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On the Nomination: Confirmation Irene Cornelia Berger of West Virginia to be U.S. District Judge. Result: Confirmed (97-0, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation Irene Cornelia Berger of West Virginia to be U.S. District Judge. Result: Confirmed (97-0, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning business for 60 minutes. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the Majority will control final 30 minutes. Following morning business, debate the nomination of Irene Cornelia Berger, of West Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West...

Passed S.1929, a bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. Adoped S.Res.321, a resolution commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuría, Ignacio...

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. As previously announced, there will be no roll call votes during Monday's session of the Senate. During his opening statement this afternoon Senator Reid announced that in addition to considering the Unemployment...

Passed H.R.1209, Medal of HOnor Commemorative Coin Act Passed H.R. Res. 26, a joint resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths...

Morning Business for 1 hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The Majority will control the first half and the Republicans will control the final half. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.2647,...

Adopted S.Res.315, a resolution relative to the death of former Seantor Clifford Hansen. Adopted S.Res.112, designating February 8, 2010, as "Boy Scouts of America Day", in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the largest youth scouting organization in the United States. Adopted S.Res.318,...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1776; A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Roberto A. Lange, of South Dakota, to be U.S. District Judge Result: Confirmed (100-0, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1776; A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Roberto A. Lange, of South Dakota, to be U.S. District Judge Result: Confirmed (100-0, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning business for 2 hours with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business (approx. 11:50am), the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #469, Roberto A. Lange, of SD, to be US District Judge...

S.1818, the Morris K. Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National Envionmental Policy Amendments of 2009.

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2892; A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-19, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2892; A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-19, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]