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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D494-D495 on May 12, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Monday, May 12, 2014
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2889-S2922
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2316-
2322.
Pages S2910-11
Measures Considered:
Hire More Heroes Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Pages S2889-90
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if cloture is invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, the time during the recess count post-cloture.
Page S2922
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act: By 55 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 142), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on S. 2262, to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry.
Pages S2899-S2902
Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the bill.
Page S2900
Logan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S2904
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Page S2922
Tuchi Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S2904
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S2904
Humetewa Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S2904
A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Page S2904
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. EX. 141), Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
Pages S2898-99, S2922
Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
Pages S2899, S2922
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Lisa Afua Serwah Mensah, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Stuart E. Jones, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq.
Page S2922
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the following nomination:
Tommy Port Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 2014.
Page S2922 Messages from the House:
Page S2909
Measures Referred:
Page S2909
Executive Communications:
Pages S2909-10
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2911-12
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S2912
Additional Statements:
Pages S2905-09
Amendments Submitted:
Page S2913
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--142)
Pages S2898-S2900
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2922.)
