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The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Friday, December 12, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to accompany H.R.3979, Defense Authorization, post-cloture. If all debate time is used,...

Roll Call Votes: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.3979, Defense Authorization; Invoked: 85-14. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #573, S.2828: with Menendez-Corker substitute amendment, by voice vote. Passed H.R.3044: Yellow...

By voice vote, the Senate passed H.J.Res.130 (2 day CR). The Senate then reached an agreement for the consideration of the NDAA and several nominations. Under the order, there will be up to 3 hours for debate prior to a series of votes. We expect up to 4 roll call votes around 3pm, but we hope that...

By unanimous consent, the Senate passed Calendar #490, S.1353, The Cybersecurity Act, with the Committee-reported amendment as amended by the Rockefeller-Thune substitute amendment. 1353: A bill to provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to...

By unanimous consent, the Senate passed Calendar #560, S.1535, Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, with the Committee-reported substitute and the Schumer amendment.

The Senate passed Calendar #573, S.2828, with Menendez/Corker substitute amendment, by voice vote. The Senate then passed the following bills by unanimous consent: H.R.3044, Yellow Creek Port; S.2785, Clean Water; H.R.3329, Community Financial Institutions, with King substitute amendment;...

At 11:01am, cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to H.R.3979, the National Defense Authorization Act, by a vote of 85-14. There will now be up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate. If all time is used, the vote on the motion to concur vote (passage) would occur at 5:00pm...

10:32am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to accompany H.R.3979, National Defense Authorization Act. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours for debate prior to a vote on the...

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to accompany H.R.3979, Defense Authorization. At 10:30am, the Senate will vote on cloture...

Legislative Business Passed S.2444: Coast Guard Reauthorization, with Rockefeller-Thune substitute amendment. Passed by voice vote Calendar #578, H.R.4007: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014, with Carper-Coburn amendment. Passed by voice...

The Senate discharged the Finance Committee and passed S.2614, a bill to amend certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

By voice votes, the Senate passed the following bills: Calendar #526, S.2519, National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014, with Carper substitute amendment. Calendar #578, H.R.4007, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014, with Carper-Coburn...

Senator Boxer asked unanimous consent that the Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.2444, with a Rockefeller-Thune substitute amendment containing a permanent exemption for discharges from small commercial vessels and fishing vessels; the bill be read a third time and...

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.3979 (NDAA).

Roll Call Votes: Cloture on Executive Calendar #1080 Virginia Tyler Lodge - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019; Invoked: 63-32. Cloture on Executive Calendar #1081 Ronald Anderson Walter - to be a Member of the Board of...

Senator Reid laid down the House message on H.R.3979, the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, moved to concur with and without an amendment, filled the amendment tree, and filed cloture on the motion to concur. Unless an agreement can be...

The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice votes: Executive Calendar #1095 Richard Rahul Verma - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India; Executive Calendar #1094 Peter Michael McKinley - to be Ambassador Extraordinary...

6:31pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1081 Ronald Anderson Walter to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019. Confirmed: 86-12

6:07pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1080 Virginia Tyler Lodge - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019 Confirmed: 86-12

We have reached an agreement to vote on confirmation of the Verma (Amb. to India)  and McKinley (Amb. to Afghanistan) nominations in the 6pm vote series tonight. As a result there will be up to 4 votes tonight, but we only expect 2 roll call votes. We expect roll calls on the Lodge and Walter...