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Senator Vitter asked unanimous consent the Veterans Affairs' committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R.3521 and pass H.R.3521, Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013, as amended by a Vitter amendment (pay-for through price controls for...

At 12:09pm, the Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #584 Edward G. Smith - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Invoked: 75-23

At 11:48am , the Senate began a 10-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #583 Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Invoked: 56-43

11:30am The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #582 M. Douglas Harpool - to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. Invoked: 56-43

11:02am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #581, Christopher Reid Cooper, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. The remaining votes in this series will be 10 minute votes; Invoked: 56-43

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:00am with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate...

No Roll Call Votes Legislative items Passed H.R.3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act. Passed H.R.4275, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act. Adopted S.Res.396, designating March 25, 2014, as "National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day". Adopted S.Res.397,...

Agreement on 4 district court judge nominations The Senate has reached an agreement that at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the Senate proceed to Executive Session, and that notwithstanding Rule 22, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on Executive Calendar numbers 581, 582, 583, 584;  further,...

The Senate received H.R.4275, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act. H.R.4275 is identical to the text of S.1302, an act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide cooperative and small employer charity...

The Senate received H.R.3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act from the House. H.R.3771 is identical to the text of S.1821, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (which was passed...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for one hour with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume...

Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine; Invoked: 78-17 Legislative items Began the Rule 14 process of S.2149, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (Reed) in order to place the bills...

5:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine; Invoked: 78-17

The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, March 24, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2124, the Ukraine Act. At 5:30pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124. As a...

The Senate will meet on the following dates at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted: -        Friday, March 14th at 10:30am -        Tuesday, March 18th at 10:30am and -        Friday, March 21st at 9:00am.

Roll Call Votes 1)     Coburn amendment #2830, as modified (no credits for millionaires) to S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization Act; Agreed to: 100-0 2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #686, the nomination of Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia,...

-          Calendar #581, Christopher Reid Cooper, of D.C., to be U.S. District Judge for D.C.; -          Calendar #582, M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri; -          Calendar #583, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be U.S....

On Thursday, March 13, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, March 24.

Senator Reid asked unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine, be agreed to; that there be one hour of debate equally divided between...

The Senate passed H.R.3370, Flood Insurance, 72-22. The Senate passed S.2137 by voice vote. The Senate then confirmed the Kumar and Broas nominations. -        Exec. Cal. #647, Arun Madhavan Kumar, of CA, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign...