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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...

Roll Call and Voice Votes 1.           Wicker-Sinema Amdt #261 (Restaurants) - AGREED TO 90-102.           Scott SC Amdt #53 (Nursing Home Deaths) - NOT AGREED TO...

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.

2:35pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Wicker-Sinema amendment #261 (re: restaurants).Agreed to: 90-10.

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...

3:29pm the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.Con.Res.5, Budget resolution.Agreed to: 50-49.

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.

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,...

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

No Roll Call Votes No Legislative Business  No Executive Business

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Thursday, January 28, 2021. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 1:45pm, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on...