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  • No Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Passed H.R.2250, as amended with the text of H.J.Res.75, Continuing Resolution through December 16. Passed Calendar #35, S.142 - Child Nicotine Poisoning Passed Calendar #62, S.993 - Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health w/ Franken amdt. Passed Calendar...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, December 10, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 3:00pm until 4:30pm for the all...
  • Roll Call Votes Adoption of the conference report to accompany S.1177, ESEA; adopted: 85-12. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #311, H.R.2820 - Stem Cell Adopted S.Res.317 - American Visionary Art Museum   Executive Business Confirmed the following nominations by voice vote DEPARTMENT OF...
  • The Senate has reached an agreement that at 5:00pm on Monday, January 11, 2016, the Senate will enter Executive Session to consider the nomination of Luis Felipe Restrepo to be US Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. There will be 30 minutes of debate followed by a roll call vote on confirmation of...
  • Senator Brown asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be discharged from further consideration and the Senate vote on confirmation of the following Executive nominations: PN 371,  Adam Szubin, for Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial...
  • Senator Schumer asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass S.1774, Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015. Senator Hatch objected. Unofficial Transcript: SCHUMER: I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST BUT SPEAK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND ENGAGE IN SOME...
  • The Senate is in a period of morning business until 6:00pm, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 1:00pm until 2:00pm.
  • 10:46am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany S.1177, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA); Adopted: 85-12 Following the vote on adoption, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 6:00pm.
  • 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.