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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 26: Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 26; To provide a rule of construction. Result: Agreed to (53-43, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25: Hutchison Amendment No. 25; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Rejected (40-55, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25: Hutchison Amendment No. 25; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Rejected (40-55, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning Business for 1 hour, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the Majority will control the second 30 minutes. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

S.Res.18, Majority Organizing resolution S.Res.19, Minority Organizing resolution

On the Nomination: Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State Result: Confirmed (94-2, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State Result: Confirmed (94-2, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Executive Session and consider the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State. The Senate will recess from 12:45 until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons to meet. S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

The Senate confirmed the following Executive Nominations: Steven Chu, to be Secretary of Energy; Arne Duncan, to be Secretary of Education; Janet Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland Security; Peter Orszag, to be Director of OMB; Kenneth Salazar, to be Secretary of Interior; Eric Shinseki, to be...

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

S.Res.15, Griffin Bell; S.Res.16, National School Counseling Week; S.Res.17, Recognizing the pilot, crew and passengers of US Airways flight 1549 and the first responders that came to their aid.

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following Leader remarks, Senator Salazar will give his farewell speech. 11:00am swearing in of Senator-appointee Kaufman (DE)

S.Res.14, Staff Funding S.273, Regula Federal Office Building and Courthouse

On the Joint Resolution: S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Result: Rejected (42-52, 3 members not voting, 2 members voting live pair, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Joint Resolution: S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Result: Rejected (42-52, 3 members not voting, 2 members voting live pair, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of...

On Passage of the Bill: S.22 as Amended.; A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (73-21, 4...

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of...

On Passage of the Bill: S.22 as Amended.; A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (73-21, 4...

Morning Business until 12:00 o'clock 12:00 o'clock resume S.22, the Public Lands bill. The following amendments were agreed to in the Managers' package: Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #23 Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #24 At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on passage of S.J. Res....