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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D252-D253 on March 12, 2019.
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 12, 2019
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1769-S1805
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 738-764, and S. Res. 104-107.
Pages S1792-93
Measures Reported:
S. 333, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for training. (S. Rept. No. 116-5)
Page S1792
Measures Passed:
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 105, supporting the designation of March 2019 as ``National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month''.
Page S1799
United Negro College Fund 75th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 106, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Negro College Fund.
Page S1799
Authorizing testimony and representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 107, to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. Taubert.
Page S1799
World Wildlife Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 91, designating March 3, 2019, as
``World Wildlife Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S1799-S1800
McConnell (for Coons) Amendment No. 192, to amend the preamble.
Page S1799
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12957 on March 15, 1995; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-6)
Page S1791
Rao Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Neomi J. Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Pages S1777-89
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 43), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S1777
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time on the nomination expire at 12 noon, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of William Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, all post-cloture time expire at 1:45 p.m., on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
Pages S1788-89
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
Page S1800
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 42), Paul B. Matey, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
Pages S1776-77, S1805
Messages from the House:
Page S1791
Measures Referred:
Page S1791
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S1792
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1793-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S1794-98
Additional Statements:
Pages S1789-91
Amendments Submitted:
Page S1798
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S1798-99
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--43)
Pages S1776-77
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:07 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1800.)
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