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Wrap Up for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, February 8, 2017

  1. Roll Call Votes
    1. Motion to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 91-4.
    2. Confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education; confirmed: 51-50, with the vice president having voted in the affirmative.
    3. Motion to invoke cloture on Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; invoked: 52-47.
    4. Motion to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 88-3.
    5. Upholding the ruling of the chair that the words spoken by Senator Warren violate Rule 19; agreed to: 49-43.
    6. Motion that the Senator from Massachusetts be permitted to proceed in order; not agreed to: 43-50.
    7. Confirmation of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; confirmed: 52-47-1.
    8. Motion to invoke cloture on Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; invoked: 51-48.

    No Legislative Business

     

    No Executive Business