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  • The Senate is in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  • 12:17pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Paul Engelmayer to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 98-0
  • On the Nomination: Confirmation Paul A. Engelmayer of New York, to be United States District Judge Result: Confirmed (98-0, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Nomination: Confirmation Paul A. Engelmayer of New York, to be United States District Judge Result: Confirmed (98-0, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • At approximately 12:15pm, the Senate will be in Executive Session to consider the nominations of Paul Engelmayer to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York and Ramona Manglona to be Judge for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands with 2 minutes of...
  • Convenes: 10:00am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:15pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the Majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the Republicans controlling the second 30 minutes. Following...
  • By 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: -         ...
  • At 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...
  • 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...