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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D421-D422 on April 28, 2014.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2409-S2426
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2257-
2264.
Page S2424
Measures Reported:
Reported on Friday, April 25, 2014, during the adjournment:
Special Report entitled ``Pushing the Envelope: Publishers Clearing House in the New Era of Direct Marketing''. (S. Rept. No. 113-153)
Reported on Monday, April 28, 2014:
S. 2260, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. (S. Rept. No. 113-154)
S. 2261, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, to remove provisions that are no longer applicable. (S. Rept. No. 113-155)
Page S2424
Measures Considered:
Minimum Wage Fairness Act-Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2223, to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.
Pages S2409-10, S2419-20
A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
Pages S2418-19
Lipman, Bastian, Shah, Crabtree, Bashant, Levy Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nominations of Sheryl H. Lipman, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Daniel D. Crabtree, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Cynthia Ann Bashant, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, and Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine; that if cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, all post-cloture time be considered expired, and that following the series of votes, Senate resume Legislative session; that on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order upon which cloture was invoked; and that there be two minutes for debate prior to each vote and all roll call votes after the first vote in each sequence be ten minutes in length.
Page S2418
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 51 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 108), Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Pages S2415, S2426
By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 110), David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Pages S2418, S2426
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 109), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S2415-18
Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Pages S2418-19, S2426
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S2422, S2425
Executive Communications:
Pages S2422-24
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2424-25
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
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Additional Statements:
Pages S2421-22
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S2425 Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--110)
Pages S2415, S2416, S2418
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2426.)
