[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1208-D1209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Monday, November 1, 2021

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7523-S7575
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3123-3128, S. Res. 435, and S. Con. Res. 18.     
  Page S7539
Measures Reported:
  S. 2429, to amend chapter 38 of title 31, United States Code, 
relating to civil remedies, with amendments.                 
Page S7538
Measures Passed:
  RENACER Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 1064, to advance the strategic alignment of 
United States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, 
and transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment 
of the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human 
rights of the people of Nicaragua, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S7571-72
  Schumer (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4132, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S7571-72
Measures Considered:
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act--Cloture: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 4, to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for 
determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to 
section 4 of the Act.                                        
  Page S7535
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur upon disposition of the nomination of Rajesh D. Nayak, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.             
Page S7535
  Prior to the consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration 
of the bill, Senate took the following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S7535
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 
13067 of November 3, 1997, with respect to Sudan, received during 
adjournment of the Senate on October 29, 2021; which was referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-15) 
                                                         Pages S7537-38
Davidson Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury.                               
  Pages S7525-34
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, 
November 2, 2021; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:00 a.m., Senate 
vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Jonathan 
Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, 
Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, and Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, in the order 
listed; that at 2:20 p.m., Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture 
on the nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, in 
the order listed; that at 5:15 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nomination of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury; and that upon disposition of the nomination 
of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury, Senate continue consideration of the

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nomination of Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury.                                   
Page S7572
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 449), Beth Robinson, of Vermont, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.    
Page S7534
  By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 450), Toby J. Heytens, of 
Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S7534-35
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 
Navy, Space Force.                                           
Page S7575
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7538
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7538
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7539-40
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7540-41
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7536-37
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7541-71
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--450) 
                                                         Pages S7534-35
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7572.)