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  • Senator Menendez asked unanimous consent to confirm, en bloc, 25 State Department nominations (listed below). Senator Enzi objected. Senator Menendez then asked consent to confirm #968, John Teff- to be Ambassador to Russia. Senator Enzi objected. (The Senate later confirmed the Teff nomination by...
  • 9:05pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #848, Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be U..S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; Invoked: 58-33 This will be the last vote of the month. There will be no roll call votes tomorrow, but we will be...
  • At 8:49pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Reid motion to recede from the Senate amendment to H.R.5021 (this is essentially passage of the Highway funding bill) Agreed To: 81-13 Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar #848, Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be U..S. Circuit Judge for the...
  • 8:24pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014; Adopted: 91-3 Next: Motion to recede from its amendment to H.R.5021 (this is essentially passage of the Highway funding...
  • Senator Coburn made a point of order against the conference report to accompany H.R.3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and Senator Sanders moved to waive all applicable points of order. 8:06 pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Sanders motion to waive the...
  • The motion to waive the budget point of order was not waived by a vote of 50-44. As a result, the Supplemental is dead. Senator Reid then asked 3 unanimous consent requests to pass individual bills to fund Iron Dome and wildfires; wildfire appropriations only; and then Iron Dome appropriations only....
  • Senator Sessions made a point of order against the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill. Senator Mikulski made a motion waive all applicable budget points of order. 7:23pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the Mikulski motion to waive all applicable budget points of order; Not...
  • 6:50pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the Sessions motion to table Reid amendment #3751 (date change) to the Supplemental; Not Tabled: 43-52 Next: Mikulski, or designee, motion to waive budget point of order (if one is raise) -       If the motion to waive is agreed to, then...
  • Senator Cornyn asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up amendment 2747. Senator Mikulski objected. Senator McCain asked unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendments in order to call up amendment #3742 (organized human smuggling). Senator Durbin...
  • The Senate has reached several agreements on the Supplemental Appropriations bill, the Conference Report to accompany H.R.3230 (Veterans), and the House Message on H.R. 5021, (Highway Funding). As a result of these agreements, there will be up to 7 roll call votes around 6:45pm tonight. The Senate...
  • Senator Boxer asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass Calendar #492, S.2673, A bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel. Senator Corker objected.
  • Senator Cruz/Ayotte asked unanimous consent to take up and pass HR2735, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom. Senator Heitkamp objected. Senator Wyden asked unanimous consent to take up and pass S.2735, a 2 month internet tax freedom extension bill (to December 31, 2014). Senator Ayotte objected.
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2648, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, post-cloture. The time until 10:00am will be equally divided between the two...
  • Roll Call Votes The motion to invoke cloture on S.2569, Bring Jobs Home Act; Not Invoked: 54-42 The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations; Invoked: 63-33 Legislative Business Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar...
  • The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice vote: Executive Calendar #535 Cynthia H. Akuetteh, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional...
  • 11:18am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. Invoked: 63-33
  • 10:50am, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act. Not invoked: 54-42
  • Senator Reid file cloture on Executive Calendar #848, the nomination of Jill Pryor, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Circuit. Unless an agreement can be reached, the cloture vote would occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Friday, August 1st.
  • At approximately 10:45am, there will be up to 2 cloture votes followed by voice votes on the Akuetteh, Moritsugu, and Kennedy nominations. Motion to invoke cloture on S.2569, Bring Jobs Home Act (roll call), if cloture is invoked then: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2648,...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.2569, the Brings Jobs Home Act. There will be 1 hour for debate equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. Upon the use or...