{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-13-pt1-PgD1031", "2012-12-13", 112, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D1031", "D1032", null, "[{\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"1\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"443\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"616\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"618\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"616\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"1546\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2045\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3313\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3637\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3678\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3683\"}, {\"congress\": \"112\", \"type\": \"HR\", \"number\": \"6116\"}]", "158 Cong. Rec. D1031", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 161 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 161 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D1031-D1032]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                        Thursday, December 13, 2012\n\n[[Page D1031]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S7991-S8047\nMeasures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced,\nas follows: S. 3678-3683, and S. Res. 616-618.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8041-42\nMeasures Reported:\n  S. 1546, to authorize certain programs of the Department of Homeland\nSecurity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept.\nNo. 112-249)\n  H.R. 443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the\nUnited States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.\n(S. Rept. No. 112-250)\n  S. 3313, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the\nreproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs\nto severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses, with\nan amendment in the nature of a substitute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8041\nMeasures Passed:\n  Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act: Senate passed\nS. 3313, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the\nassistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women\nveterans, to improve health care furnished by the Department, after\nagreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, the\ncommittee reported title amendment, and the following amendment\nproposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S7994-95, S8016-18\n  Murray Amendment No. 3336, to provide an offset.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8017\n  Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands: Committee on the Judiciary\nwas discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6116, to amend the\nRevised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review\nby the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands\nSupreme Court, and the bill was then passed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8046\n  United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Committee on\nVeterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 2045,\nto amend title 38, United States Code, to require judges of the United\nStates Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to reside within fifty\nmiles of the District of Columbia, and the bill was then passed, after\nagreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8046\n  Reid (for Burr) Amendment No. 3337, of a perfecting nature.\n                                                             Page S8046\n  Authorize the Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 616, to\nauthorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on\nInvestigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental\nAffairs.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8046-47\nMeasures Considered:\nTransaction Account Guarantee: Senate resumed consideration of S. 3637,\nto temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program, taking\naction on the following motions and amendments proposed thereto:\n                                                        Pages  S8001-04\n  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the\nfollowing actions:\n  By 50 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 227), three-fifths of those Senators\nduly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate\nrejected the motion to waive pursuant to section 904 of the\nCongressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to the bill.\nSubsequently, the point of order that the bill was in violation of\nsection 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained.\n                                                         Pages S8003-04\n  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.\n                                                             Page S8004\n  Subsequently, the bill was committed to the Committee on Banking,\nHousing, and Urban Affairs pursuant to Section 312(f) of the\nCongressional Budget Act.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8004\n  Reid Amendment No. 3314, to change the enactment date, fell when the\nbill was committed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8001\n  Reid Amendment No. 3315 (to Amendment No. 3314), of a perfecting\nnature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3314 fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8001\n  Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Banking, Housing,\nand Urban Affairs, with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 3316, to\nchange the enactment date, fell when the bill was committed.\n                                                             Page S8001\n\n[[Page D1032]]\n\n  Reid Amendment No. 3317 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 3316),\nof a perfecting nature, fell when Reid motion to commit the bill to the\nCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, with instructions,\nReid Amendment No. 3316 fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8001\n  Reid Amendment No. 3318 (to Amendment No. 3317), of a perfecting\nnature, fell when Reid Amendment No. 3317 (to (the instructions)\nAmendment No. 3316) fell.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S8001\nFull-Year Continuing Appropriations Act--Agreement: Senate began\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1,\nmaking appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other\ndepartments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending\nSeptember 30, 2011.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8016\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 3 p.m.,\non Monday, December 17, 2012, Senate begin consideration of the bill.\n                                                             Page S8047\nSigning Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached\nproviding that from Thursday, December 13, 2012, through Monday,\nDecember 17, 2012, the Majority Leader be authorized to sign duly\nenrolled bills or joint resolutions.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8047\nOlguin and Durkin Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time\nagreement was reached providing that at 5 p.m., on Monday, December 17,\n2012, Senate begin consideration of the nominations of Fernando M.\nOlguin, of California, to be United States District Judge for the\nCentral District of California, and Thomas M. Durkin, of Illinois, to\nbe United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;\nthat there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form;\nthat upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote without\nintervening action or debate on confirmation of the nominations, in\nthat order; and that no further motions be in order.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8045-46\nNominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:\n  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. EX. 228), Lorna G.\nSchofield, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the\nSouthern District of New York.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8011-16, S8047\n  Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., of New York, to be United States District\nJudge for the Western District of New York.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S8011-16, S8047\nMessages from the House:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8041\nMeasures Referred:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8041\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8042\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8042-44\nAdditional Statements:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8037-41\nAmendments Submitted:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S8044-45\nNotices of Intent:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8045\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S8045\nRecord Votes: Two record votes were taken today. 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