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On the Amendment: Risch Amdt. No. 4839; To amend the preamble to the Treaty to acknowledge the interrelationship between non-strategic and strategic offensive arms. Result: Rejected (32-60, 8 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation Raymond Joseph Lohier, Jr., of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge Result: Confirmed (92-0, 8 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment: Risch Amdt. No. 4839; To amend the preamble to the Treaty to acknowledge the interrelationship between non-strategic and strategic offensive arms. Result: Rejected (32-60, 8 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume Executive Session to consider the New START Treaty. There will then be 3 hours of debate with respect to the Risch amendment #4839 with the time divided as follows: one hour under the control of Senator Kerry or his designee and 2 hours under the...

Confirmed the nomination of Albert Diaz, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Confirmed the nomination of Edmond E-Min Chang, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois Confirmed Leslie Kobayashi, of Hawaii, to be...

On the Amendment: McCain Amdt. No. 4814 to Treaty Doc. 111-5; To amend the preamble to strike language regarding the interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms. Result: Rejected (37-59, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2965; A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (65-31, 4...

On the Amendment: McCain Amdt. No. 4814 to Treaty Doc. 111-5; To amend the preamble to strike language regarding the interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms. Result: Rejected (37-59, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2965; A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (65-31, 4...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Ellen Lipton Hollander, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge Result: Confirmed (95-0, 5 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2965; A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 5281; A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Ellen Lipton Hollander, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge Result: Confirmed (95-0, 5 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2965; A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 5281; A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or...

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume executive session to resume consideration of the New START Treaty. Following any Leader remarks in Executive session, the Senate will turn to Legislative session and be in a period of morning business until 10:30am with senators permitted to speak...

Passed S.1481, Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009. Passed H.R.4973, National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010. Passed H.R.5901, Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010 (with Baucus substitute and title amendments) Passed H.R.5116, COMPETE Act (with...

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the New START Treaty. The treaty will be open to amendments tomorrow. Senators are encouraged to come to the floor to offer and debate their amendments. Roll call votes are possible to occur throughout the day. As a reminder,...

Passed H.r.2142, the DPRA Modernization Act Passed S.3874, the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act. Passed H.R.5809, Safe Drug Disposal Act (with a Voinovich-Carper substitute amendment-Diesel Emissions Reduction and a title amendment). Passed S.4036, a bill to clarify the National Credit Union...

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will turn to Executive session and begin consideration of the New Start Treaty. Amendments are in order to the treaty and, as a result, roll call votes are possible throughout the day. Senators will be notified when any votes are scheduled. This evening...