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Schedule for Friday, August 1, 2014 Senate Schedule
August 01, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 11:00am on Friday, August 1, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2:00pm. There will be no roll call votes during Friday's session of the Senate. The next roll call vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, September 8, …
Wrap Up for Thursday, July 31, 2014 Wrap Up
July 31, 2014 11:17 PMRoll Call Votes Sessions motion to table Reid amendment #3751 (date change); Not Agreed To: 43-52 Mikulski motion to waive budget points of order with respect to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations; Not Waived: 50-44 Sanders motion to waive budget points of order with respect to the Conference Report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act; Waived: 86-8 Adoption of the Conference Report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and …
Republicans object to confirming State Department ambassadors Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 09:58 PMSenator Menendez asked unanimous consent to confirm, en bloc, 25 State Department nominations (listed below). Senator Enzi objected. Senator Menendez then asked consent to confirm #968, John Teff- to be Ambassador to Russia. Senator Enzi objected. (The Senate later confirmed the Teff nomination by voice vote) Senator Menendez then asked consent to confirm #893, Mark Lippert - to be to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. Senator Enzi objected. Senator Carper asked Senator Menendez to …
Roll Call Call Vote on cloture on Pryor nomination (11th Circuit)--last vote this week Votes
July 31, 2014 09:06 PM9:05pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #848, Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be U..S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; Invoked: 58-33 This will be the last vote of the month. There will be no roll call votes tomorrow, but we will be in session. The next vote will be at 5:30pm on Monday, September 8. …
Motion to recede from the Senate's amendment to H.R.5021 Votes
July 31, 2014 08:49 PMAt 8:49pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Reid motion to recede from the Senate amendment to H.R.5021 (this is essentially passage of the Highway funding bill) Agreed To: 81-13 Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar #848, Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be U..S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Following the cloture vote, the next vote will be on Monday, September 8. 2014. That vote will be on confirmation of the Pryor …
Roll Call Vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 Votes
July 31, 2014 08:24 PM8:24pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014; Adopted: 91-3 Next: Motion to recede from its amendment to H.R.5021 (this is essentially passage of the Highway funding bill) Cloture on Executive Calendar #848, Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be U..S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh …
Roll Call Vote on Sanders motion to waive budget re: Veterans conference report Votes
July 31, 2014 08:04 PMSenator Coburn made a point of order against the conference report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and Senator Sanders moved to waive all applicable points of order. 8:06 pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Sanders motion to waive the Coburn budget point of order. Agreed to: …
Emergency Supplemental unanimous consent requests Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 07:57 PMThe motion to waive the budget point of order was not waived by a vote of 50-44. As a result, the Supplemental is dead. Senator Reid then asked 3 unanimous consent requests to pass individual bills to fund Iron Dome and wildfires; wildfire appropriations only; and then Iron Dome appropriations only. Senator Coburn objected to each of the requests. 1) Reid asked consent to pass H.J.Res.76, Legislative vehicle for Iron Dome/Wildfires Appropriations. Senator Cornyn objected. 2) …
Roll Call Vote on Mikulski motion to waive budget point of order Votes
July 31, 2014 07:21 PMSenator Sessions made a point of order against the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill. Senator Mikulski made a motion waive all applicable budget points of order. 7:23pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Mikulski motion to waive all applicable budget points of order; Not Waived: 50-44 The remaining votes tonight will be 10 minutes …
Roll Call Vote on Sessions motion to table Reid amendment Votes
July 31, 2014 06:49 PM6:50pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the Sessions motion to table Reid amendment #3751 (date change) to the Supplemental; Not Tabled: 43-52 Next: Mikulski, or designee, motion to waive budget point of order (if one is raise) - If the motion to waive is agreed to, then Cloture on S.2648 (we expect the Republicans to kill the bill on the previous point of order) - If cloture is invoked, on passage of S.2648 Veterans Conference Report: Up to 10 minutes …
Cornyn, McCain requests to call up amendments Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 06:37 PMSenator Cornyn asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up amendment 2747. Senator Mikulski objected. Senator McCain asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up amendment #3742 (organized human smuggling). Senator Durbin …
Up to 7 votes @6:45pm--or earlier--Agreements on Supplemental, Veterans conference report, and Highway Funding Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 06:10 PMThe Senate has reached several agreements on the Supplemental Appropriations bill, the Conference Report to accompany H.R.3230 (Veterans), and the House Message on H.R. 5021, (Highway Funding). As a result of these agreements, there will be up to 7 roll call votes around 6:45pm tonight. The Senate adopted the motion to proceed to S.2648, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, by voice vote. Senator Reid then filled the amendment tree and filed cloture on the bill. the votes sequence …
Corker objects to passing S.2673, U.S. Israel Strategic Partnership Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 04:42 PMSenator Boxer asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass Calendar #492, S.2673, A bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel. Senator Corker …
Internet Tax Freedom unanimous consent requests Floor Updates
July 31, 2014 04:21 PMSenator Cruz/Ayotte asked unanimous consent to take up and pass HR2735, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom. Senator Heitkamp objected. Senator Wyden asked unanimous consent to take up and pass S.2735, a 2 month internet tax freedom extension bill (to December 31, 2014). Senator Ayotte …
Schedule for Thursday, July 31, 2014 Senate Schedule
July 31, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2648, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, post-cloture. The time until 10:00am will be equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. Senator Sessions will control the time from 10:00 to 11:00am and the Majority will control the time from 11:00 to 12:00 noon. Senators will be notified when votes are …
Wrap Up for Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Wrap Up
July 30, 2014 07:25 PMRoll Call Votes The motion to invoke cloture on S.2569, Bring Jobs Home Act; Not Invoked: 54-42 The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations; Invoked: 63-33 Legislative Business Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2709, Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act (Manchin) Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2685, USA Freedom Act …
Akuetteh, Moritsugu, Kennedy nominations confirmed by voice votes Votes
July 30, 2014 11:46 AMThe Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice vote: Executive Calendar #535 Cynthia H. Akuetteh, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Executive Calendar #783 Erika Lizabeth Moritsugu, of …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on MTP to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act Votes
July 30, 2014 11:18 AM11:18am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on S.2569, Bring Jobs Home Act Votes
July 30, 2014 10:51 AM10:50am, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act. Not invoked: …
Cloture filed on Pryor nomination (11th Circuit) Floor Updates
July 30, 2014 10:28 AMSenator Reid file cloture on Executive Calendar #848, the nomination of Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Circuit. Unless an agreement can be reached, the cloture vote would occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Friday, August …
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