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  • Senator Sessions made a point of order that H.R.4302 violates section 201-A of S.Con.Res.21, the concurrent resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 2008. Senator Wyden moved to waive all applicable points of order. At 5:30pm today there will be a series of up to 4 votes (we expect 3 roll calls and...
  • Senator Wyden asked unanimous consent that following disposition of the Owens nomination tonight, the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of Calendar #336, S.2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 (Full SGR repeal with OCO and other House-passed...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, March 31, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of H.R.4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 with the time until 5:00pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their...
  • Roll Call Votes 1)     Adoption of the Menendez-Corker substitute amendment #2867 to H.R.4152, the Ukraine bill; Agreed to: 98-2 2)     Cloture on Executive Calendar #573, John B. Owens, of CA, to be US Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Invoked: 54-44 3)     Cloture on motion to proceed to...
  • The Senate has reached an agreement to vote on passage of the SGR bill on Monday, March 31, with a 60-affirmative vote point of order. We expect a Republican to raise a Budget point of order against the bill prior to the vote on passage. As a result of this agreement beginning at 5:30pm on Monday,...
  • Executive Calendar #700, the nomination of Mathew H. Tueller, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, was confirmed by voice vote.
  • 1:48pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #573, John B. Owens, of CA, to be US Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Invoked: 54-44
  • 2:10pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.3979, the legislative vehicle for the Unemployment Insurance extension; Invoked: 65-34
  • By consent, at 1:45pm today, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on Executive Calendar #573, John B. Owens, of CA, to be US Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit that and then, notwithstanding rule 22, the Senate will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to...
  • The Senate confirmed Executive Calendar #689 Maria Contreras-Sweet, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, by voice vote.
  • The Senate passed H.R.4152, as amended, if amended (Ukraine) by voice vote.
  • At 12:00pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Menendez-Corker substitute amendment to H.R.4152, Ukraine; Agreed to: 98-2
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, March 27, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 10:30am with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate...
  • Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #581 Christopher Reid Cooper - to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; Invoked: 56-43 2)     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #582 M. Douglas Harpool - to be United States District Judge for...
  • That Senate has reached an agreement to vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #689, the nomination of Maria Contreras-Sweet, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, following disposition of H.R.4152, Ukraine.
  • This evening Senator Reid filed cloture on Executive Calendar #573, the nomination of John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, He then filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #333, H.R.3979, which will be the legislative vehicle used for the...
  • 03.26.2014

    No more votes

    There will be no further roll call votes during Wednesday's session of the Senate. The next votes are expected to occur around 12:15pm tomorrow.
  • By a voice vote, the Senate confirmed Executive Calendar #694 Joseph William Westphal - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • 3:41pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #584 Edward G. Smith - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Confirmed: 69-31
  • 3:21pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Calendar #583 Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Confirmed: 59-41