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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...

11:02am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on cloture on 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.

10:34am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke 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 Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 10:30am. If cloture is invoked on either of the nominations, their confirmation votes will be at 6:00pm. 10:30am-2 roll call...

Wrap up for Monday, December 8, 2014 Roll Call Votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018; Confirmed: 52-40. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity...

5:58pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity McFerran, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019. The will be the last vote of the day. The Williams nomination will be...

5:32pm The Senate began a 15minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018 Confirmed: 52-40 Next: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren...

Senator Tester asked unanimous consent to take up and pass Calendar #334, S.1352, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act. Senator Lee asked that an amendment to strike Hawaiian Homes Commission reauthorization (section 503) be agreed to. Senator Tester objected...

The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, December 8, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 5:30pm. 5:30pm-Up to 3 roll call votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the...

Roll Call Votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #660, Joseph S. Hezir, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; Confirmed: 89-3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1039, Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;...

2:54pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #552, Ellen Dudley Williams, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy; Invoked: 57-34 This will be the final vote of the week. The next roll call votes...

2:35pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity McFerran, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019. Invoked:51-42.

The Griggsby nomination was confirmed by voice vote.  At 2:--pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30,...