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No Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Passed by voice vote H.R.6602: to reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. Passed by voice vote H.R.5636: Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act. Concurred in the House amendment to S.3661: 75th Anniversary of World War...

Roll Call Votes1.      Motion to proceed to the House message to accompany H.R.695 (House-passed CR with Border Wall and Disaster Funding); agreed to: 48-47, with the VP voting in the affirmative. Legislative Business Passed S.2274: Federal Employee Fair Treatment...

The Senate stands adjourned until 12:00 Noon on Saturday, December 22, 2018. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the House Message to accompany H.R.695, the House-passed CR.  Roll call votes are possible during Saturday’s session. 

12:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to proceed to the House message to accompany H.R.695, the House-passed continuing resolution with border wall and disaster funding);Agreed To: 47-47, with the Vice President voting yea. The motion was agreed to.The Senate then agreed...

No Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Passed S.3800: Orrin G. Hatch U.S. Courthouse. Passed Calendar #108, S.512 with Barrasso substitute amendment: to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy. Passed H.R.1733: Re-refining used lubricating oil Passed Calendar #686,...

The Senate stands adjourned until 12:00 Noon on Friday, December 21, 2018.  Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Roll Call Votes1.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1042, the nomination of Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; invoked: 95-1.2.      Motion to instruct the Sergeant At Arms to...

The Senate stands adjourned until 11:30am on Thursday, December 20, 2018.  Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. 

Senator Flake asked unanimous consent to take up and pass Calendar #393, S.2644, a bill to ensure independent investigations and judicial review of the removal of a special counsel.   Senator McConnell objected.

Senator Manchin asked unanimous consent to take up and pass S.Res.734, authorizing the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Senate in Texas v. U.S.  Senator Barrasso objected. 

Senator Harris asked unanimous consent to take up S.3178, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, with the Booker substitute amendment.  The bill, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote. 

11:22am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1042, the nomination of Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.   

Roll Call Votes1.      Kennedy-Cotton Division I (Mandatory notification) of SA #4109; not agreed to: 32-67.2.      Kennedy-Cotton Division II (Warden certification) of SA #4109; not agreed to:...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #1042, the nomination of Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.  At 11:00am, the...

At 8:02pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Kennedy-Cotton Division III (time credit exclusions);Not Agreed To: 37-62

At 7:43pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Kennedy-Cotton Division II (Warden certification) of SA #4109;Not Agreed To: 33-66

7:01pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Kennedy-Cotton Division I (Mandatory notification);Not Agreed To: 32-67 Next:1.      Kennedy-Cotton Division II (Warden certification)2.      Kennedy-Cotton Division III (time credit...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message to accompany S.756, the legislative Vehicle for the First Step Act (Criminal Justice Reform), post-cloture.  The Senate will recess...

Roll Call Votes1.      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur with further amendment (SA #4109), Criminal Justice Reform; Invoked: 82-12 Legislative Business Agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendment S.1312, Trafficking Victims Protection...

The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur with further amendment (SA #4109), Criminal Justice Reform. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate. Cloture invoked: 82 - 12.