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The Senate is in a period of morning business until 6:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Senator Coburn will be recognized at 5:30pm for up to 30 minutes and Senator Boxer will be recognized following Senator Coburn for up to 20 minutes.

4:03pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of Robert Mueller to be Director of the FBI; confirmed: 100-0

On the Nomination: Confirmation Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Result: Confirmed (100-0, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Senator Rockefeller asked unanimous consent the Senate pass H.R.2533 with a Rockefeller-Hutchison amendment, which is at the desk and is a clean extension of the Federal Aviation Administration.  Senator Hatch objected to Senator Rockefeller's request. Senator Hatch then asked unanimous consent the...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Result: Confirmed (100-0, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

At 2:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to debate Calendar #276, Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations for up to two hours equally divided and controlled in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately...

By unanimous consent, the Senate confirmed Gary Locke, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China.

The Senate is in a period of morning business until 2:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Convenes: 9:30am The Senate will convene at 9:30am on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.  Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for one hour with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders...

Passed S.846 a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse. Discharged EPW and passed S.1406, a bill to designate the United States courthouse under construction at 510 19th Street,...

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...