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  • Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #305, Wilhelmina Marie Wright, of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota; confirmed: 58-36. Legislative Business Executive Business
  • The Senate is in recess until 8:25pm tonight and upon reconvening will proceed as a body to the Hall of the House of Representatives for the joint session of Congress for President Obama's State of the Union address. Upon dissolution of the joint session, the Senate will stand adjourned until...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015; not invoked: 53-44. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.345, congratulating the North Dakota State University football team for winning the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic...
  • Senator McConnell withdrew the motion to proceed to S.2232, Audit the Fed, and moved to proceed to Calendar #300, H.R.4038, American SAFE Act of 2015, and filed cloture on the motion. By consent, the cloture vote will occur at 2:30pm on Wednesday, January 20, and if cloture is invoked then the time...
  • 2:31pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2232, Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015; Not Invoked: 53-44
  • The Senate stands adjourned under the provisions of S.Res.343 until 10:00am on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:30pm, with the first hour equally divided and the Republicans controlling the first half and Democrats...
  • Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #213, Luis Felipe Restrepo, to be US Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; confirmed: 82-6. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.343, relative to the death of Dale Bumpers, former United States Senator for the State of Arkansas. Completed the Rule 14...
  • The Senate confirmed the Restrepo nomination by a vote of 82-6. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no further roll call votes today.
  • 5:32pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #213, Luis Felipe Restrepo, to be US Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; Confirmed: 82-6
  • The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 5:00pm, the Senate will enter Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #213, the nomination of Luis Restrepo to be US Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. There will be 30...
  • The Senate convened for a pro forma session with no business conducted and stands adjourned under the provisions of H.Con.Res.104 until 2:00pm on Monday, January 11, 2016. On Monday, following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak...
  • The Senate stands adjourned Sine Die under the provisions of H.Con.Res.104 until 12:00noon on Monday, January 4, 2016, for a pro forma session only with no business conducted. When the Senate adjourns on January 4, it will stand adjourned under the provisions of H.Con.Res.104 until 2:00pm on Monday,...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to H.R.2029 (Omnibus); invoked: 72-26. Motion to table the first amendment (Omnibus) to the Senate amendment to H.R.2029; not agreed to: 31-67. Motion to waive budget points of order...
  • Passed S.1893, Mental Health with committee-reported substitute, Murkowski, and Lee amendments. Confirmed the following nominations by voice vote: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Executive Calendar #438 - Patrick Joseph Murphy, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of the Army. DEPARTMENT OF...
  • Passed Calendar #303, S.1115 - GONE Act, with Fischer substitute amendment. Adopted S.Res.342 - Wheeling Jesuit Women's Volleyball. Agreed to H.Con.Res.104 - Adjournment Resolution Passed H.R.4188 - Coast Guard Reauthorization, with Thune amendment. Began the Rule 14 process to place on the...
  • The Senate has passed the following legislative items: Passed S.2425 - Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act. Passed H.R.1321 - Microbeads. Passed Calendar #291, S.2152 - Electrify Africa, with committee reported amendments and Corker amendment. Adopted S.Res.338 - Towson University...
  • Senator Flake asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass Calendar #204, S.145. Senator Cardin asked unanimous consent to modify the request that it include the following Energy package of bills and that they be passed, en bloc: Cal. #204, S. 145 Cal. #205, S. 403 Cal. #206, S. 521 Cal....
  • 11:31am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to H.R.2029 (passage of omnibus/taxibus); Agreed To: 65-33
  • Senator Manchin made a budget point of order that the pending motion to concur violates section 311 (a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and Senator Wyden moved to waive all applicable points of order; Waived: 73-25 11:15am, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Wyden...
  • 10:56am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call on the McConnell motion to table the first amendment (Omnibus) to the Senate amendment to H.R.2029; 31-67