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The Senate has reached an agreement to consider Executive Calendar #648 Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. On Monday, April 28, upon disposition of the Weil nomination, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation O'Regan nomination....

Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations: Executive Calendar #585 Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee; Executive Calendar #586 Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; Executive...

The Senate stands adjourned until 4:00pm on Friday, April 11, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit with the time until...

When the Senate convenes at 4pm tomorrow, we anticipate reaching an agreement to postpone tomorrow's votes until 5:30pm Monday, April 28th, notwithstanding cloture having been invoked on the Friedland nomination (9th Circuit). There will be no roll call votes during Friday's session of the...

Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Invoked: 56-41 2)     Reid motion to instruct the SAA to request the presence of absent Senators; Agreed to: 55-37 Legislative...

This afternoon, the Senate passed S.994, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, with a Carper substitute amendment and a Carper amendment to the substitute.

Senator Reid asked unanimous consent that at 4pm today, the Senate proceed to a series of 3 votes on the following Executive items: -          Confirmation Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; -          Cloture on Executive...

3:00pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the Reid motion to instruct the SAA to request the presence of absent senators. Senators are asked to report to the floor; Agreed To: 55-37

A procedural vote is expected to begin around 3pm. This will most likely be a motion to instruct the SAA to request the attendance of absent senators. The Senate is currently considering the Friedland nomination, post-cloture.

This afternoon, Senator Toomey asked unanimous consent the HELP committee be discharged from further consideration of S.1596 and the bill be read a third time and passed. S.1596 is a bill to require State educational agencies that receive funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of...

10:31am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Invoked: 56-41

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, April 10. Following any Leader remarks, the time until 10:30am will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At 10:30am, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar...

Wrap Up for Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Roll Call Vote 1)     Motion to proceed to S.2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex; Not Invoked: 53-44 2)     Executive Calendar #649, Wanda...

The Miller, Anthony, and Yohannes nominations were confirmed by voice votes. No further roll call votes are expected during today's session of the Senate.

3:58pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #507, Terrell McSweeny, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2010; Confirmed: 95-1

3:30pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #649, Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2017 (Reappointment); 75-21

This afternoon, Senator Landrieu asked unanimous consent the Veterans' Affairs committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R.3521, the Department of Veterans' Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013. Senator Lee, on Senator Coburn's behalf, objected to the request...

The Senate has reached an agreement that provides for up to 5 roll call votes at 3:30pm on confirmation of the following nominations. Each vote after the first vote will be 10 minutes in duration. There will be 2 minutes of debate between the votes. -          Executive Calendar #649, Wanda Felton,...

At 11:01am, the Senate began a 15-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other...

At 11:00am today, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.