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  • The Senate stands adjourned until 9:15am on Friday, August 8, 2014 for a pro forma session only, with no business conducted. When the Senate adjourns on Friday, it will adjourn under the provisions of H.Con.Res.112 until 2:00pm on Monday, September 8, 2014. On Monday, September 8, following any...
  • Roll Call Votes No roll call votes were conducted during Tuesday's session of the Senate. Legislative Business Adopted by voice vote H.Con.Res.112, Adjournment Resolution Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.5272, Limitation on Deferred Action for Childhood...
  • The Senate stands in recess until 11:00am on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 5 minutes each. There will be no roll call votes during Tuesday's session of the Senate. The next...
  • Roll Call Votes No roll call votes were conducted during Friday's session of the Senate. Legislative Business Passed H.J.Res.76, as amended with the Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment, making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense Passed the...
  • 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 Sessions objected.
  • The Senate passed J.R.Res.76, as amended with th e Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense. Reid: I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar #220, H.J.Res.76; that a...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 11:00am on Friday, August 1, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2:00pm. There will be no roll call votes during Friday's session of the Senate. The next roll call vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday,...
  • Roll Call Votes Sessions motion to table Reid amendment #3751 (date change); Not Agreed To: 43-52 Mikulski motion to waive budget points of order with respect to S.2648, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations; Not Waived: 50-44 Sanders motion to waive budget points of order with respect to the...
  • 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.