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5:30pm roll call vote postponed until 12:15pm Tuesday Votes Floor Updates
July 25, 2011 05:15 PMBy unanimous consent, the previous order with respect to the roll call vote scheduled for 5:30pm today has been vitiated and re-scheduled until 12:15pm on Tuesday. At 12:15pm on Tuesday, July 26th, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following nominations en bloc: - Calendar #83 Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to be US District Judge for the Southern District of New York and - Calendar #84 Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern Mariana …
roll call vote at approx 5:30pm; additional roll call votes possible Votes Floor Updates
July 25, 2011 02:08 PMAt 4:30pm today, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following nominations en bloc: - Calendar #83 Paul A. Engelmayer, of New York, to be US District Judge for the Southern District of New York and - Calendar #84 Ramona Villagomez Manglona, of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be District Judge for the Northern Mariana Islands for a term of ten years. With one hour for debate equally divided in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of …
Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, July 25, 2011 Senate Schedule
July 25, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 2:00pm The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, July 25, 2011. 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. At 3:40pm, the Senate will observe a moment of silence in memory of Officer Jacob J. Chesnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were killed 13 years ago defending this Capitol against an armed intruder. Following morning business, …
Objections to FAA extensions Floor Updates
July 22, 2011 03:12 PMPrior to adjournment on Friday, at the request of Senator Rockefeller, Senator Durbin asked unanimous consent that the Senate pass H.R.2553, the FAA extension with a Rockefeller-Hutchison substitute amendment (which is a clean extension of the program). Senator Hatch then objected to the request. Senator Hatch then asked unanimous consent the Senate pass H.R.2553 (as passed by the House which includes policy riders). Senator Durbin then objected to Senator Hatch's request on behalf of …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Friday, July 22, 2011 Wrap Up
July 22, 2011 02:53 PMAdopted S.Res.237, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of remembrance beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks committed against the United States on September 11, 2001. Passed S.300, the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2011, with committee-reported …
morning business; next roll call vote at approximately 5:30pm on Monday, July 25 Floor Updates
July 22, 2011 10:49 AMThe Senate is in a period of morning business until 2:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Senator Reid announced next roll call vote is expected at approximately 5:30pm on Monday, July 25, …
roll call vote on motion to table the motion to proceed to H.R.2560 Votes
July 22, 2011 10:05 AM10:05am The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to table on the motion to proceed to H.R.2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance Act; Tabled: …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00116 Votes
July 22, 2011 10:05 AMOn the Motion to Table: Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2560; A bill to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. Result: Agreed to (51-46, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click …
Roll call vote at approximately 10:00am Floor Updates Votes
July 22, 2011 09:09 AMAt 10:00am, Senator Reid will make a motion to table the motion to proceed to H.R.2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance Act. Therefore, Senators should expect a roll call vote at approximately …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00116 Votes
July 22, 2011 09:05 AMOn the Motion to Table: Motion to Table the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2560; A bill to cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. Result: Agreed to (51-46, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click …
Senate Floor Schedule for Friday, July 22, 2011 Senate Schedule
July 22, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 9:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance Act with the time until 10:00am equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At 10:00am, the Majority Leader will be recognized. At this time, Senator Reid is expected to make a motion to table the motion to proceed H.R.2560. Therefore, Senators should expect a roll call vote at approximately 10:00am. To …
Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, July 21, 2011 Wrap Up
July 21, 2011 08:16 PMPassed S.1103, a bill to extend the term of the incumbent Director of the FBI with a Coburn amendment and the committee-reported substitute amendment Discharged Veterans' Affairs and Passed H.R.1383, the Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 with a Murray amendment Discharged Judiciary and adopted S.Res.87, a resolution designating the year of 2012 as the "International Year of Cooperatives". Adopted S.Res.234, a resolution relative to the death of William F. Hildenbrand, Former Secretary …
roll call vote expected around 10:30am on Friday, July 22 Floor Updates Votes
July 21, 2011 05:38 PMAt this point, it is likely a roll call vote on the motion to table the motion to proceed to H.R.2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance Act will occur around 10:30am on Friday, July 22nd. However, this is subject to change. Once a vote is set, another message will be …
Senate passed S.1103 & entered into consent with respect to Mueller nomination Floor Updates
July 21, 2011 05:18 PMThe Senate has passed S.1103, a bill to extend the term of the incumbent Director of the FBI with a Coburn amendment, which is at the desk and the committee-reported substitute amendment by voice vote and entered into the following consent agreement with respect to the expected nomination of Robert Mueller. If Robert S. Mueller, III, is nominated to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the nomination will be placed directly on the Executive Calendar; and at a time to be …
Senator Reid announces plans to vote Friday, July 22 Votes Floor Updates
July 21, 2011 04:23 PMPlease note Senator Reid's remarks below. {16:16:44 NSP} (MR. REID) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT } MR. REID: I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WHO HAS ANY INTEREST IN THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION ON THE FLOOR TODAY THAT THIS IS THE TIME TO COME AND DEBATE IT TO THEIR HEART'S CONTENT. IF THEY WANT TO DEBATE IT LATE TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO DO IT LATE TONIGHT. IF THEY WANT TO DEBATE IT TOMORROW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO -- I THINK THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS ABOUT AS WEAK AND …
Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, July 21, 2011 Senate Schedule
July 21, 2011 09:00 AMConvenes: 9:30am Following Leader remarks, Senator Reid will to move to proceed to H.R.2560, the Cut, Cap and Balance Act. The time until 2:00pm will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the Republicans controlling the first 30 minutes and the Majority controlling the next 30 minutes. Senator Reid announced he intends to allow for a full debate on H.R.2560 over the next few …
morning business Floor Updates
July 20, 2011 05:52 PMThe Senate is in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes …
roll call vote on passage of H.R.2055 Votes
July 20, 2011 05:23 PM5:23pm The Senate began a roll call vote on passage of H.R.2055, the Military Construction Appropriations bill, as amended; Passed: …
Senate Roll Call Vote #00115 Votes
July 20, 2011 05:23 PMOn Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2055 as Amended; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (97-2, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click …
roll call vote on motion to table the Coburn amendment Votes
July 20, 2011 04:53 PM4:52pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to table the Coburn amendment #564 (Agent Orange); tabled: …
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