<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><daily_senate_floor_activity><congress>117</congress><session>1</session><title>Today's Senate Floor Activity</title><date>Tuesday, November 2, 2021</date><date_iso_8601>2021-11-02</date_iso_8601><intro_text>Mr. Raphael G. Warnock, from the State of Georgia, called the 
Senate to order at 10:01 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. 
Warnock led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 
of the United States of America.</intro_text><section type="journal">
<section_title>The Journal</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the 
proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date. </content>

</section><section type="procedures_dispensed_with">
<section_title>Certain Procedures Dispensed With</section_title>
<content>Pursuant to the order of yesterday, 
the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition 
of the two leaders being reserved.</content>
</section><section type="morning_business">
<section_title>Transaction of Morning Business</section_title>
<content>The following transactions of morning business occurred on today.</content>
</section><section type="legislative_business">
<section_title>Legislative Business (Tuesday, November  
2)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum> H.R. 1510</docnum> 
<document_prefix>HR</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1510</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. McKinley</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
submit to Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical facilities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs.]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> H.R. 2093</docnum> 
<document_prefix>HR</document_prefix> 
<document_num>2093</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Rep. Jeffries</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to make all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs available in 
English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for 
other purposes.]]></document_title> 
<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S.Res. 410</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SE</document_prefix> 
<document_num>410</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Peters</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to raise awareness and enhance the 
state of cybersecurity in the United States.]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged 
by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by 
Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> S.Res. 436</docnum> 
<document_prefix>SE</document_prefix> 
<document_num>436</document_num> 
<sponsor_name>Sen. Daines</sponsor_name> 
<document_title><![CDATA[A resolution honoring the individuals fighting and 
the individuals who have fallen responding to wildland fires during the 
ongoing 2021 wildfire season.]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and 
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section><section type="executive_business">
<section_title>Executive Business (Tuesday, November  2)</section_title>
<document>
<docnum> PN364</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>364</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 11. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 451</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 10. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 456</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN367</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>367</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of 
the Census for a term expiring December 31, 2026]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination 
agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII 
waived.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, debate 11/3/2021.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN413</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>413</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 20. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 452</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, vote 11/3/2021.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN453</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>453</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 455</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, vote 11/3/2021.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN540</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>540</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 454</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, vote 11/3/2021.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN635</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>635</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development]]></document_title> 

<document_status_text> 
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 40. Record Vote Number: 
<vote_number> 453</vote_number> 
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
By unanimous consent agreement, vote 11/3/2021.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN923</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>923</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
to Canada]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
</document>
<document>
<docnum> PN1260</docnum> 
<document_prefix>PN</document_prefix> 
<document_num>1260</document_num> 

<document_title><![CDATA[Maj. Gen. John D. Caine, in the Air Force, to be 
Lieutenant General]]></document_title> 


<document_status_text> 
Considered by Senate.
</document_status_text>
<document_status_text> 
Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
</document_status_text>
</document>
</section><section type="adjournment">
<section_title>Adjournment</section_title>
<content>By unanimous consent, on the request of Mr. Peters, at  
7:05 p.m., the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 
10 a.m. tomorrow.</content> 
</section><last_updated>2023-08-17T11:48-05:00</last_updated></daily_senate_floor_activity>