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11:00am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.2685, Department of Defense appropriations; Not Invoked: 51-44 Senator McConnell changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture at a later time.

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, November 5, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.2685, Department of Defense Appropriations, with the time until 11:00am equally divided. At 11:00am, there will be a roll call...

Roll Call Votes Passage of S.J.Res.22 (CRA on WOTUS); passed: 53-44.   Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.305, commending and congratulating the Kansas City Royals on their 2015 World Series victory. Adopted S.Res.306, National Aprenticeship Week. Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the...

Senator Cruz asked unanimous consent the HSGAC committee be discharge from further consideration of S.Res.224 and the Senate agree to the resolution and preamble. Senator Feinstein objected.S.Res.224,  A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the area between the intersections of...

Senator Cruz asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass S.2193, Stop Illegal Reentry Act. Senator Reid objected.

12:01pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on passage of S.J.Res.22, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.J.Res.22 (CRA on WOTUS), with the time until 12:00 noon equally divided. At 12:00 noon, there will be a roll call vote on passage of S.J.Res.22. As a...

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (Waters Of The United States); not invoked: 57-41. Motion to proceed to S.J.Res.22 (CRA on WOTUS); agreed to: 55-43.   Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.304, Small Business...

The motion to proceed to S.J.Res.22 (WOTUS) was agreed to 55-43. There will now be up to 10 hours for debate equally divided between the proponents and opponents. We expect the vote on passage to occur at noon tomorrow, but that is not set yet. There will be no further roll call votes today.

3:56pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.22, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to...

Senator McConnell then moved to proceed to Calendar #118, H.R.2685, Department of Defense Appropriations, and filed cloture on the motion to proceed. The cloture vote on the motion to proceed to DoD Appropriations would occur 1 hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday, November 5. We expect Senate...

2:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act (Waters Of The United States); Not Invoked: 57-41

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The Senate will not be in session on Monday, November 2. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act, with the time until 12:30pm...

Senator McConnell moved to proceed to S.1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act, and filed cloture on the motion to proceed. The cloture vote is scheduled to begin at 2:30pm on Tuesday, November 3. That will be the next roll call vote.

Roll Call Votes Cloture on the motion to concur with respect to H.R.1314, Debt Limit/Budget (60-vote threshold); invoked: 63-35. Motion to waive Budget Act, with respect to H.R.1314 (60-vote threshold); waived: 64-35. Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.1314, Debt...

2:42pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.1314, Debt Limit/Budget Act; Agreed To: 64-35 This will be the last vote of the day. We expect the next vote to begin at 2:30pm on Tuesday, November 2. We expect that vote...

2:23pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to waive applicable budget act points of order; Waived: 64-35 If there is no further debate after this vote, the Senate would proceed to vote on the motion to concur (passage).

By a vote of 63-35, cloture was invoked on the motion to concur with respect to the debt limit bill. Senators are now permitted to speak for up to 1 hour each during the post-cloture time. The Chair will put the question when there is no further debate. We expect up to two additional roll calls...

1:01am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur with respect to H.R.1314, Debt Limit/Budget (60-vote threshold); Invoked: 63-35 Next: [possibly some debate time] Motion to waive Budget Act, if point of order is raised (60-vote...

The Senate stands adjourned until 12:01am on Friday, October 30, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the House Message to accompany H.R.1314, Debt Limit/Budget Act, with the time until 1:01am equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. At...