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The Senate stands in adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, October 30th.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #53, the nomination of Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense...

ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      McConnell motion to proceed to S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit; Not Agreed to: 45-54 2)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #344, the nomination of Richard F....

Senator Alexander asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass S.1590, A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges. Senator Harkin objected.

The Senate is in a period of morning business until 7pm, for debate only and with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At 5:06pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #344, the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board; Confirmed: 55-44 This will be the last vote of the day.

Cloture was invoked on the Griffin nomination (General Counsel of the NLRB) by a vote of 62-37. By consent, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination at 5:00pm today. 5:00pm vote: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #344, the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of...

2:39pm The Senate began a 15-minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #344, the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Invoked: 62-37

2:15pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit, as submitted under section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act. Not Agreed to: 45-54

During his opening remarks this morning, Senator McConnell moved to proceed to S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit, as submitted under section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act. Under the previous...

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, October 29, 2013.  Following any Leader remarks, the Republican Leader or his designee will be recognized to move to proceed to S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the...

Following any Leader remarks on Tuesday, October 29th, the Republican Leader, or his designee, will be recognized to move to proceed to Calendar #223, S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit. The time until...

No ROLL CALL VOTES LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.893, a bill to provide for an increase effective December 1, 2013, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and...

The cloture vote on the Griffin nomination to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has been postponed to occur tomorrow, Tuesday, October 29, at time to be determined by the Majority Leader, following consultation with the Republican Leader. The Senate is in a period of morning...

This afternoon Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations: -          Executive Calendar #53, Alan Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; -          Executive Calendar #307, Katherine Archuleta, of Colorado, to be Director of the Office...

The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, October 28, 2013.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until ­­­4:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive...

The Senate will meet for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted on the following dates and times unlessthe Senate receives a message from the House that the House has adopted S.Con.Res.24, the adjournment resolution. -          Thursday, October 17th at 12:15pm; -          Monday,...

The Senate has reconvened.

The Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the Chair.

This evening, Senator Reid filed cloture on Executive Calendar #344, the nomination of Richard Griffin, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, October 28.

ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act, as amended (Reid-Mikulski substitute amendment); Invoked: 83-16 2)      Passage of H.R.2775, as amended; Passed: 81-18 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.272, designating the week beginning October...