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The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, July 8, 2013. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive...

PRO-FORMA SCHEDULE If the Senate does not receive a message from the House that it has adopted S.Con.Res.19, the adjournment resolution, the Senate will meet for pro-forma sessions only on the following dates at the following times with no business conducted: -          Friday, June 28th at...

ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #179, the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation; Confirmed: 100-0 2)      Committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended to S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and...

On Monday, July 8, 2013, at 5:00 pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination of Executive Calendar #90, the nomination of Gregory Alan Phillips, of Wyoming, to be United Sates Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. There will be up to 30 minutes for debate equally...

At 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 nomination of Executive Calendar #186 Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General. There will be one hour for debate...

At 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 nomination of Executive Calendar #97 Jennifer A. Dorsey, of Nevada, to be United States District for the District of Nevada. There will be 30...

The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The next vote is expected to begin at approximately 5:30pm on Monday, July 8.

Senator Reed (RI) asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass S.1238, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, the text of which is at the Desk. Senator McConnell objected. Senator McConnell then asked consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of a bill introduced earlier today by...

4:11pm The Senate began a roll call vote on passage of S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Passed: 68-32

Cloture on S.744, as amended, if amended, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill, was invoked 68-32. At 4pm the Senate will proceed to vote on passage of S.744, as amended, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. Senators are asked to vote from their desks. The time until 4pm will be equally...

12:20 The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.744, as amended, if amended, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (60-vote threshold); Invoked: 68-0

12:04pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on adoption of the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended to S.744 (majority vote threshold); Agreed To: 68-32

The following pending amendments fell on points of order: -       Reed #1224 -       Cruz #1320 -       Boxer #1240

The following amendment are pending to S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act: Boxer amendment #1240 (National Guard/Coast Guard training) Cruz amendment #1320 (border security) Reed amendment #1224 (merit-based immigrant visa applicants) The following...

11:36am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Confirmation of Executive Calendar #179, the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation; Confirmed: 100-0

Senator Leahy asked unanimous consent the following amendments be called up, en bloc; that the clerks be authorized to modify the instruction lines, where necessary, to match the intended page and line numbers of the committee-reported substitute, as amended; and the Senate then proceed to vote on...

At 11:30am there will be 3 roll call votes on the following items: -          Confirmation of Executive Calendar #179, the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation (majority vote threshold); -          Adoption of the committee-reported substitute...

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013 The Senate stands in adjournment until 9:30am on Thursday, June 27, 2013, as a further mark of respect of the late Senator Hathaway of Maine.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity,...

WRAP  UP FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013 ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Leahy motion to waive applicable points of order with respect to S.744; Waived: 68-30 2)      Leahy amendment #1183, as modified (with the Corker-Hoeven language regarding border security); Agreed to: 69-29 3)      Motion to invoke...

There will be a series of 3 roll call votes at 11:30am tomorrow: -          Confirmation of Executive Calendar #179, the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation. -          Adoption of committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, to S.744;...