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Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 11:30am until 1:00pm. At 11:30am there will be a ceremony honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda.

S. Res.35, University of Miami H.Con.Res.41, Joint Session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

On the Nomination: Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Result: Confirmed (93-4, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Result: Confirmed (93-4, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate is in Executive Session for the consideration of Calendar #14, William J. Lynn, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. There will now be up to 3 hours for debate prior to a vote. If all time is used at...

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 1 as Amended; A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for...

On the Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-37, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 1 as Amended; A bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for...

On the Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-37, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The following senators were appointed as conferees: Inouye, Baucus, Reid, Cochran, and Grassley. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no...

On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-36, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 570: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Agreed to (61-36, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

Resume consideration of H.R.1, the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. There will be a cloture vote on the Collins-Nelson (NE) amendment #570 at 5:30pm Monday, February 9.

Resume consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with no amendments or motions in order. The following amendments are pending to HR1: Collins-Nelson (NE) amendment #570 (Substitute)

On the Motion S.Amdt. 538: Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538; To replace all spending and tax provisions with a direct rebate to all Americans filing a tax return. Result: Rejected (35-61, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 531: Bunning Amdt. No. 531; To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the 5-year carry back of general business credits. Result: Rejected (41-55, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 107: Vitter Amdt. No. 107; Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Result: Rejected (45-51, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion S.Amdt. 538: Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538; To replace all spending and tax provisions with a direct rebate to all Americans filing a tax return. Result: Rejected (35-61, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion S.Amdt. 274: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 274; To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives for energy property. Result: Agreed to (80-16, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297: Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase. Result: Rejected (47-49, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]