{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD136", "2026-02-02", 119, 2, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D136", "D137", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3755\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3760\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"3755\"}]", "172 Cong. Rec. D136", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D136-D137]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                           Monday, February 2, 2026\n\n[[Page D136]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      See Resume of Congressional Activity.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S431-S446\nMeasures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3755-\n3760\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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S442\nMeasures Reported:\n  S. 3755, to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale\nof digital commodities by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.\n                                                              Page S442\nBenton Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Missouri.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S434-35\n  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the District of Alaska.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S434-35\n  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\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 S434\nLea Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination\nof Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge\nfor the Western District of Tennessee.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S435-36\n  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Missouri.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S435\n  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n                                                              Page S435\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\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 S435\nFowlkes Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the\nnomination of David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States\nDistrict Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S436-37\n  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the\nfollowing action:\n  By 49 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 21), Senate agreed to the motion\nto close further debate on the nomination.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S437\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10\na.m., on Tuesday, February 3, 2026; that notwithstanding rule XXII, at\n11:30 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, and that if\ncloture is invoked on the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas,\nto be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas,\nSenate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S436\nMeasures Placed on the Calendar:\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 S441\nExecutive Communications:\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 S441-42\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\u0000\n  Page S442\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S442-43\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\u0000\n  Pages S440-41\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\u0000\n  Page S443\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--21)\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S437\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:54 p.m.,\nuntil 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page\nS446.)\n\n[[Page D137]]"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2026-02-02-pt1-PgD136"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 18.713650992140174, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}