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  • Senator McConnell filed cloture on the following nominations: Executive Calendar #312, Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; and Executive Calendar #251, Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, to be a member of the Federal communications...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Calendar #165, S.1519, the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act. We expect that will be the pending business on the floor until further...
  • Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #176, William Emanuel to be a Member, NLRB; confirmed: 49-47. No Legislative Business No Executive Business
  • 5:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #176, William Emanuel to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.
  • The Senate stands adjourned to convene for a pro forma session only with no business conducted on Thursday, September 21, at 8:30am. When the Senate adjourns on Thursday, it will next convene at 4:00pm on Monday, September 25, 2017. On Monday, following leader remarks, the Senate will resume...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #105, Noel J. Francisco, to be Solicitor General; invoked: 49-47. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #105, Noel J. Francisco, to be Solicitor General; confirmed: 50-47. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #176, William...
  • By a vote of 49-44, the Senate invoked cloture on the Emanuel nomination. The Senate is now considering the nomination post-cloture. We expect to vote on confirmation of the nomination at 5:30pm on Monday. There will be no further roll call votes this week.
  • At 4:02pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #176, the nomination of William Emanuel, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board; Invoked: 49-44
  • Notwithstanding Rule 22, the cloture vote on Executive Calendar #176, the nomination of William Emanuel, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, will occur at approximately 4:00pm today. If cloture is invoked, the vote on confirmation will occur on Monday, September 25. There are 2...
  • At 12:15pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #105, the nomination of Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States; Confirmed: 50-47
  • At 11:00am the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #105, the nomination of Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States; Invoked: 49-47 There will be a vote on confirmation of the nomination at...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #105, Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States. Cloture has been filed on the nomination...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act, as amended; invoked: 90-7. Passage of H.R.2810, NDAA, as amended; passed: 89-8. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #37, S.188 - EGO Act. Adopted S.Res.260 - designating September 2017 as "School Bus Safety...
  • Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #176, William Emanuel, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board. As a reminder, during Thursday's session Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #105, Noel J. Fransisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor...
  • At 6:22pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on passage of H.R.2810, as amended, National Defense Authorization Act. Passed: 89-8. Prior to the vote, the Senate agreed to the following amendments to H.R.2810: Democrats Kaine #277 Tester #434 Heitkamp #574 Merkley #660 Whitehouse #750 Van...
  • 5:31pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act, as amended. Invoked: 90-7 Next, up to 20 minutes of debate equally divided then: Passage of H.R.2810, as amended
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 3:00pm on Monday, September 18, 2017. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act. At 5:30pm, the McCain amendment #545 will be withdrawn, the Senate will adopt the McCain-Reed substitute amendment...
  • Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Pamela Hughes Patenaude (HUD); confirmed: 80-17. Motion to invoke cloture on McCain-Reed amendment #1003, as modified (substitute); invoked: 84-9. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #26, S.129 - National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017, with...
  • At 3:25pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on McCain-Reed amendment #1003, as modified (substitute) to H.R.2810, NDAA. Cloture was invoked by a vote of 84-9.
  • 1:41pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #109, the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Confirmed: 80-17 Additional roll call votes in relation to NDAA are possible today.