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Senate Floor Wrap Up for Monday, April 28, 2014 Wrap Up
April 28, 2014 07:06 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Confirmed: 51-40 2) Cloture on Executive Calendar #613, David Weil, Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; Invoked: 51-42 3) Confirmation of Weil nomination; Confirmed: 51-42 Legislative items Began the Rule 14 process of S.2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial …
Agreement to conduct 6 cloture votes at 11am Tuesday and confirmation votes at TBD on Wednesday (district judges) Floor Updates
April 28, 2014 07:02 PMAt 11:00am tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, there will be a series of up to 6 roll call votes on the following nominations: Cloture on Executive Calendar #585, Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee; Cloture on Executive Calendar #586, Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; Cloture on Executive Calendar #587, Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of …
O'Regan nomination confirmed by voice vote Floor Updates
April 28, 2014 06:40 PMExecutive Calendar #648, Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was confirmed by voice …
Last vote of the day Floor Updates
April 28, 2014 06:24 PMThe vote on confirmation of the Weil nomination will be the last vote of the day. We expect to confirm Executive Calendar #648, Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, by voice …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of the Weil nomination Votes
April 28, 2014 06:22 PM6:21pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #613, David Weil, Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; Confirmed: …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on Weil nomination Votes
April 28, 2014 06:02 PM6:04pm The Senate Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #613, David Weil, Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Friedland nomination (9th Circuit) Votes
April 28, 2014 05:30 PM5:32pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Confirmed: …
Cloture filed on motion to proceed to Minimum Wage/4 votes at 5:30pm today (re: nominations) Floor Updates
April 28, 2014 02:18 PMToday Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #354, S.2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act. The cloture vote on the motion to proceed is expected to occur on Wednesday, April 30. At 5:30pm today, there will be up to 4 roll call votes on the following items: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Cloture on Executive Calendar #613, David Weil, Massachusetts, to be …
Schedule for Monday, April 28, 2014 Senate Schedule
April 11, 2014 04:12 PMSchedule for Monday, April 28, 2014 The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, April 28, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business until 5:30pm, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each and with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At 5:30pm, there will be up to 4 roll call votes on the following: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. …
Wrap up for Friday, April 11, 2014 Wrap Up
April 11, 2014 04:12 PMWrap Up for Friday, April 11, 2014 NO Roll Call Votes Legislative items S. Res. 423, Designating April 2014 as "Financial Literacy Month" Notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees are authorized to report Legislative and Executive matters on Friday, April 25th, from 10am until noon. Additional Executive items The Senate confirmed the following Foreign Service nominations by unanimous consent: PN1317 Foreign Service 135 nominations beginning with Ranya F. Abdelsayed and …
Agreement on O'Regan nomination Floor Updates
April 11, 2014 04:12 PMThe Senate has reached an agreement to consider Executive Calendar #648 Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. On Monday, April 28, upon disposition of the Weil nomination, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation O'Regan nomination. As a result, there will be up to 4 roll call votes at 5:30pm on Monday. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the …
Cloture filed on 6 district judges Floor Updates
April 11, 2014 04:12 PMSenator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations: Executive Calendar #585 Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee; Executive Calendar #586 Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; Executive Calendar #587 Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; Executive Calendar #588 Daniel D. Crabtree, of KS, to be U.S. District Judge for the …
Senate Floor Schedule for Friday, April 11, 2014 Senate Schedule
April 11, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 4:00pm on Friday, April 11, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit with the time until 5:00pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At 5:00pm, there will be up to 3 roll call votes on the following: - Confirmation of Executive Calendar …
No votes until 5:30pm Monday, April 28th Floor Updates
April 10, 2014 07:12 PMWhen the Senate convenes at 4pm tomorrow, we anticipate reaching an agreement to postpone tomorrow's votes until 5:30pm Monday, April 28th, notwithstanding cloture having been invoked on the Friedland nomination (9th Circuit). There will be no roll call votes during Friday's session of the Senate. At 5:30pm on Monday, April 28, there will be up to 3 roll call votes on the following: - Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, April 10, 2014 Wrap Up
April 10, 2014 06:02 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Invoked: 56-41 2) Reid motion to instruct the SAA to request the presence of absent Senators; Agreed to: 55-37 Legislative items Passed S.994, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, with a Carper substitute amendment and a Carper amendment to the substitute. Adopted S.Res.422, a resolution to authorize …
Senate passes S.994, the DATA Act Floor Updates
April 10, 2014 04:19 PMThis afternoon, the Senate passed S.994, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, with a Carper substitute amendment and a Carper amendment to the …
Reid request to vote on Friedland and Weil nominations today-Republicans object Floor Updates
April 10, 2014 04:13 PMSenator Reid asked unanimous consent that at 4pm today, the Senate proceed to a series of 3 votes on the following Executive items: - Confirmation Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; - Cloture on Executive Calendar #613, the nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor; and if cloture is invoked, the proceed immediately …
Roll Call Vote on Reid motion to instruct SAA Votes
April 10, 2014 03:01 PM3:00pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the Reid motion to instruct the SAA to request the presence of absent senators. Senators are asked to report to the floor; Agreed To: …
Procedural vote expected around 3pm Floor Updates
April 10, 2014 02:48 PMA procedural vote is expected to begin around 3pm. This will most likely be a motion to instruct the SAA to request the attendance of absent senators. The Senate is currently considering the Friedland nomination, …
objection to Toomey request to pass S.1596 Floor Updates
April 10, 2014 01:34 PMThis afternoon, Senator Toomey asked unanimous consent the HELP committee be discharged from further consideration of S.1596 and the bill be read a third time and passed. S.1596 is a bill to require State educational agencies that receive funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to have in effect policies and procedures on background checks for school employees. Senator Manchin also spoke in support of the bill. Senator Harkin objected to Senator Toomey's request …
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