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Roll Call Vote on Confirmation of Harpool nomination Votes
March 26, 2014 03:22 PMAt 3:02pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #582 M. Douglas Harpool - to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri; Confirmed: …
Roll Call Vote on Confirmation of the Cooper nomination Votes
March 26, 2014 02:34 PMAt 2:33pm, the Senate began a 15-minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #581 Christopher Reid Cooper - to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia Confirmed: …
Objections to H.R.3521 & S.1950, as amended - Veterans bills Floor Updates
March 26, 2014 02:29 PMSenator Vitter asked unanimous consent the Veterans Affairs' committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R.3521 and pass H.R.3521, Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013, as amended by a Vitter amendment (pay-for through price controls for prescription drugs in the Department of Defense). Senator Sanders objected. Senator Sanders then asked the Senate take up and pass S.1950, as amended by the Sanders substitute amendment, which is …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on the Smith nomination (Eastern District of PA) Votes
March 26, 2014 12:09 PMAt 12:09pm, the Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #584 Edward G. Smith - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on the McHugh nomination Votes
March 26, 2014 11:48 AMAt 11:48am , the Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #583 Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on Harpool nomination (Eastern MO district judge) Votes
March 26, 2014 11:33 AM11:30am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #582 M. Douglas Harpool - to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on Cooper nomination (DC district judge) Votes
March 26, 2014 11:03 AM11:02am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #581, Christopher Reid Cooper, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. The remaining votes in this series will be 10 minute votes; Invoked: …
Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 26, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:00am with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session. At 11:00am, there will be up to 4 roll call votes: - Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #581 Christopher Reid Cooper - to be United States …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Wrap Up
March 25, 2014 07:13 PMNo Roll Call Votes Legislative items Passed H.R.3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act. Passed H.R.4275, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act. Adopted S.Res.396, designating March 25, 2014, as "National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day". Adopted S.Res.397, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the United States during Public Service Recognition Week. Adopted …
Agreements on Ukraine legislation, 4 district judges and Saudi Arabia Ambassador, motion to proceed to legislative vehicle for Unemployment Insurance extension Floor Updates
March 25, 2014 06:14 PMAgreement on 4 district court judge nominations The Senate has reached an agreement that at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the Senate proceed to Executive Session, and that notwithstanding Rule 22, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on Executive Calendar numbers 581, 582, 583, 584; further, that if cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, the time until 2:30pm be equally divided between the Leaders, or their designees, and that at 2:30 pm, all post-cloture time be expired, …
Senate passed H.R.4275, Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act Floor Updates
March 25, 2014 02:23 PMThe Senate received H.R.4275, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act. H.R.4275 is identical to the text of S.1302, an act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide cooperative and small employer charity pension plans, as passed by the Senate on January 28, 2014. Under a previous order, the Senate passed H.R.4275 by unanimous …
Senate passes H.R.3771, Philippines Charitable Giving; recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm Floor Updates
March 25, 2014 12:05 PMThe Senate received H.R.3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act from the House. H.R.3771 is identical to the text of S.1821, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (which was passed by the Senate on March 6, 2014). Under a previous order, the Senate passed H.R.3771 by unanimous consent. This morning, the Senate also reached consent to recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow …
Senate Floor Schedule for Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 25, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for one hour with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2124, the Ukraine Act, post-cloture. All time during adjournment and morning business will count post-cloture on the motion to proceed to …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Monday, March 24, 2014 Wrap Up
March 24, 2014 07:06 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine; Invoked: 78-17 Legislative items Began the Rule 14 process of S.2149, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (Reed) in order to place the bills on the Legislative Calendar. Completed the Rule 14 process of the following items in order to place the bills on the Legislative Calendar: - H.R.3474, the Hire More Heroes Act, - …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on MTP to S.2124, Ukraine Votes
March 24, 2014 05:58 PM5:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine; Invoked: …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, March 24, 2014 Senate Schedule
March 24, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, March 24, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2124, the Ukraine Act. At 5:30pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124. As a reminder to all Senators, on Thursday, March 13th, cloture was filed on the following items in the following order: - Motion to proceed to Calendar #329, S.2124, a bill to support …
Senate Floor Pro Forma Schedule Senate Schedule
March 13, 2014 08:11 PMThe Senate will meet on the following dates at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted: - Friday, March 14th at 10:30am - Tuesday, March 18th at 10:30am and - Friday, March 21st at …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, March 13, 2014 Wrap Up
March 13, 2014 08:05 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Coburn amendment #2830, as modified (no credits for millionaires) to S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization Act; Agreed to: 100-0 2) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #686, the nomination of Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency; Confirmed: 95-4 3) Passage of S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization Act, as amended; Passed: …
Cloture filed on Cooper, Harpool, McHugh, and Smith nominations (district judges) Floor Updates
March 13, 2014 08:00 PM- Calendar #581, Christopher Reid Cooper, of D.C., to be U.S. District Judge for D.C.; - Calendar #582, M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri; - Calendar #583, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; - Calendar #584, Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of …
Cloture filed on MTP to Ukraine bill Floor Updates
March 13, 2014 08:00 PMOn Thursday, March 13, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, March …
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