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Roll Call Votes Cloture on S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsman's Act; Not Invoked: 41-56 Confirmation of Executive Calendar #903 Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Confirmed: 75-22 Legislative items Passed Calendar #380, S. Res. 412, Lawful Uses...

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider Calendar #438, S.2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 (TRIA). At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of Calendar #438,...

The Silliman and Smith nominations were then confirmed by voice votes. There will be no further roll call votes today.

2:05pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #903 Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Confirmed: 75-22 Next-voice votes expected: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #695 Douglas Alan Silliman, Texas, to...

The Senate is in Executive Session considering the Donovan (OMB), Silliman (Kuwait), and Smith (Qatar) nominations, with the time until 2:00pm equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees. At 2:00pm, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order...

11:47am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsman's Act; Not Invoked: 41-56 Next votes at 2:00pm-1 roll call and 2 voice votes expected: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #903 Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Director of...

The Senate has reached an agreement to move the cloture vote on S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act, to 11:45am today. 11:45am-1 roll call vote: Cloture on S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsman's Act 2:00pm-at least 1 roll call vote: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #903 Shaun L. S. Donovan, of...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Following Leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 12:00 noon, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each and with the time equally divided between the two Leaders, or their...

There will be no roll call votes on Monday, July 14, 2014.

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #906, Julian, Castro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Confirmed: 71-26 Legislative items S. Res. 497, Honoring the life and career of Charles "Chuck" Noll" S. Res. 417, a resolution designating October 30, 2014, as a...

The filing deadline for first degree amendments to S.2363, is 10:30am Thursday, July 10 and the deadline for second degree amendments is 11:30am Thursday. If cloture is invoked, amendment must be germane and filed at the desk prior to the deadline to be considered in order.

During Wednesday's session of the Senate, Senator Reid filed cloture on the following 2 FERC nominations: Executive Calendar #839 Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2018 Executive Calendar #842 Cheryl A. LaFleur,...

Senator Reid then moved to proceed to S.2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014.

The filing deadline for first degree amendments to S.2363 is 1:00pm  Thursday, July 10. If cloture is invoked, all germane amendments must be filed prior to the deadline to be considered in order post-cloture. If your senator has a germane amendment and would like to preserve the ability to offer,...

The following amendments are pending to S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act: Reid for Udall (CO) #3469 (public target range) Reid #3490 to #3469 (strikes "the") Motion to commit with instructions that includes Reid #3491 (date change) Reid #3492 to the motion to commit (date change) Reid #3493 to...

Following disposition of the Adams nomination, the Senate adopted the motion to proceed to the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act by voice vote. Senator Reid then offered the amendments listed below and filed cloture on the bill. Under Rule 22 (the cloture rule), the cloture vote would occur on Friday. We...

The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice votes: Executive Calendar #797, Darci L. Vetter, of Nebraska, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Executive Calendar ##904 William D. Adams, of Maine to be...

At 12:02pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #906, Julian, Castro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban; Confirmed: 71-26 The next votes are expected to be voice votes: Executive Calendar #797, Darci L. Vetter, of Nebraska, to be Chief...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Following any leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 12:00 noon, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or...

No Roll Call Votes Legislative items Cal. # 440, S.Res.447, a resolution recognizing the threats to freedom of the press and expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority in the efforts of the United States Government to promote democracy and good governance, with...