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objection to calling up amendments to Trade Floor Updates
May 21, 2015 10:31 AMPrior to the cloture vote, Senator Hatch asked unanimous consent to call up the following amendments en bloc: Boxer #1371 (minimum wage) Whitehouse #1387 (add port treaty) Brown #1252 (level the playing field) Feinstein #1424 (Nepal) Menendez #1430 (human trafficking) Paul #1383 (bonus for cost cutters) Paul #1408 (audit the Federal Reserve) Sullivan #1246 (fishing and shellfish) Sessions #1233 (congressional approval) Senator Brown …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on Hatch amendment #1221 (substitute) Votes
May 21, 2015 10:18 AM10:18am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Hatch amendment #1221 (substitute) to H.R.1314, legislative vehicle for trade legislation. Invoked: …
McConnell files cloture on MTP to H.R.2048 (USA Freedom Act) and S.1357 (2 month Patriot Act extension) Floor Updates
May 21, 2015 09:52 AMThis morning, Senator McConnell filed cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.2048, USA Freedom Act, and S.1357, 2 month Patriot Act extension. Senators will be notified when these votes are …
Schedule for Thursday, May 21, 2015 Senate Schedule
May 21, 2015 09:00 AMSchedule for Thursday, May 21, 2015 The Senate stands adjourned until 9:00am on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.1314, the legislative vehicle for the Trade bill. There will be 1 hour for debate equally divided prior to a cloture vote on Hatch amendment #1221 (Trade substitute) to H.R.1314. At 10:00am, there will be a cloture vote on the Hatch substitute amendment #1221. If cloture is not invoked, there would be a second vote on …
Wrap Up for Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Wrap Up
May 20, 2015 11:56 PMLegislative Business H.Con.Res.47, to correct the enrollment of S.178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 The Senate began the Rule 14 process to place on the Calendar of Business H.R.2353, 2 month highway extension. No Executive …
Schedule for Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Senate Schedule
May 20, 2015 09:30 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.1314 the legislative vehicle for trade legislation. As a reminder, Senator McConnell filed cloture on the Hatch amendment #1221 (substitute) and on the underlying bill. Unless an agreement is reached, the cloture vote on the substitute amendment will be 1 hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday. There is a 1:00pm filing deadline tomorrow, …
Wrap Up for Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Wrap Up
May 19, 2015 08:16 PMRoll Call Votes Legislative Business Passed H.R.2252, to clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014. Adopted S.Res.181, designating May 19, 2015, as "National Schizencephaly Awareness Day". Adopted S.Res.182, expressing the sense of the Senate that Defense laboratories have been, and continue to be, on the cutting edge of scientific and technological advancement and supporting the designation of May 14, 2015, as the "Department of …
Cloture filed on substitute and H.R.1314, Trade - Hatch goes behind and offers amendment to language proposed to be stricken by Portman-Stabenow Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 07:45 PMThis evening Senator McConnell filed cloture on the Hatch amendment #1221 (Trade substitute) and the underlying bill, H.R.1314. Unless an agreement can be reached, the cloture vote on the substitute would occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate. Upon the use or yielding back of time, all pending germane amendments would be disposed of and the question would be on the substitute. If cloture is not invoked, …
Objections to Hatch and Brown consents on Trade Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 07:01 PMSenator Hatch asked unanimous consent that the time until 8:00pm today be equally divided in the usual form. That upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the following amendments in the order listed: Inhofe-Coons #1312, as further modified Shaheen #1227 Warren #1327 Brown #1251 Further, that no second degree amendments be in order to these amendments prior to the votes and that the Inhofe-Coons amendment #1312 be subject to a 60-affirmative vote …
Objections to Merkley amendments Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 06:39 PMSenator Merkley asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up Merkley amendment #1369 (trade objectives), Merkley amendment #1401 (investor-state dispute settlement), and #1409 (unfair wages. Senator Cantwell …
No vote Mondays Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 05:48 PMThere will be no roll call votes on Monday, June 8 and Monday, July 20. Roll call votes are expected to occur before lunch on Tuesday, June 9 and Tuesday, July …
Cotton objects to Lee request to go to USA Freedom Act Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 03:50 PMSenator Lee asked unanimous consent that the Senate set aside consideration of H.R.1314, the Trade legislation, and move to the immediate consideration of H.R.2048, the USA Freedom Act; that the motion to proceed be agreed to; the bill be open for amendments; and that upon disposition of the H.R.2048, the Senate resume consideration of the Trade bill. Senator Cotton …
Objection Objection to Sessions amendments Floor Updates
May 19, 2015 03:20 PMSenator Sessions asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up Sessions amendment #1233 (congressional approval) and amendment #1234 (immigration). Senator Cantwell …
Schedule for Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Senate Schedule
May 19, 2015 10:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour with the time equally divided and with the Democrats controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.1314. The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus …
Wrap Up for Monday, May 18, 2015 Wrap Up
May 18, 2015 07:57 PMRoll Call Votes Brown amendment #1242 (restore TAA funding); not agreed to: 45-41. Lankford amendment #1237, as modified (religious freedom); agreed to: 92-0. Legislative Business Agreed to H.Con.Res.43, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds, the rotunda of the Capitol, and Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for official Congressional events surrounding the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to the United States Capitol. Completed the Rule 14 process to place on …
Roll Call Vote on Lankford SA #1237 (religious freedom) Votes
May 18, 2015 06:07 PM6:05pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Lankford amendment #1237, as modified (religious freedom) Agreed To: …
Roll Call Vote on Brown SA #1242 (restore TAA funding) Votes
May 18, 2015 05:33 PM5:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Brown amendment #1242 (to restore TAA funding). Not Agreed To: 45-41. Next: Lankford amendment #1237, as modified (religious …
2 votes at 5:30pm Floor Updates
May 18, 2015 04:34 PMAt 5:30pm today, there will be 2 roll call votes on the Brown amendment and Lankford, as modified, amendment. The Lankford modification makes a technical correction to the instruction line of the amendment. Each are subject to 60-affirmative vote thresholds. 5:30pm-2 roll call votes: Brown SA #1242 (to restore TAA funding) Lankford SA #1237, as modified (religion …
Schedule for Monday, May 18, 2015 Senate Schedule
May 18, 2015 02:00 PMThe Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, May 18, 2015. The Senate will not be in session on Friday, May 15, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00pm. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.1314 with the time until 5:30pm equally divided between the managers or their designees. At 5:30pm, the Senate will vote in relation to the Brown SA #1242 and Lankford SA #1237 (60 affirmative-vote …
Wrap Up for Thursday, May 14, 2015 Wrap Up
May 14, 2015 06:01 PMRoll Call Votes Passage of H.R.1295, as amended with S.1267, Preferences (60-affirmative vote threshold); passed: 97-1. Passage of H.R.644, as amended with S.1269, Customs (60-affirmative vote threshold); passed: 78-20. Motion to invoke cloture, upon reconsideration, on the motion to proceed to H.R.1314, the legislative vehicle for the trade related legislation (TPA and TAA); invoked: 65-33. Legislative Business Passed H.R.606, Don't Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act. Agreed …
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