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Morning Business until 3:00pm Floor Updates
February 15, 2012 12:31 PMThe Senate is in a period of morning business until 3:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes …
Roll Call Vote on Confirmation of the Jordan Nomination Votes
February 15, 2012 12:04 PM12:02pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of FL, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit; Confirmed: …
Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Senate Schedule
February 15, 2012 09:00 AMConvenes: 9:30am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 12:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leader or their designees with Republicans controlling the first 30 minutes and the Majority controlling the second 30 minutes. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the nomination of Adalberto Jose …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Wrap Up
February 14, 2012 06:19 PMNo ROLL CALL VOTES LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.373, recognizing February 14, 2012 as the Centennial of the State of Arizona. Adopted S.Res.374, supporting the mission and goals of 2012 National Crime Victims Rights Week. Adopted S.Res.375, celebrating the bicentennial of the City of Columbus, the capital city of the State of Ohio. Began the Rule 14 process of S.2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (Lieberman) No EXECUTIVE …
Senator Paul Objects to Confirming DOE nominations Floor Updates
February 14, 2012 04:30 PMDuring Tuesday's session of the Senate, Senator Bingaman asked unanimous consent to confirm the following Department of Energy nominations: - Calendar #493, Charles DeWitt McConnell to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy) - Calendar #494, David T. Danielson to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) - Calendar #495, LaDoris Guess Harris to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of …
Schedule for Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Senate Schedule
February 14, 2012 09:00 AMConvenes: 10:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for one hour with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the Adalberto Jordan nomination, post-cloture. The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus …
Senate floor wrap up for Monday, February 13, 2012 Wrap Up
February 13, 2012 07:25 PMROLL CALL VOTE 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit; Invoked: 89-5 LEGISTLATIVE ITEMS Passed HR 1162, Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection No EXECUTIVE …
No more votes tonight Floor Updates
February 13, 2012 06:47 PMThe Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. By consent, time during morning business and any adjournment or recess will count post cloture. There will be no further roll call votes …
Roll Call Vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Jordan nomination Votes
February 13, 2012 05:33 PM5:33pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of FL, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit; Invoked: …
5:30pm vote reminder Floor Updates
February 13, 2012 02:59 PMAt approximately 5:30pm today, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Adalberto Jordan, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, February 13, 2012 Senate Schedule
February 13, 2012 10:00 AMConvenes: 2:00pm Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in 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 Session to consider Calendar #437, the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit with one hour of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees . Upon the …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, February 9, 2012 Wrap Up
February 09, 2012 06:32 PMROLL CALL VOTES 1) Confirmation of Cathy Ann Bencivengo, of CA, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California; Confirmed: 90-6 2) Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill; Invoked: 85-11 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.371, designating the week of February 6 through 10, 2012, as "National School Counseling Week". Completed the Rule 14 process of S.2079, a bill to extend the pay limitation for …
Cloture Filed on the Jordan Nomination Floor Updates
February 09, 2012 06:31 PMDuring Thursday's session of the Senate, cloture was filed on Executive Calendar #437, the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit. By unanimous consent, the cloture vote on the Jordan nomination will occur at approximately 5:30pm on Monday, February …
Motion to proceed to S.1813 agreed to Floor Updates
February 09, 2012 04:32 PMAll post cloture time with respect to S.1813, the infrastructure bill, was yielded back and the motion to proceed was agreed to. By consent, the committee reported amendments were agreed to and the bill as amended will be considered as original text for the purpose of further amendment. Senator Reid then called up Johnson-Shelby amendment #1515 (Banking title) to the bill. The Senate then turned to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes …
No further roll call votes Floor Updates
February 09, 2012 02:29 PMThere will be no further roll call votes this …
Roll Call Vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture on Motion to Proceed to S.1813 Votes
February 09, 2012 02:26 PM2:25pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill; Invoked: …
Roll Call Vote on Bencivengo nomination Votes
February 09, 2012 02:01 PM2:00pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of Cathy Ann Bencivengo, of California, to be United States Judge for the Southern District of California; Confirmed: …
2 roll call votes at 2pm--CA judge and cloture vote Floor Updates
February 09, 2012 12:35 PMThe Senate has reached an agreement that results in 2 roll call votes at 2pm. Per the agreement at 1:30pm today, there will be 30 minutes for debate on the nomination of Cathy Ann Bencivengo, of California, to be US District Judge for the Southern District of California. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination. Upon disposition of the nomination, the Senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the cloture vote on the …
2pm cloture vote reminder Floor Updates
February 09, 2012 10:16 AMAt 2pm today, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other …
Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, February 9, 2012 Senate Schedule
February 09, 2012 09:00 AMConvenes: 9:30am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business 11:00am with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill. At approximately 2:00pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to …