On the Nomination: Confirmation Lisa Godbey Wood, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge
Result: Confirmed (97-0, 3 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Motion S.Amdt. 100: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 100; In the nature of a substitute.
Result: Agreed to (87-10, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Motion S.Amdt. 100: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 100; In the nature of a substitute.
Result: Agreed to (87-10, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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S.Res.21, a resolution recognizing the uncommon valor of Wesley Autrey of New York
S.Res.24, a resolution designating January 2007 as "National Stalking Awareness Week"
S.Res.29, a resolution relating to Martin Luther King and his work in nonviolence, his courage and dignity
On the Nomination: Confirmation Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General
Result: Confirmed (81-0, 19 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Nomination: Confirmation Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General
Result: Confirmed (81-0, 19 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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H.R.188, a bill to extend time that recipients of surcharges on sales under the Thomas Edison Commemorative Coin Act have to raise matching funds
S.Res.43, a resolution honoring the 150th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Academy of Music
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 205: Motion to Table, Kyl Amdt. No. 205; To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and for other purposes.
Result: Agreed to (50-42, 8 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 148: Sessions Amdt. No. 148; To prohibit employers who unlawfully employ aliens from receiving government contracts.
Result: Agreed to (94-0, 6 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 205: Motion to Table, Kyl Amdt. No. 205; To extend through December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and for other purposes.
Result: Agreed to (50-42, 8 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 148: Sessions Amdt. No. 148; To prohibit employers who unlawfully employ aliens from receiving government contracts.
Result: Agreed to (94-0, 6 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Motion S.Amdt. 113: Motion to Waive CBA, Smith Amdt. No. 113, As Amended; To make permanent certain education-related tax incentives.
Result: Rejected (43-50, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 206: Baucus Amdt. No. 206; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education more affordable and more accessible for American families and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in...
On the Motion S.Amdt. 113: Motion to Waive CBA, Smith Amdt. No. 113, As Amended; To make permanent certain education-related tax incentives.
Result: Rejected (43-50, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Motion S.Amdt. 119: Motion to Waive CBA, Bunning Amdt. No. 119; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.
Result: Rejected (42-51, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 206: Baucus Amdt. No. 206; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education more affordable and more accessible for American families and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in...