Schedule for Tuesday April 17, 2018
Cloture was not invoked on the Tribal Labor
Sovereignty Act by a vote of 55-41. The pending amendments and motions were
tabled by voice votes and Senator McConnell made new motion to concur with an
amendment, which is Coast Guard Authorization, and filled the amendment tree.
He also filed cloture on Executive Calendar #609, James
Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
Schedule for Tuesday April 17, 2018
The
Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
Following
leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider
Executive Calendar #376, Carlos Muniz, of Florida, to be General Counsel,
Department of Education. There will be up to 10 hours for debate equally
divided. Another message will be sent when the vote is scheduled.
Cloture
was filed on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.140, with a
further amendment (Coast Guard Authorization). As a result, the filing deadline
for second degree amendments relative to S.140 is one hour prior to the cloture
vote. If cloture is invoke, amendments must be germane and timely filed to be
considered in order post-cloture.
Unless
an agreement can be reached, the cloture vote would occur one hour after the
Senate convenes on Wednesday, April 18.
The
Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus
meetings.
On Tuesday,
the Senate may begin consideration of S.J.Res.57,
a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection relating to "Indirect Auto Lending and
Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act". If the motion to
proceed is agreed to, there would be up to 10 hours of debate prior to a vote
on passage of the joint resolution.
