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  • The 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 week.
  • 2:47pm 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 present)
  • 2:27pm 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 time.
  • 2:00pm 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...
  • The 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...
  • Senate 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...
  • Wrap 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...
  • At 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...
  • The Reed amendment #2631 to S.1845 was tabled 98-0. Senator Reid then offered Reed amendment #2714 (3 month extension of unemployment insurance benefits paid for with pension smoothing/no UI for millionaires). Senator Reid also filed cloture on the Reed amendment and the underlying bill, S.1845,...
  • The Senate passed the FARM bill conference report by a vote of 68-32. Following the vote, Senator Reid withdrew the pending motion to proceed to Cal. #297, S.1950, Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014. Then, in order to make it procedurally...
  • 2:35pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the farm bill; Adopted: 68-32
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.  The time until 12:30pm will be equally divided...
  • Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; Invoked: 72-22 Legislative Items Passed S.376, the Drought Information Act of 2013 with a committee-reported substitute amendment and a...
  • Cloture was invoked on the conference report to accompany the Farm bill by a vote of 72-22. The Senate is now considering the conference report, post-cloture. There will be no further roll call votes tonight.
  • 5:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; Invoked: 72-22
  • During his opening remarks today, Senator Reid moved to proceed to S.1950, Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014. The Senate is now considering the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act...
  • The Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm on Monday, February 3, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. The time until 5:30pm will be equally divided and...
  • Roll Call Votes 1)     Toomey amendment #2707, as modified (substitute) to S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act; Not Agreed To: 34-65 2)     Coburn amendment #2697 (NARAB alternative); Not Agreed To: 24-75 3)     Heller amendment #2700 (state authority-private flood insurance);...
  • The Senate is considering the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Farm bill. There will be no further roll call votes this week.
  • Senator Reid filed cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.2642, the Farm bill. By consent, the cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm, Monday, February 3rd. If cloture is invoked, there will be 20 minutes remaining post-cloture at 2:15pm, Tuesday, February 4th, with the time equally divided...