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Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 05, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #659, the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General with the time until 11:45am will be equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees. At 11:45am, there will be up to 3 roll call votes: - Motion to invoke cloture on the Adegbile …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Wrap Up
March 04, 2014 06:14 PMNo Roll Call Votes Legislative Items Began the Rule 14 process of S.2077, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 (Reed) in order to place the bill on the Legislative Calendar. No Executive …
Senate Floor Schedule for Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 04, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no roll call votes on Tuesday. The next roll call votes will be at approximately 11:45am on Wednesday, March …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Monday, March 3, 2014 Wrap Up
March 03, 2014 02:05 PMNo Roll Call Votes Legislative items Completed the Rule 14 process of the following items in order to place the bills on the Legislative Calendar: - S.2066, Prohibit Intentional Discrimination by IRS Employee (Cruz) - S.2067, Prohibit Treasury from assigning tax status to organizations based on political beliefs and activities (Cruz) - S.2062, the Constitutional Check and Balance Act (Paul) and - H.R.3865, the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS …
Next Roll Call Votes at 11:45am on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Floor Updates
March 03, 2014 02:05 PMThe previous order with respect to Executive Calendar #659, the nomination of Debo Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General and the subsequent nominations on which cloture was filed on Thursday, February 27th was modified. The details are below. On Wednesday, March 5th, following any Leader remarks, the time until 11:45am will be equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees. At 11:45am, there will be up to 3 roll call votes: - Motion to …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, March 3, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 03, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, March 3, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #659, the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General with up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form. At 5:30pm, …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, February 27, 2014 Wrap Up
February 27, 2014 06:17 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Graham motion to table the Reid motion to commit S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014; Not Agreed to: 44-52 2) Sanders motion to waive all applicable Budget points of order with respect to S.1982; Not Waived: 56-41 3) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #561, Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Interior; Confirmed: 97-0 Additional Legislative items Adopted …
Cloture filed on Adegbile, Hernandez, Reeves, Brooks, and Chhabria, Gottemoeller nominations and the motion to proceed to the Child Care and Development Floor Updates
February 27, 2014 06:12 PMThis evening, Senator Reid asked unanimous consent to confirm 4 district judges (Hernandez, Reeves, Brooks, and Chhabria). Senator Moran objected on behalf of Senator Grassley. Senator Reid then filed cloture on 6 nominations, including those 4 district judges, and the motion to proceed to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. The number of post-cloture debate hours is listed next to each nomination. - Exec. Cal.#659, Debo Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney …
Objection to Flake request to discharge Finance and pass S.2011 Floor Updates
February 27, 2014 03:26 PMSenator Flake asked unanimous consent the Finance Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.2011, a bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Senator Wyden …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Connor nomination (Deputy Secretary of Interior)--Last vote of the week Votes
February 27, 2014 02:47 PM2:45pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Calendar #561, Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Interior; Confirmed: 97-0 This will be the last vote of the …
Roll Call Vote on Sanders motion to waive Budget points of order re: S.1982, Comprehensive Veterans Votes
February 27, 2014 02:29 PM2:26pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Sanders motion to waive all applicable Budget points of order with respect to S.1982, Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014; Not Waived: …
Roll Call Vote on Graham motion to table Reid motion to commit / Graham parliamentary inquiries Floor Updates Votes
February 27, 2014 01:59 PMAt 1:57pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the Graham motion to table the Reid motion to commit S.1982 (majority vote threshold); Not Tabled: 44-52 We expect a total of 3 roll call votes during this series of votes. Next: - Sanders motion to waive all applicable Budget points of order (60-affirmative vote threshold) (2 minutes for debate equally divided) - Confirmation of Calendar #561, Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Interior …
Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, February 27, 2014 Senate Schedule
February 27, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 with the time until 2:00pm equally divided and controlled in …
Agreement on Comprehensive Veterans bill/Votes expected around 2pm Thursday/Motion to proceed to Child Care and Development Block Grant Act Floor Updates
February 26, 2014 07:10 PMThe Senate has adopted the motion to proceed to S. 1982, Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014, by a voice vote. Senator Reid then offered a substitute amendment (SA #2747) on behalf of Senator Sanders, filled the amendment tree, and filed cloture on the substitute amendment and the underlying bill. The Senate subsequently reached an agreement that would result in a series of votes at approximately 2:00pm tomorrow, Thursday, February 27. …
Agreement on Military sexual assault bills Floor Updates
February 26, 2014 06:56 PMThe Senate has reached an agreement to consider the military sexual assault bills. When the Senate executes the agreement (likely within the next 2 weeks), there would be competing cloture votes on S.1752, the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 (Gillibrand) and S.1917, the Victims Protection Act of 2014 (McCaskill). If cloture is invoked on either of the bills, the Senate would immediately proceed to vote on passage of the respective bill, with no amendments, points of order, or motions …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Wrap Up
February 26, 2014 06:54 PMNo Roll Call Votes Legislative items Adopted S.Res.363, Celebrating Black History Month. No Executive …
Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Senate Schedule
February 26, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for up to two hours with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014, post-cloture. By unanimous consent, all …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Wrap Up
February 25, 2014 06:32 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #570, James Maxwell Moody, Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Easter District of Arkansas; Confirmed: 95-4 2) Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #566, James Donato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California; Invoked: 55-42-1 present 3) Confirmation of the Donato nomination; Confirmed: 90-5 4) Motion to invoke cloture on Executive …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on MTP to S.1982, Comprehensive Veterans bill Votes
February 25, 2014 03:33 PM3:34pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014; Invoked: …
3:30pm cloture vote on the motion to proceed to Comprehensive Veterans bill (S.1982) Floor Updates
February 25, 2014 02:29 PMAt 3:30pm today, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of …
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