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Roll Call Votes 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #779, Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; Invoked: 53-30 2)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #780, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be United...

6:35pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #836, Geoffrey W. Crawford, of Vermont, to be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont. Invoked: 52-32

6:20pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #781, Beth Bloom, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Invoked: 53-31 Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar #836, Geoffrey W. Crawford, of Vermont,...

6:06pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #780, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; Invoked: 53-31. Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar #781, Beth Bloom, of Florida,...

5:36pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #779, Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; Invoked: 53-30 Next: Cloture on Executive Calendar #780, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of...

The Senate stands in adjournment until 2:00pm on Monday, June 23, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive...

Roll Call Vote 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #770  Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Confirmed: 54-38 Legislative items Passed S.1603, A bill to reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for...

The Senate has reached an agreement for consideration of H.R.803, the Workforce Investment Act.  The details of the agreement are below. At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the HELP Committee will be discharged from further consideration...

Thursday evening, Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations in the following order: -          Executive Calendar #779, Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, -          Executive Calendar #780, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of...

The Aguilar nomination was confirmed by a vote of 54-38. The following nominations were confirmed by voice vote: -          Executive Calendar #538 Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru -         ...

At 1:48pm, the Senate began a 15-minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #770  Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Confirmed: 54-38

At 1:45pm today, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and execute the previous order with respect to the Aguilar, Nichols, McWatters, and Wormuth nominations. At 1:45pm, there will be up to 4 roll call votes (1 expected) on the following items: -          Confirmation of Executive Calendar...

At 11:56am today, the Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.4660, the Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be the legislative vehicle used for the Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS); Transportation, HUD (THUD); and the Agriculture...

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, June 19, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will...

No Roll Call Votes   Legislative items Passed S.1237, the Omnibus Territories Act with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a Murkowski amendment. Began the Rule 14 process of S.2491, To protect the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reconciliation...

This evening, the Chair laid before the Senate a message from the House with respect to H.R.3230, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014. The Senate insisted on its amendment and requested a conference with the House with a conferee ratio of 8:6....

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.4660, the Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be the legislative vehicle used for the...

Roll Call Votes 1)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #740 Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;  Confirmed: 92-4 2)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #741 Staci Michelle Yandle, of Illinois,  to be United States...

Cloture was invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R.4660, CJS appropriations, by a vote of 95-3. There will now be up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate on the motion to proceed. We hope to be able to yield back some of the post-cloture debate time and begin consideration of the bill tomorrow. There...

5:13pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to proceed to Calendar #428, H.R.4660, the Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; Invoked: 95-3