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“Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D164-D165 on Feb. 28.
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, February 28, 2023
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S509-S538
Measures Introduced: Thirty-five bills and six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 539-573, and S. Res. 80-85.
Pages S531-32
Measures Passed:
Improving Access to Our Courts Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 227, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and the bill was then passed.
Page S538
National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 83, designating the week of February 6 through 10, 2023, as ``National School Counseling Week''.
Page S538
Rare Disease Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, designating February 28, 2023, as ``Rare Disease Day''.
Page S538
National Assistive Technology Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 85, designating March 1, 2023, as ``National Assistive Technology Awareness Day''.
Page S538
Guzman Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Margaret R. Guzman, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
Pages S516-17
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 49 yeas to 48 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 31), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S517
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, post-cloture, followed by the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Colleen R. Lawless, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 2:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Jonathan James Canada Grey, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; that following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Jonathan James Canada Grey, Senate begin consideration of H.J. Res. 30, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to ``Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights''; and that at 4 p.m., Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, and upon disposition of the joint resolution, notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of James Edward Simmons, Jr., of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
Page S517
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination of Margaret R. Guzman, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Page S538
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 52 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 26), Jamar K. Walker, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Pages S511-12
By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 28), Jamal N. Whitehead, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
Page S513
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 27), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S513
By 49 yeas to 48 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 30), Araceli Martinez-Olguin, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 29), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S513-16
Messages from the House:
Page S525
Measures Referred:
Page S525
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S525-26
Executive Communications:
Pages S526-31
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S532-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S533-38
Additional Statements:
Page S525
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S538
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--31)
Pages S512-14, S516-17
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S538.)
