4:03pm the Senate began a
10 minute roll call vote on Blunt #48 (re: prohibiting COVID funds for schools
that do not reopen after teachers are vaccinated).Not agreed to: 50-50.
3:13pm the Senate began a
15 minute roll call vote on Scott SC #53 (re: reducing funding to States that
have an active investigation into nursing homes for underreported deaths).Not agreed to: 50-50.
The
Senate stands adjourned until 1:00pm
on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Following
the prayer and pledge, the Senate will resume the impeachment trial of former
President Donald John Trump. Then, the Senate is expected to consider a trial
organizing resolution. If the Senate cannot adopt the...
Roll
Call Votes1.
Confirmation of Executive
Calendar #6, Denis Richard McDonough, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Veterans
Affairs; confirmed: 87-7. Legislative
BusinessAdopted
the following resolutions:S.Res.38,
establishing procedures for access to the floor of the Senate and the...
The
Senate stands adjourned until 3:00pm
on Monday, February 8, 2021. Following
Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed
to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #6, Denis Richard
McDonough, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. At 5:30pm,
the Senate will vote on...
3:37pm the Senate began a
15 minute roll call vote on Rubio #69 (re: preventing tax increases on small
businesses during a Federal declared public health emergency).Agreed to: 100-0.
The
Senate stands adjourned until 10:00
a.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Following
Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Calendar #4,
S.Con.Res.5, the budget resolution. The time from 2:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.
will be equally divided between Senators Sanders and Graham, and...
No Roll
Call Votes Legislative
BusinessAdopted
S.Res.27: relative to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress
(50-50). Adopted
S.Res.28: to constitute the majority party’s membership on certain committees
for the 117th Congress. Adopted
S.Res.29: that Sonceria Ann Berry, of Maryland,...
The
Senate stands adjourned until 9:00
a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Following
Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.Con.Res.5, with 31
hours remaining. Under the
law governing the Budget’s consideration, the Senate is in 50 hours for debate,
equally divided, on...
Roll
Call Votes1.
Confirmation of Executive
Calendar #5, Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of
Transportation; confirmed: 86-13.2.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #4, Alejandro Nicholas
Mayorkas, of the District of...
2:33pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of
Executive Calendar #4, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of
Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.Confirmed: 56-43.
12:00pm the Senate began a
15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #5, Peter Paul Montgomery
Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation.Confirmed: 86-13.
The
Senate stands adjourned until 10:30am
on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Following
Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #5, Peter Paul
Montgomery Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Transportation. The time
until 12:00 noon will be...
No Roll
Call Votes Legislative
BusinessAgreed to
H.Con.Res.10, permitting the remains of the late United States Capitol Police
Officer Brian D. Sicknick to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol. No
Executive Business
1:40pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on
Executive Calendar #4, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of
Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Invoked: 55-42.
Roll
Call Votes1.
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #4, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas,
of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security; invoked:
55-42. No
Legislative Business
No
additional Executive Business
The
Senate stands adjourned until 3:00pm
on Monday, February 1, 2021. Following
Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume
consideration of Executive Calendar #4, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the
District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security,...