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  • The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany S.1177, ESEA, post-cloture, with the time until 10:45am equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. At...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany S.1177, ESEA; invoked: 84-12. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #306, S.1719: RAISE Family Caregivers Act, with committee-reported substitute amendment. Passed Calendar #135, S.Res.207: World Press Freedom...
  • Senator Murphy asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass S.551, Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015. Senator Cornyn asked consent that the request be modified to include a Cornyn substitute amendment. Senator Murphy objected to the modification. Senator...
  • The cloture vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany S.1177, ESEA, will occur at 10:45am  Wednesday, December 9.
  • 11:30am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany S.1177, ESEA; Invoked: 84-12
  • The Senate has resumed consideration of the conference report to accompany S.1177, Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (ESEA). At 11:30am, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany S.1177. The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.1177, ESEA. At 11:30 am, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany...
  • Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #214, Travis Randall McDonough, of Tennessee, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee; confirmed: 89-0. Legislative Business Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2359, to restore...
  • 5:29pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #214, Travis Randall McDonough, of Tennessee, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Confirmed: 89-0 Next - 2 voice votes expected: Executive Calendar #373 - Kenneth Damian Ward, of...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, December 7, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm. At 5:00pm, the Senate will enter Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #214, Travis Randall McDonough, of Tennessee, to be...
  • Roll Call Votes Motion to Table Murray SA #2876 (women's health care security); tabled: 54-46. Johnson SA #2875 (keep plan) [60 vote affirmative threshold]; not agreed to: 56-44 Motion to Waive Budget Act Point of Order re: Brown SA #2883 (FMAP); not waived: 45-55. Collins SA #2885 (Strike Planned...
  • This evening Senator McConnell laid before the Senate the conference report to accompany H.R.1177, ESEA, and filed cloture on the conference report. We expect the roll call vote on cloture to occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Tuesday, December 8.
  • At 8:47pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on adoption of conference report to accompany H.R. 22, Surface Transportation; Adopted: 83-16 There will be no further roll call votes this week.
  • 8:32pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Inhofe motion to waive the Flake point of order  re: H.R.22, Surface Transportation, that the crop insurance provision in the conference report violates the scope of conference rules; Waived: 75-22 Next: Adoption of conference report to...
  • By voice vote, the Senate agreed to McConnell substitute amendment #2916 and McConnell substitute amendment #2874. At 8:10pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on passage of H.R.3762, as amended (Reconciliation). Passed; 52-47 Next (it's possible that we will not have the cloture vote re:...
  • At 7:48pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Murphy motion to waive re: Murphy SA #2918. Not agreed to: 46-53. Next (order has changed slightly, numbers 3 and 4 switched) McConnell substitute SA #2916 -- Voice vote McConnell substitute SA #2874 -- Voice vote Passage of H.R.3762,...
  • The Reid amendment #2917 was agreed to by voice vote. At 7:31pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Baldwin motion to waive re: Baldwin amendment #2919. Next: Murphy SA #2918 McConnell substitute SA #2916 -- Voice vote McConnell substitute SA #2874 -- Voice vote Passage of H.R.3762,...
  • Senator Enzi offered McConnell amendment #2916 (new substitute). Senator Murray raised a Byrd point of order against the amendment. Senator Rubio moved to waive the Murray point of order. At 7:06pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Rubio motion to waive Murray point of order...
  • 6:45pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Paul amendment #2915 (DC guns) [60 vote affirmative threshold]. Not agreed to 54-45.
  • Senator McCain called up amendment #2884, and then withdrew the amendment. The Cardin amendment #2913 was not agreed to by voice vote. At 6:19pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Coats amendment #2888. Agreed to: 60-39.