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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D281 on March 14, 2017.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1783-S1807
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 616-629.
Page S1805
Measures Passed:
Department of Labor Rule: By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 87), Senate passed H.J. Res. 42, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants.
Pages S1784-99
Coats Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, following Leader remarks on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Daniel Coats, of Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence, and that the time until 10 a.m. be equally divided in the usual form, and at 10 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination.
Page S1798
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S1806
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1806-07
Additional Statements:
Pages S1804-05
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S1807
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--87)
Pages S1798-99
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1807.)
