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Roll Call Vote on the Rivkin nomination Votes
February 11, 2014 05:43 PM5:43pm The Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #518 Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Confirmed: …
Roll Call Vote on Confirmation of the Sewall nomination Votes
February 11, 2014 05:27 PM5:26pm The Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #517 Sarah Sewall, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights) Confirmed: …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Stengel nomination (Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy) Votes
February 11, 2014 05:01 PMAt 5:00pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #516, the nomination of Richard Stengel, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Confirmed: …
Up to 4 roll call votes at 5pm (nominations) Floor Updates
February 11, 2014 03:54 PMBy consent at 4:30pm, there will be up to 30 minutes for debate equally divided prior to a series of votes on confirmation of the following nominations: - Executive Calendar #516 Richard Stengel, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy - Executive Calendar #517 Sarah Sewall, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights) - Executive Calendar #518 Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of the …
Swearing-in of Senator-designate Walsh Floor Updates
February 11, 2014 10:16 AMFor the information of all Senators, Senator-designate John Walsh of Montana will be sworn-in at …
Senate Schedule for Tuesday, February 11, 2014 Senate Schedule
February 11, 2014 05:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill, post-cloture. At 12:15pm, Senator-designate John Walsh will be sworn in as senator from …
Wrap Up for Monday, February 10, 2014 Wrap Up
February 10, 2014 06:39 PMRoll Call Votes 1) motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill; Invoked: 94-0 Legislative Items Passed S.1954, A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014 Adopted S.Res.339, A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mayo Clinic. No Executive …
No more votes tonight Floor Updates
February 10, 2014 06:07 PMBy a vote of 94-0, the Senate invoked cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill. There will now be up to 30 hours for debate on the motion to proceed. There will be no further roll call votes tonight. Senators will be notified when the next vote is …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on MTP to S.1963, Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill Votes
February 10, 2014 05:31 PM5:32pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill; Invoked: …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, February 10, 2014 Senate Schedule
February 10, 2014 09:00 AMThe Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, February 10, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration bill. As a reminder to all Senators, during Thursday's session, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to S.1963. At 5:30pm Monday, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to …
Cloture filed on motion to proceed to S.1963, Military Retirement Pay Floor Updates
February 06, 2014 06:48 PMThis evening, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1963, a bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (military retirement pay). By consent, the cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, February …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, February 6, 2014 Wrap Up
February 06, 2014 06:43 PMRoll Call Votes 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Not Invoked by 58-40 2) Motion to invoke cloture on S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act; Not Invoked: 55-43 3) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #629, the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be …
No more votes this week Floor Updates
February 06, 2014 03:46 PMThe Senate is in Legislative Session and has resumed consideration of S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension. There will be no further roll call votes in the Senate this …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Baucus nomination (China) Votes
February 06, 2014 03:08 PM2:47pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #629, the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China; Confirmed: 96-0 (1-voting …
Roll Call Vote on cloture on S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Votes
February 06, 2014 02:28 PM2:27pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act; Not Invoked: 55-43 For procedural reasons, Senator Reid changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later …
Roll Call Vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reed amendment Votes
February 06, 2014 02:01 PM2:00pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. Not Invoked by 58-40. For procedural reasons, Senator Reid changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later …
UI vote/s moved to 2pm today--Baucus confirmation vote expected today Floor Updates
February 06, 2014 09:46 AMThe previously scheduled cloture vote on the Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires) to S.1845, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, will now occur at 2:00pm today. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours for post-cloture debate on the amendment. If cloture is not invoked, there would be an immediate cloture vote on the underlying UI bill, S.1845. We also expect to vote on …
Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, February 6, 2014 Senate Schedule
February 06, 2014 09:00 AMSenate Schedule for Thursday, February 6, 2014 The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1845, the Unemployment Insurance Extension act with the time until 11:00am equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. The filing deadline for all first degree amendments to S.1845 is 9:45am on Thursday and the filing deadline for 2nd degree amendments to the Reed …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Wrap Up
February 04, 2014 06:59 PMWrap Up for Wednesday, February 4, 2014 Roll Call Votes 1) Adoption of the Conference Report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; Adopted: 68-32 2) Reid motion to table the Reed amendment #2631 to S.1826, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act; Tabled: 98-0 Legislative Items Adopted S.Res.344, Congratulating the Penn State University Women's volleyball team for winning the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic …
Agreement to consider Baucus nomination Floor Updates
February 04, 2014 06:55 PMAt a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, with the concurrence of the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of Executive Calendar #629, the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China. When the Senate considers the nomination, there will be up to 60 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the …