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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]

Morning Business for 90 minutes, 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 second half. Following Morning Business, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the conference report to...

Passed S.1793, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment (with a Harkin amendment) Passed H.R.621, Girl Scouts USA CEntennial Commemorative Coin Act Adopted S. Res.314, National Character Counts Week

Morning Business until 5:30pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S.1776, the Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009, with the time until 5:30pm equally divided and controlled between the...

The Senate confirmed the following nominations: Brendan JOhnson--US Attorney- South Dakota Karen Loeffler--US Attorney-Alaska Steven O'Donnell--US Marshal-Rhode Island

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3183; A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (80-17, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3183; A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (80-17, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

Morning Business for 2 hours, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first hour and the Majority will control the final hour. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.3183,...

Passed S.692, a bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances Passed S.1694, a bill to allow for the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3183; A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-17, 4 members not voting,...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3183; A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Agreed to (79-17, 4 members not voting,...

Morning business for one hour with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.3183, the Energy & Water Appropriations bill with 20...

Adopted the House message to accompany H.R.1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform & Transparency Act S.1510, US Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act S.846, Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus S. Res.295, designating Octber 13, 2009 as "National Metastatic Breast...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute to H.R. 2847; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Rejected (56-38, 6...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute to H.R. 2847; A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. Result: Rejected (56-38, 6...

Morning Business until 3:00pm. 3:00pm, resume H.R.2847, Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations.

Pro Forma Session

Adopted S.Res.309 (Nevada Statehood) Adopted S. Res.310, National Day in Writing Confirmed the following nominations: Bartholomew Chilton to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Jill Sommers to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scott D. O'Malia to...