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  • Convenes: 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...
  • Prior 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...
  • Adopted 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...
  • The 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, 2011.
  • 10:05am 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: 51-46
  • On 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 here]
  • At 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 10:00am.
  • On 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 here]
  • Convenes: 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...
  • Passed 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...
  • At 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 posted.
  • The 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...
  • Please 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...
  • Convenes: 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,...
  • The Senate is in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
  • 5:23pm The Senate began a roll call vote on passage of H.R.2055, the Military Construction Appropriations bill, as amended; Passed: 97-2
  • On 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:...
  • 4:52pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to table the Coburn amendment #564 (Agent Orange); tabled: 69-30
  • On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 564: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 564; To require evidence of causal relationships for presumptions by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents. Result: Agreed to (69-30, 1 member not...
  • The Senate has entered into a unanimous consent agreement with respect to H.R.2055, the Military Construction Appropriations bill.  As a result of this agreement, there will be up to 4 roll call votes at approximately 4:45pm in relation to the following: -          Ayotte amendment #575...