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The Senate has reached an agreement on amendments to S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act.  The details of the agreement are below. Following morning business on Wednesday, January 29th, all post-cloture time on the motion to proceed to S.1926 will be yielded back and the Senate...

The Senate has passed Calendar #230, S.1302, Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act, as amended by the Harkin-Roberts substitute amendment #2701. By consent, if the Senate receives a bill from the House of Representatives that is identical to the text of S.1302, as passed by...

No Roll Call Votes Legislative Items Passed S.1302, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act with a Committee-reported substitute amendment and a Harkin-Roberts substitute amendment.  Additionally, if the Senate receives a bill from the House that is identical to the text...

Wrap Up for Monday, January 27, 2014 Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1926, Flood Insurance.   Additional Legislative items Passed S.1901, a bill to authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy agreement with the Republic of Korea...

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, post-cloture. The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the...

Cloture was invoked on the motion to proceed to the Flood Insurance bill, S.1846, by a vote of 86-13. There will now be up to 30 hours for debate on the motion to proceed. We will continue to work on an agreement to consider amendments to the bill. There will be no further roll call votes tonight.

5:39pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014; Invoked: 86-13

The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, January 27, 2014.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act. At 5:30pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the...

The Senate will meet on the following days at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted: -        Friday, January 17th at 11:15am; -        Tuesday, January 21st at 10:30am; and -        Friday, January 24th at 9:30am.

Roll Call Votes 1)     Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014; Invoked: 72-26 2)     Motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014; Agreed to:...

Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1926, Flood Insurance. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, January 27th.

5:54pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (passage of the Omnibus Appropriations bill); Agreed to: 72-26

5:27pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.3547, the Omnibus Appropriations bill; Invoked: 72-26 The next vote will be on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate...

Senator Cruz asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and adopt the following amendments to the House Message on H.R.3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Omnibus)): -       Cruz amendment #2685 (prohibit funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so long as the Act is...

The Senate has reached an agreement to vote on cloture and passage of the Omnibus appropriations bill beginning at 5:30pm tonight. Under the agreement, the time until 4:45pm will be equally divided between Senators Reed (RI) and Durbin. The Republicans will control the time from 4:45pm until...

After the Senate convened this morning, Senator Reid moved to proceed to the consideration of S.1926, Flood Insurance. Negotiations continue on an agreement to consider the Flood Insurance bill. Upon completion of the Leaders' remarks, the Senate resumed consideration of the House Message to...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Thursday, January 16, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the House message to accompany H.R.3547, the legislative vehicle for the omnibus appropriations bill. During Wednesday's session of the Senate, cloture was...

Roll Call Votes 1)      Passage of H.J.Res.106, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes (3-day continuing resolution); Passed: 86-14 Legislative items Began the Rule 14 process of S.1931, the Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act....

This evening, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.3547 and filled the amendment tree. The filing deadline for first degree amendments to the message to accompany H.R.3547 is 1:00pm on Thursday. Under the rule, the cloture vote would occur Friday...

The Senate is back in session.