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Saturday, August 6, 2022
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, as amended.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4051-S4400
Measures Introduced: Three bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 4785-4787, and S. Res. 748-750.
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Measures Passed:
Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund: Senate passed S. 4785, to extend by 19 days the authorization for the special assessment for the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund.
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Honoring the Life and Legacy of Representative Jackie Walorski: Senate agreed to S. Res. 748, honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of Representative Jackie Walorski.
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Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. 3115, to remove the 4-year sunset from the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018, and the bill was then passed.
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American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association 100th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 675, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
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Durbin (for Van Hollen) Amendment No. 5434, in the nature of a substitute.
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Wisconsin Sikh Temple Attack: Senate agreed to S. Res. 749, recognizing the 10-year anniversary of the tragic attack that took place at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5, 2012, and honoring the memory of those who died in the attack.
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Korean War Wall of Remembrance: Senate agreed to S. Res. 750, celebrating the United States-Republic of Korea alliance and the dedication of the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on July 27, 2022.
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PAW Act: Senate passed S. 4205, to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a working group relating to best practices and Federal guidance for animals in emergencies and disasters, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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Ball State University: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 698, honoring the dedication of the Ball family to providing college educations and celebrating their 100-
year legacy at Ball State University, and the resolution was then agreed to.
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Inflation Reduction Act: By 51 yeas to 50 nays, the Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 325), Senate passed H.R. 5376, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14, after agreeing to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
Adopted:
By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 323), Thune Amendment No. 5472 (to Amendment No. 5194), to remove harmful small business taxes.
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By 51 yeas to 50 nays, the Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 324), Warner Amendment No. 5488 (to Amendment No. 5194), to strike the extension of the limitation on State and local taxes and extend the limitation on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
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Schumer Modified Amendment No. 5194, in the nature of a substitute.
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Rejected:
By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 289), Graham Amendment No. 5301 (to Amendment No. 5194), to strike a tax increase that would result in higher consumer prices for gasoline, heating oil, and other energy sources for Americans earning less than $400,000 per year.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 291), Barrasso Amendment No. 5409 (to Amendment No. 5194), to require certain additional onshore oil and gas lease sales in certain states.
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By 3 yeas to 97 nays (Vote No. 292), Sanders/Merkley Modified Amendment No. 5211 (to Amendment No. 5194), to provide coverage for dental and oral health care, hearing care, and vision care under the Medicare program.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 293), Capito Amendment No. 5382 (to Amendment No. 5194), to strike provisions concerning funding for certain activities under the Clean Air Act.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 294), Lankford Amendment No. 5384 (to Amendment No. 5194), to provide additional funding for implementation of title 42.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 296), Crapo Amendment No. 5404 (to Amendment No. 5194), to prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 297), Scott motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 298), Marshall Amendment No. 5389 (to Amendment No. 5194), to protect patient access to current and future treatments for a range of serious conditions, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's disease, and sickle cell disease, among numerous others.
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By 1 yea to 98 nays (Vote No. 299), Sanders/Merkley Amendment No. 5209 (to Amendment No. 5194), to establish a Civilian Climate Corps.
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By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 301), Grassley Amendment No. 5421 (to Amendment No. 5194), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the maximum capital gains tax rate, to provide a partial exclusion for interest received by individuals, to provide inflation adjustments for certain tax benefits.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 302), Collins motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 303), Kennedy Amendment No. 5387 (to Amendment No. 4194), to require oil and gas lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 304), Rubio motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 305), Lee Amendment No. 5316 (to Amendment No. 5194), to reduce funding for home energy performance-
based, whole-house rebates and to provide funding for supplemental payments under the payments in lieu of taxes program.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 306), Shelby Amendment No. 5418 (to Amendment No. 5194), to end the President's War on Coal through the approval of coal leases.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 307), Scott (SC) motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 1 yea to 97 nays (Vote No. 308), Sanders/Merkley Modified Amendment No. 5208 (to Amendment No. 5194), to extend the special rules for the child tax credit that applied for 2021 and to increase the corporate tax rate.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 309), Cruz Amendment No. 5263 (to Amendment No. 5194), to strike the $80,000,000,000 slush fund for the Internal Revenue Service to prevent the hiring of 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees that will surveil and audit the private account information and transaction data of innocent Americans and small businesses.
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By 1 yea to 99 nays (Vote No. 312), Sanders/Merkley Amendment No. 5281 (to Amendment No. 5194), relative to zero-emission nuclear power production credit.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 313), Kennedy Amendment No. 5385 (to Amendment No. 5194), to provide for discounted insulin for low- and middle-income Americans.
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By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 315), Cruz motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 316), Cruz motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 317), Hoeven motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 318), Blackburn motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 319), Rubio motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report back forthwith.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 320), Sullivan Amendment No. 5435 (to Amendment No. 5194), to replace the funding for the Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer with a $500,000,000 appropriation for the construction or improvement of primary pedestrian fencing and barriers along the southwest border.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 321), Daines (for Graham) Amendment No. 5487 (to Amendment No. 5194), of a perfecting nature.
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By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 322), Haggerty motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report back forthwith.
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 51 yeas to 50 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. 287), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
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By 1 yea to 99 nays (Vote No. 288), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Sanders/Merkley Amendment No. 5210 (to Amendment No. 5194), to establish a cap on costs for covered prescription drugs under Medicare parts B and D. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 290), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to Hassan Amendment No. 5469 (to Amendment No. 5194), to eliminate the reinstatement of Superfund taxes. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 4106 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, H. Con. Res. 71 of the 115th Congress, the Senate pay-as-you-go point of order, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 295), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with respect to Tester Amendment No. 5480 (to Amendment No. 5194), to establish a procedure for terminating a determination by Surgeon General to suspend certain entries and imports from designated places. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 300), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and relevant budget resolutions, with respect to Capito/
Inhofe Amendment No. 5383 (to Amendment No. 5194), to expedite consideration of permits and provide regulatory certainty for infrastructure and energy projects. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 5 yeas to 94 nays (Vote No. 310), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive all applicable sections of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, with respect to Warnock Amendment No. 5262 (to Amendment No. 5194), to make health care coverage available to low-income adults in States that have not expanded Medicaid. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 54 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 311), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act and relevant budget resolutions, with respect to Cruz Amendment No. 5265 (to Amendment No. 5194), to provide for certain conditions on the export to China of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 4106 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, H. Con. Res. 71 of the 115th Congress, the Senate pay-as-you-go point of order, was sustained, and the amendment thus fell.
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By 57 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 314), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and all applicable sections of that Act and applicable budget resolutions, with respect to page 744, line 7 through page 755, line 4 in Schumer Modified Amendment No. 5194, in the nature of a substitute. Subsequently, the point of order that the language was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, was sustained, and the language will be stricken from Schumer Modified Amendment No. 5194 (listed above).
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Chair sustained that the following points of order are sustained and the following provisions were in violation of section 313(b), and the language was stricken:
Graham point of order concerning page 43, lines 3-8 that the language was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(A); Graham point of order concerning page 1, line 3-5 that the language was in violation of section 313(b)(A); Graham point of order concerning page 547, line 18 through page 548, line 25, that the language was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(A); and Graham point of order concerning page 689, line 8-16 that the language was in violation of section 313(b)(1)(D).
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Congressional Budget Resolution--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that for the duration of the Senate's consideration of H.R. 5376, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14, the Majority and Republican managers of the bill, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted to deliver floor remarks, retrieve, review, and edit documents, and send email and other data communications from text displayed on wireless personal digital assistant devices and tablet devices; provided further that the use of calculators be permitted on the floor during consideration of the bill; and that the staff be permitted to make technical and conforming changes to the bill, if necessary, consistent with the amendments adopted during Senate consideration.
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Authorizing Leadership to Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the Majority and Minority Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
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Signing Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senators Leahy and Cardin be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions from August 8, 2022 through September 6, 2022.
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Pro Forma Sessions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Senate adjourn, to then convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business being conducted on the following dates and times, and that following each pro forma session, the Senate adjourn until the next pro forma session: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 9 a.m.; Friday, August 12, 2022, at 9 a.m.; Tuesday, August, 16, 2022, at 8 a.m.; Friday, August 19, 2022, at 2:30 p.m.; Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.; Friday, August 26, 2022, at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 10 a.m.; Friday, September 2, 2022, at 9 a.m.; and that when the Senate adjourns on Friday, September 2, 2022, it next convene on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 3 p.m.
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Motion to Discharge Uhlmann Nomination: By 51 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 285), Senate agreed to the motion to discharge the nomination of David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subsequently, the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, relative to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.
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Lee Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.
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A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Sunday, August 7, 2022, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
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Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate resume consideration of the nomination at approximately 3 p.m., on Tuesday, September 6, 2022; and that the cloture motions filed during the session of Sunday, August 7, 2022 ripen at 5:30 p.m.
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Mathis Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
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A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.
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Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action:
Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.
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Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 57 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 286), Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta.
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Monde Muyangwa, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
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Carrin F. Patman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland.
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Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2022, from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4215-16
Additional Statements:
Pages S4213-14
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S4216-S4399
Privileges of the Floor:
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Record Votes: Forty-one record votes were taken today and yesterday.
(Total--325)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon on Saturday, August 6, 2022 and adjourned, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Representative Jackie Walorski, in accordance with S. Res. 748, at 3:42 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022, until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4399.)
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 133(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 133(2)
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