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  • At 9:30am, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no Roll Call Votes today.
  • Resume consideration of S.160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. The time until 10:30am will be equally divided. The following amendments are pending to S.160: Ensign amendment #575 (DC Guns) The Senate is currently in a period of morning business. There will be no further Roll Call...
  • The Senate will resume consideration of S.160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009. Senator McCain raised a constitutional point of order on the grounds that it violates Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution. Senator Reid filed cloture on S.160.
  • At 10am, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.160, the DC Voting Rights Act. At 11:15am, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. If cloture is invoked all post-cloture debate time...
  • At 2:00pm Senator Johanns will deliver Washington's Farewell Address. Following the Address, the Senate will resume consideration of S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. There will be no roll call votes on Monday's session.
  • Morning business until 5pm with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. The Senate will complete action on the conference report to accompany H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  • Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 11:30am until 1:00pm. At 11:30am there will be a ceremony honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda.
  • Morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate is in Executive Session for the consideration of Calendar #14, William J. Lynn, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. There will now be up to 3 hours for debate prior to a vote. If all time is used at...
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The following senators were appointed as conferees: Inouye, Baucus, Reid, Cochran, and Grassley. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no...
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. There will be a cloture vote on the Collins-Nelson (NE) amendment #570 at 5:30pm Monday, February 9.
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with no amendments or motions in order. The following amendments are pending to HR1: Collins-Nelson (NE) amendment #570 (Substitute)
  • Resume consideration of HR1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment.
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  • Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Specter amendment #101, as modified (NIH funding with offset) was withdrawn. The Harkin amendment #178, as modified, (NIH funding) was agreed to by a voice vote. There will be no roll call votes today.
  • Proceed to the consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and reinvestment Act of 2009. At 3:15pm the Senate will debate the nomination of Eric Holder, to be Attorney General, with the time until 6:15pm equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Specter. There will be no further Roll...
  • Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
  • Resume consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The following amendments are pending to HR2, as amended by Baucus substitute amendment which is text of S.275: Coburn #49 (Improper Payments) Coburn #50 (Improper Payments) DeMint #85 (Tax Deduction)...
  • Resume consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
  • Resume consideration of Calendar #18, H.R.2, the Children's Health Insurance Program Improvements Act. 12:30pm Senator-appointee Gillibrand will be sworn in. Following the swearing in, the Senate will stand in recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.