[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1156-D1157]
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                                        Wednesday, October 20, 2021

[[Page D1156]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7093-S7134
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3013-3034, and S. Res. 424-425. 
                                                         Pages S7124-25
Measures Passed:
  Prison Camera Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 2899, to require the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons to address deficiencies and make necessary upgrades 
to the security camera and radio systems of the Bureau of Prisons to 
ensure the health and safety of employees and inmates, and the bill was 
then passed.                                                 
  Page S7132
Measures Considered:
Freedom to Vote Act: By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 420), three-fifths 
of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2747, to expand Americans' 
access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in 
politics.                                                
  Pages S7107-08
  Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.                                                    
Page S7108
Lin Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Tana Lin, of Washington, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Washington.            
  Pages S7108-21
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 21, 
2021, Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations 
of Tana Lin, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Washington, Douglas L. Parker, of West Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Myrna Perez, of New York, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, in that order and 
that if cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, all post-cloture 
time be considered expired at 1:45 p.m.; that if cloture is invoked on 
the nomination of Tana Lin, the confirmation vote occur at 1:45 p.m., 
on Thursday, October 21, 2021; and that if cloture is invoked on either 
the Douglas L. Parker, or Myrna Perez nominations, the confirmation 
votes begin at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, October 25, 2021.       
Page S7121
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10:00 a.m., on 
Thursday, October 21, 2021.                                  
Page S7132
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 51 yeas to 50 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 419), 
Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, Department of Education.            
Pages S7096-S7107
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 50 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 418), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                         Pages S7097-98
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  James C. O'Brien, of Nebraska, to be Head of the Office of Sanctions 
Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador.                   
Page S7134
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7123
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S7123-24
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S7124
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7124
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7124
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7125-27
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7127-29
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7122-23
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7129-31
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7131-32
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7132

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Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--420) 
                                                  Pages S7098, S7107-08
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7132.)