[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 26 (Sunday, February 11, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D140]
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                                          Sunday, February 11, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S837-S858
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 3796. 
                                                              Page S856
Measures Considered:
  RELIEVE Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 815, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements 
relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for 
emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care 
program, taking action on the following motion and amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                  
Pages S838-56
Pending:
  Schumer (for Murray) Amendment No. 1388, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                   
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  Schumer Amendment No. 1577 (to Amendment No. 1388), to add an 
effective date.                                               
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  Schumer Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1577), to add an 
effective date.                                               
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  Schumer Amendment No. 1579 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 1388), to add an effective date.             
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  Schumer Amendment No. 1580 (to Amendment No. 1579), to add an 
effective date.                                               
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  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 67 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. 44), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Schumer (for Murray) Amendment 
No. 1388 (listed above).                                      
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  Schumer motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Veterans 
Affairs, with instructions to report back forthwith Schumer Amendment 
No. 1581, to add an effective date, fell when cloture was invoked on 
Schumer (for Murray) Amendment No. 1388 (listed above). (By 40 yeas to 
53 nays (Vote No. 43), Senate earlier failed to table the motion to 
commit.)                                                  
Pages S841-42
  Schumer Amendment No. 1582 (the instructions (Amendment No. 1581) of 
the motion to commit), to add an effective date, fell when Schumer 
motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Veterans Affairs, with 
instructions to report back forthwith Schumer Amendment No. 1581 
(listed above) fell.                                          
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  Schumer Amendment No. 1583 (to Amendment No. 1582), to add an 
effective date, fell when Schumer Amendment No. 1582 (the instructions 
(Amendment No. 1581) of the motion to commit) (listed above) fell. 
                                                              Page S842
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Monday, February 
12, 2024; and that all time during adjournment, recess, morning 
business, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on Schumer (for Murray) 
Amendment No. 1388 (listed above).                            
Page S858
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S856
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S856-58
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--44) 
                                                          Pages S841-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:50 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Monday, February 12, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S858.)