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Roll Call Vote at 12:00pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012 Floor Updates Votes
January 24, 2012 04:43 PMFollowing any Leader remarks on Thursday, January 26th, the Republican Leader, or his designee, will be recognized to move to proceed to the consideration of Calendar #294, H.J.Res.98, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit with the time until noon for debate on the motion to proceed, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees. At noon on Thursday, January 26th, the …
Senate Floor Schedule for Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Senate Schedule
January 24, 2012 09:00 AMConvenes: 10:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees, with the Majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the Republicans controlling the second 30 minutes. The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Monday, January 23, 2012 Wrap Up
January 23, 2012 06:57 PMROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of John M. Gerrard, of NE, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska; Confirmed: 74-16 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and passed H.R.3237, the SOAR Technical Corrections Act. Passed S.1134, the St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act with a Klobuchar-Johnson(WI)-Franken amendment. Adopted H.Con.Res.96, a concurrent resolution providing for a joint session of …
Roll Call Vote on Gerrard Nomination Votes
January 23, 2012 05:32 PM5:31pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of John Gerrard, of NE, to be United States District Judge for the District of …
Cloture on MTP to S.968 vitiated; Roll Call Vote at 5:30pm Votes Floor Updates
January 23, 2012 03:27 PMBy unanimous consent, the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to S.968, Protect IP Act, was vitiated. As a reminder, at 5:30pm today, Monday, January 23 the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of John Gerard, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, January 23, 2012 Senate Schedule
January 23, 2012 09:27 AMConvenes: 2pm Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 4:00pm 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 #438, John M. Gerrard, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska with up to 90 minutes of debate, 60 minutes equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley, or their designees and 30 …
Agreement on 2 month extension of Payroll Tax Floor Updates
December 23, 2011 09:49 AMDuring today's pro forma, the Senate entered an agreement to pass a bill providing for a 2 month extension of the reduced payroll tax, unemployment insurance, TANF, and the Medicare payment fix; agree to the request for a conference with respect to HR 3630; and authorize the Chair to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, all occurring if the House sends us a bill to extend reduced payroll tax and other provisions for a period of 2 months. The Senate stands adjourned until 12 noon on …
Senate Floor Schedule for Pro Formas and Monday, January 23, 2012 Senate Schedule
December 17, 2011 03:34 PMThe Senate will convene for pro forma sessions only, with no business conducted on the following dates and times: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 11:00am Friday, December 23, 2011 at 9:30am Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 12:00pm Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:00am Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 12:00pm, during which the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress will convene Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:00am Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 11:00am Friday, January 13, 2012 at 12:00pm Tuesday, January …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Saturday, December 17, 2011 Wrap Up
December 17, 2011 03:33 PMROLL CALL VOTES 1) Reid-McConnell substitute amendment #1465 (2-month extension of the payroll tax deduction, doc fix, and unemployment insurance) to H.R.3630; Agreed to: 89-10 2) Passage of H.R.3672, emergency disaster funding; Passed: 72-27 3) Adoption of H.Con.Res.94, a correcting resolution to provide offsets for the emergency disaster funding; Not Adopted: 43-56 4) Adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.2055, Omnibus Appropriations; Adopted: …
Senator McConnell objects to confirming nominations on the Executive Calendar Floor Updates
December 17, 2011 01:58 PMSenator Reid asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and confirm the following nominations on the Executive Calendar and Senator McConnell objected to the request. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT # 67 Philip E. Coyle, III, of California, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND #86 Ben S. Bernanke - United States Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC …
Cloture Filed on the Motion to Proceed to S.968, PROTECT IP Floor Updates
December 17, 2011 01:55 PMDuring Saturday's session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the Reid motion to proceed to Calendar #70, S.968, a bill to prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property and for other purposes. By unanimous consent, this roll call vote will be at 2:15pm on Tuesday, January 24, …
Republican Objection to S.1874, HUBZone Floor Updates
December 17, 2011 11:16 AMSenator Merkley asked unanimous consent the Banking Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.1874, the HUBZone Qualified Census Tract Act of 2011, and the bill be passed. Senator Kyl objected to Senator Merkley's request. The unofficial transcript of Senators Merkley, Snowe, Landrieu and Kyl's remarks is below. 11:00:51 NSP} (MR. MERKLEY) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT } MR. MERKLEY: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, BEFORE I …
No Further Roll Call Votes Floor Updates
December 17, 2011 11:15 AMThere will be no further roll call votes this year. The next roll call vote will be on Monday, January 23, …
Roll Call Vote on Adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.2055, Omnibus Appropriations Floor Updates Votes
December 17, 2011 10:44 AM10:44am The Senate began a roll call vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R.2055, Omnibus Appropriations; Adopted: …
Roll Call Vote on Adoption of H.Con.Res.94, offsets for emergency funding Votes
December 17, 2011 10:40 AM10:21am The Senate began a roll call vote on adoption of H.Con.Res.94, a correcting resolution to provide offsets for the emergency disaster funding; Not Adopted: …
Roll Call Vote on Passage of H.R.3672, Emergency Disaster Funding Votes
December 17, 2011 10:03 AM10:02am The Senate began a roll call vote on passage of H.R.3672, Emergency Disaster Funding; Passed: …
Roll Call Vote on the Reid-McConnell substitute amendment to H.R.3630 Votes
December 17, 2011 09:21 AM9:21am The Senate began a roll call vote on the Reid-McConnell substitute amendment #1465 (2-month extension of the payroll tax reduction) to H.R.3630, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act; Agreed to: …
Series of 4 roll call votes at 9am Floor Updates
December 17, 2011 08:39 AMAt approximately 9am, there will be a series of 4 roll call votes in relation to the following items: - Reid substitute amendment to H.R.3630, 2 month extension of the payroll tax reduction, doc fix, and unemployment insurance (60-vote threshold); ((up to 15 minutes for debate)) - Passage of H.R.3672, emergency disaster funding (60-vote threshold); - Adoption of H.Con.Res.94, a correcting resolution to provide offsets for the emergency disaster funding (60-vote …
Schedule for Saturday, December 17, 2011 Floor Updates
December 16, 2011 08:55 PMThe Senate will convene at 9am on Saturday, December 17. Following any Leader remarks, there will be a series of 4 roll call votes in relation to the following items: - Reid substitute amendment to H.R.3630, 2 month extension of the payroll tax reduction, doc fix, and unemployment insurance (60-vote threshold); ((up to 15 minutes for debate)) - Passage of H.R.3672, emergency disaster funding (60-vote threshold); - Adoption of H.Con.Res.94, a correcting …
Senate Floor Wrap up for Friday, December 16, 2011 Wrap Up
December 16, 2011 08:53 PMCompleted the Rule 14 process of H.R.3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. Passed S.2009, the Insular Areas Act of 2011 Passed H.J.Res.94, 1 day …
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