution: By 51 yeas to 50 nays, Vice 
     President voting yea (Vote No. 54), Senate agreed to 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 taking action on the following amendments 
     proposed thereto:                             
       Pages S413-S460
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 35), Cornyn Amendment No. 
558, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to funding 
the police.                                               
Pages S447-48
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 43), Capito/Hoeven Amendment No. 655, 
to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preserving the 
continued implementation of the consistent, clear, and functional 
categories and exclusions of jurisdictional waters in the Navigable 
Waters Protection Rule.                                   
Pages S452-53
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 44), Lankford Amendment No. 837, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to Federal relief 
funds for State or local governments.                     
Pages S453-54
  Portman Amendment No. 816, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve 
fund relating to requiring the President to keep the people of the 
United States informed, through a website, of the amount of funds made 
available for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic that have been 
expended.                                                 
Pages S455-56
  By 71 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 47), Romney Amendment No. 803, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to creating 
bipartisan congressional committees to improve the solvency of major 
Federal trust funds.                                          
Page S456
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 48), Lee/Scott (SC) Amendment No. 
253, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to expanding 
health savings accounts.                                  
Pages S456-57
  Murkowski Amendment No. 806, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve 
fund relating to prohibiting actions by the executive branch that would 
make the United States more reliant on countries with weaker 
environmental or labor standards for oil, gas, or hardrock mineral 
production.                                                   
Page S458
  By 51 yeas to 50 nays, the Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 52), 
Schumer/Sanders Amendment No. 888, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                          Pages S459-60
Rejected:
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 33), Johnson/Tuberville Amendment No. 
542, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting 
American taxpayers and the border, which may include prohibiting the 
cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border 
security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for 
which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and 
prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties. 
                                                          Pages S446-47
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 34), Lee Amendment No. 821, to 
establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting 
infringement on the free exercise of religion.                
Page S447
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 38), Kennedy Amendment No. 782, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing the 
provision of Small Business Administration assistance to any individual 
convicted of a misdemeanor or felony for actions during or in 
connection with a riot or civil disorder.                     
Page S450
  By 8 yeas to 92 nays (Vote No. 39), Paul Amendment No. 441, to build 
roads at home instead of building them around the world. 
                                                          Pages S450-51

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  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 40), Lee Amendment No. 770, to let 
Federal revenues reflect continued leasing of oil and gas on Federal 
Lands.                                                        
                                                              Page S451
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 42), Scott (FL) Amendment No. 872, to 
amend the reconciliation instructions for certain committees to fund 
border security and to ensure the enforcement of all immigration laws. 
                                                              Page S452
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 45) Crapo/Portman Amendment No. 55, 
to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to permanently 
extending the income tax rate reductions for individuals and small 
businesses provided under Public Law 115-97.              
                                                          Pages S454-55
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 46), Hoeven Amendment No. 887, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting a 
Federal carbon tax and preventing American job losses and regressive 
household utility bill, home heating, and gasoline price increases. 
                                                              Page S455
  By 26 yeas to 74 nays (Vote No. 49), Cruz Amendment No. 871, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to conventional 
biofuel credit cap during a pandemic.                     
                                                          Pages S457-58
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 51), Rubio Amendment No. 651, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to catch-and-release 
policies and the Migrant Protection Protocols.                
                                                              Page S459
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 53), McConnell Amendment No. 889, to 
establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a 
fund to provide grants to food service and drinking establishments 
affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.                            
                                                              Page S460
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 36), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and all applicable budget resolutions for purposes 
of Cotton Amendment No. 66, to create a point of order against a 
provision in legislation that would increase the number of justices on 
the Supreme Court of the United States. Subsequently, a point of order 
that the amendment was not germane to the underlying resolution was 
sustained, and the amendment thus fell.                   
                                                          Pages S448-49
  By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 37), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and all applicable budget resolutions for purposes 
of Cassidy Amendment No. 483, to create a point of order against 
legislation that would provide Economic Impact Payments to prisoners. 
Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was not germane to 
the underlying resolution was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                              Page S449
  By 40 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 41), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and all applicable budget resolutions for purposes 
of Cruz Amendment No. 811, to create a point of order against the 
consideration of any legislation that increases employment-based visas 
until the United States' labor market stabilizes and unemployment 
levels reach pre-pandemic levels, ensuring that Congress prioritizes 
the needs of American workers who have lost their jobs due to the 
pandemic. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was not 
germane to the underlying resolution was sustained, and the amendment 
thus fell.                                                
                                                          Pages S451-52
  By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 50), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and all applicable budget resolutions for purposes 
of Sullivan Amendment No. 461, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve 
fund relating to expanding natural gas as a vital fuel source to reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions and provide reliable and affordable heat, 
electricity, and transportation fuel for consumers. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the amendment was not germane to the underlying 
resolution was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.    
                                                          Pages S458-59
     McDonough Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
     agreement was reached providing that at approximately 3 p.m., 
     on Monday, February 8, 2021, Senate begin consideration of 
     the nomination of Denis Richard McDonough, of Maryland, to be 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and that at 5:30 p.m., Senate 
     vote, without intervening action or debate, on confirmation 
     of the nomination.
     al Cosponsors:                                       30Statements 
     on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
     al Statements:                                       30Amendments 
     Submitted:                                         30Record Votes: 
     Twenty-two record votes were taken today. (Total--54) 
                                               ord Votes: Pages S447-60
     Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
     February 4, 2021, and adjourned at 5:39 a.m., on Friday, 
     February 5, 2021, until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021. 
     (For Senate's program,

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     see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on 
     page S559.)