1.Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #1046, Justin George Muzinich, of New York, to be Deputy
Secretary of Treasure; confirmed: 55-44.
2.Confirmation of
Executive Calendar #114, Jonathan A. Kobes of South Dakota, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; confirmed: 51-50, with the VP voting in
the affirmative.
3.Adoption of the
conference report to accompany H.R.2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act; adopted:
87-13.
Legislative
Business
Passed Calendar #560, S.1092,
with Thune substitute amendment: Interstate Transport Act of 2018.
Passed Calendar #581, S.2961,
with Blunt amendment: reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act
of 1990.
Passed H.R.3996: Protecting
Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act.
Adopted S.Res.154: promoting
awareness of motorcycle profiling, and for other purposes.
Adopted S.Res.565, with
Perdue amendment: 40th Anniversary of Naval Submarine Base, Kings
Bay.
Adopted S.Res.711:
designating November 2018 as “National Runaway Prevention Month”.
Adopted S.Res.719:
designating December 15, 2018, as “Wreaths Across America Day”.
Adopted S.Res.720: expressing
condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims of the
shooting at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, on November
19, 2018.
Adopted S.Res.721:
designating the week beginning on October 21, 2018, as “National Chemistry Week”.
Adopted S.Res.722:
designating October 26, 2018, as “Day of the Deployed”.
Adopted S.Res.723:
congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th
anniversary.