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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate confirmed the nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery
Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation.
Senate confirmed the nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland
Security.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S215-S272
Measures Introduced: Forty-one bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 146-186, S. Res. 24-25, and S. Con. Res. 5.
Pages S247-49
Measures Passed:
Honoring the Life of Henry Louis Aaron: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 23, honoring the life and legacy of Henry Louis Aaron, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S241
National School Choice Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 25, designating the week of January 24 through January 30, 2021, as ``National School Choice Week''.
Page S241
Measures Considered:
Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: Senate began consideration of S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030, after agreeing to the motion to proceed.
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
Pages S225-41
By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 13), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the resolution.
Pages S225-26
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the resolution at approximately 9 a.m., on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, with 31 hours of debate remaining.
Page S272
Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that for the duration of the Senate's consideration of S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030, the Majority and Republican managers of the concurrent resolution, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve, review, and edit documents, and send email and other data communications from text displayed on wireless personal digital assistant devices and tablet devices; provided further that the use of calculators be permitted on the floor during consideration of the resolution; and that the staff be permitted to make technical and conforming changes to the resolution, if necessary, consistent with the amendments adopted during Senate consideration, including calculating the associated change in the net interest function, and incorporating the effect of such adopted amendments on the budgetary aggregates for Federal revenues, the amount by which the Federal revenues should be changed, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and debt held by the public.
Page S226
Appointments:
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C., sections 42 and 43, appointed the following Senators as Members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, respectively: Senator Leahy (reappointment) and Senator Cortez Masto.
Page S241
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 86 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. EX. 11), Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation.
Pages S217-22, S272
By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 12), Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
Pages S222-25, S272
Messages from the House:
Page S244
Executive Communications:
Pages S244-47
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S247
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S249-50
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S250-58
Additional Statements:
Page S244
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S258-71
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S271-72
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S272
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--13)
Pages S222, S225-26
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:21 p.m., until 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S272.)
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