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Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, November 7, 2011 Senate Schedule
November 07, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 2:00pm Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.674, the 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act with 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Baucus and Hatch or their designees. At approximately 5:30pm, the Senate will conduct a roll call …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, November 3, 2011 Wrap Up
November 03, 2011 06:43 PMROLL CALL VOTES 1) Reid motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act; Not Agreed to: 51-49 (60-vote threshold) 2) McConnell motion to proceed to S.1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act; Not Agreed to: 47-53 3) Confirmation of Scott Wesley Skavdahl, of WY, to be United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming; Confirmed: 96-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.818, an act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of …
Cloture Filed on the Motion to Proceed to H.R.674 Floor Updates
November 03, 2011 06:39 PMDuring Thursday's session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to Calendar #212, H.R.674, the 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act. By unanimous consent, the roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.674 will be at 5:30pm on Monday, November 7, …
Time Agreement on the Wallach Nomination Floor Updates
November 03, 2011 06:38 PMAt a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Calendar #405, the nomination of Evan Jonathan Wallach to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit. There will be 15 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley, or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the …
Time Agreement on Resolutions of Disapproval Floor Updates
November 03, 2011 06:37 PMThe Senate has reached an agreement with respect to the following resolutions of disapproval: S.J.Res.6, Net Neutrality/FCC (Paul) and S.J.Res.27, Cross Border Air Pollution/EPA (Hutchison). The details of the agreement are below. At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Republican Leader, or his designee, will be recognized to move to proceed to the consideration of S.J.Res.6, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by …
Last vote of the week Floor Updates Votes
November 03, 2011 03:50 PMThere will be no further roll call votes this week following the vote on the Skavdahl …
Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Skavdahl nomination Votes
November 03, 2011 03:46 PM3:42pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of Scott Wesley Skavdahl, of WY, to be United States District Judge for the District of …
Roll Call Vote on McConnell motion to proceed to S.1786 Votes
November 03, 2011 03:30 PM3:27pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the McConnell motion to proceed to S.1786, the Long-term Surface Transportation Extension Act. Not Agreed To: …
Roll Call Vote on Reid motion to proceed to S.1769 Votes
November 03, 2011 03:01 PM2:59pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Reid motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. Not Agreed To: …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00197 Votes
November 03, 2011 02:43 PMOn the Nomination: Scott Wesley Skavdahl, of Wyoming, to be U.S. District Judge Result: Confirmed (96-0, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00196 Votes
November 03, 2011 02:27 PMOn the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1786; A bill to facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty, providing for rational evaluation of regulations, providing flexibilities to States and localities, providing for infrastructure spending, and for other purposes. Result: Rejected (47-53, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click …
Up to 3 Roll Call Votes Expected at Approximately 3:00pm Floor Updates Votes
November 03, 2011 02:17 PMWe expect that in addition to the 2 previously scheduled votes at approximately 3pm, there will now be a 3rd roll call vote on the Skavadahl nomination. Therefore the series will be as follows: Reid motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act (60-vote threshold) McConnell motion to proceed to S.1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act (60-vote threshold)(if the first motion is unsuccessful) Confirmation of Scott Wesley Skavdahl, of WY, to be United States …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00195 Votes
November 03, 2011 01:59 PMOn the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1769; A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America. Result: Rejected (51-49, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click …
Up to 2 Roll Call Votes at Approximately 3:00pm Floor Updates Votes
November 03, 2011 10:10 AMAt approximately 3:00pm, the Senate will conduct up to 2 roll call votes. The first vote will be on the motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act (Klobuchar and others) with a 60-vote threshold. If that is unsuccessful, there will be a 2nd roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act (Hatch), also with a 60-vote threshold. We also expect to vote on a couple of judicial nominations during today's session. When those …
Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, November 3, 2011 Senate Schedule
November 03, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 10:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. The Republican Leader or his designee will be recognized to make a motion to proceed to S.1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 (Hatch). The motions to proceed to S.1769 and S.1786 will be debated concurrently with the time until 3:00pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Wrap Up
November 02, 2011 06:53 PMLEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed Calendar #130, S.271, Wallowa conveyance Passed Calendar #131, S.278, Arapaho-Roosevelt NF land exchange Passed Calendar #139, S.535, Leasing in Ft. Pulaski National Monument Passed Calendar #140, S.683, Mantua, Utah, conveyance Passed Calendar #141, S.684, Alta, Utah, conveyance Passed Calendar #142, S.808, Unitah Water Conservancy District contracts Passed Calendar #143, S.897, SMCRA payments to States Passed Calendar #145, S.997, East Bench Irrigation …
Agreement on Skavdahl and Andrews nominations Floor Updates
November 02, 2011 06:49 PMAt a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following: Cal #353 Scott Wesley Skavdahl - to be US District Judge for the District of Wyoming Cal #356 Richard G. Andrews - to be US District Judge for the District of Delaware with one hour of debate equally divided between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will …
Senate Floor Schedule for Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Senate Schedule
November 02, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 9:30am 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 resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. As a reminder to all Senators, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to S.1769 during Tuesday's …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Wrap Up
November 01, 2011 06:57 PMLEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.308, designating November 27, 2011 as "Drive Safer Sunday". EXECUTIVE ITEMS Confirmed the following: EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES #412 Patricia M. Loui - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2015 #414 Larry W. Walther - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, …
Cloture Filed on the Motion to Proceed to S.1769 Floor Updates
November 01, 2011 06:54 PMDuring Tuesday's session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. Unless an agreement is reached, this vote will occur Thursday …
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