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  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 215: Rockefeller Amdt. No. 215; To suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 286: Inouye Amdt. No. 286; To provide for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit recommended rescissions in accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for Government programs and agencies with duplicative and...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 277: Stabenow Amdt. No. 277; To suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental Protection Agency enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt American agriculture from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase the number of companies eligible to participate in the...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 281: Coburn Amdt. No. 281; To save at least $20 million annually by ending federal unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires. Result: Agreed to (100-0, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 183: McConnell Amdt. No. 183; To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. Result:...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 236: Baucus Amdt. No. 236; To prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gases from certain sources. Result: Rejected (7-93, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 215: Rockefeller Amdt. No. 215; To suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 277: Stabenow Amdt. No. 277; To suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental Protection Agency enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt American agriculture from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase the number of companies eligible to participate in the...
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 236: Baucus Amdt. No. 236; To prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gases from certain sources. Result: Rejected (7-93, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • Following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11am with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time until 10:40am equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the Majority controlling the...
  • Adopted S.Res.129, a resolution honoring the 29 coal miners who perished in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, on April 5, 2010, and remembering all those who have lost their lives while mining for the resources on which the United States relies. Adopted...
  • On the Motion to Table: Motion to Table Paul Motion to Commit S. 493, to Committee on Foreign Relations, with Instructions; A bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (90-10, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Motion to Table: Motion to Table Paul Motion to Commit S. 493, to Committee on Foreign Relations, with Instructions; A bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (90-10, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 4; A bill to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (87-12, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 284: Menendez Amdt. No. 284; To protect small businesses from health insurance premium increases or losses of health insurance coverage. Result: Rejected (41-58, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 4; A bill to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (87-12, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Amendment S.Amdt. 284: Menendez Amdt. No. 284; To protect small businesses from health insurance premium increases or losses of health insurance coverage. Result: Rejected (41-58, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • Following any Leader remarks, the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 11:00am 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 Republicans controlling the first half...
  • On the Nomination: Confirmation Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit Result: Confirmed (86-0, 14 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]
  • On the Nomination: Confirmation Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit Result: Confirmed (86-0, 14 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]