[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1226-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7687-S7761
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3144-3162, S. Res. 437-439, and S. Con. Res. 
19.                                                      
  Pages S7720-21
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 2044, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the 
``Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3419, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the 
``Joseph R. Lentol Post Office''.                            
Page S7718
Measures Passed:
  National Family Service Learning Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 439, 
expressing support for the designation of the week of November 1 
through November 5, 2021, as ``National Family Service Learning Week''.
                                                             Page S7760
  Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 100th anniversary commemoration: Senate 
agreed to S. Con. Res. 19, permitting the use of the rotunda of the 
Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the 100th 
anniversary of the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 
                                                             Page S7760
Measures Considered:
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: By 50 yeas to 49 nays 
(Vote No. 459), 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. 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 S7701
  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 S7701
  Santos Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the 
Census.                                                  
Pages S7687-91
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
November 4, 2021; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11 a.m., 
Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Michael Lee Connor, of 
Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination; that upon disposition of the nomination 
of Michael Lee Connor, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robert Luis 
Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the Census, ripen, and that if 
cloture is invoked, the vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the Census be at 1:45 
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Page S7761
Motion to Discharge Sung Nomination: Pursuant to S. Res. 27, Committee 
on the Judiciary being tied on the question of reporting, the Majority 
Leader made the motion to discharge the Committee on the Judiciary from 
further consideration of the nomination of Jennifer Sung, of Oregon, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                                       Pages S7701-7713
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 462), 
Senate agreed to the motion to discharge the nomination from the 
Committee on the Judiciary. Subsequently, the nomination was placed on 
the Executive Calendar pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, 
relative to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.          
Page S7714
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 457), Benjamin Harris, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.      
Page S7691
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 458), Isobel Coleman, of New 
York, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development.                               
Pages S7691-92

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  By 54 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 460), Jeffrey M. Prieto, of 
California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.                                       
Pages S7713-14
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 461), Rajesh D. Nayak, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.             
Page S7714
  Thomas R. Nides, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Israel.
  Adrienne Wojciechowski, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
  Michael Carpenter, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. 
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador.                     
Pages S7714-15
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kendra Davis Briggs, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Georgette Castner, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey.
  Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California.
  Julie Rebecca Rubin, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland.
  Cristina D. Silva, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.
  Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Federal Circuit.
  Trina L. Thompson, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Anne Rachel Traum, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.                                      
Page S7761
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Jennifer Sung, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, which was sent to the Senate on July 13, 2021, from the 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary.                       
Pages S7701-14
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7717
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S7717-18
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7718
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7718-20
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7721-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7723-24
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7715-17
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7724-60
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7760
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7760
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--462) 
                                        Pages S7691-92, S7701, S7713-14
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:09 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 4, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7761.)