[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1145-D1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, November 29, 2022

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 8404, Respect for Marriage Act, as amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6831-S6865
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 5136-5146, and S. Res. 851.                   
  Page S6857
Measures Passed:
  Respect for Marriage Act: By 61 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 362), 
Senate passed H.R. 8404, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and 
ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, by the order of the 
Senate of Monday, November 28, 2022, 60 Senators having voted in the 
affirmative, and after taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S6831-46
Adopted:
  Schumer (for Baldwin) Amendment No. 6487, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6844
Rejected:
  By 48 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 359), Lee Amendment No. 6482 (to 
Amendment No. 6487), of a perfecting nature. (Pursuant to the order of 
Monday, November 28, 2022, the amendment having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, was not agreed to.)         
Pages S6834-37, S6843-44
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 360), Lankford Amendment No. 6496 (to 
Amendment No. 6487), of a perfecting nature.      
Pages S6837-43, S6844
  By 45 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 361), Lankford (for Rubio) Amendment 
No. 6493 (to Amendment No. 6487), to eliminate a private right of 
action.                                           
Pages S6837-43, S6844
Withdrawn:
  Schumer Amendment No. 6488 (to Amendment No. 6487), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S6844
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Schumer Amendment No. 6489 (to Amendment No. 6488), to add an 
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 6488 (to Amendment No. 
6487) (listed above), was withdrawn.                         
Page S6844
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached provided that the motion to 
invoke cloture on the bill, be withdrawn.                    
Page S6844
  Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act: Senate passed H.R. 2930, 
to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage. 
                                                         Pages S6847-48
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act Referral--Agreement: 
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 5068, to 
amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make 
improvements to that Act, be discharged from the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
                                                             Page S6862
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the motions to invoke cloture with respect to the 
nominations of Camille L. Velez-Rive, of Puerto Rico, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Anne M. 
Nardacci, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of New York, Jerry W. Blackwell, of Minnesota, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, and Doris 
L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh 
Circuit, ripen at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 30, 2022; that at 
11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, Senate vote on the motions 
to invoke cloture on the nominations of Camille L. Velez-Rive, and Anne 
M. Nardacci; that if cloture is invoked on the nominations, all post-
cloture time be considered expired at 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, November 
30, 2022.                                                    
  Page S6846
Velez-Rive Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Camille L. Velez-Rive, of Puerto Rico, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.   
  Pages S6846-47

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
November 30, 2022.                                           
Page S6862
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Kate E. Brubacher, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Kansas for the term of four years.
  Ismail J. Ramsey, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of California for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S6865
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6851
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6851
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6851-56
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S6856-57
Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27:                       
  Page S6849
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6857-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6859-62
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S6849
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S6862
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--362) 
                                                  Pages S6843-44, S6846
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon and recessed at 7:24 p.m., until 10 
a.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6862.)