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On the Point of Order: Is The Constitutional Point of Order Well Taken?; A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. Result: Not Well Taken (36-62, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

The Senate will resume consideration of S.160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009. Senator McCain raised a constitutional point of order on the grounds that it violates Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution. Senator Reid filed cloture on S.160.

On the Nomination: Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor Result: Confirmed (80-17, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor Result: Confirmed (80-17, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. Result: Agreed to (62-34, 3 members not voting, 3/5...

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. Result: Agreed to (62-34, 3 members not voting, 3/5...

At 10am, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.160, the DC Voting Rights Act. At 11:15am, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. If cloture is invoked all post-cloture debate time...

S.Res.52, "Read Across America Day"

At 2:00pm Senator Johanns will deliver Washington's Farewell Address. Following the Address, the Senate will resume consideration of S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. There will be no roll call votes on Monday's session.

H.Con.Res.35, NAACP H.Con.Res.47, Adjournment Resolution

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; 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...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report; 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...

On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 204(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; 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...

On the Conference Report: Conference Report; 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...

Morning business until 5pm with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. The Senate will complete action on the conference report to accompany H.R.1, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

S.Res.38, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth. Exec Cal #17, Leon Panetta to be Director of the CIA S.234, Post Office naming in Springfield, IL S.Res.48, Oregon Statehood

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]