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At 4:30pm on Monday, May 7, 2012, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following items: -          Executive Calendar #508 Jacqueline H. Nguyen, of CA, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit -          Executive Calendar #568 Kristine Gerhard Baker, of AR, to...

Following the vote on passage of VAWA (tally), Senator Reid moved to proceed to S.2343, The Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012, and filed cloture on the motion. The cloture vote will occur at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 8th.

There will be no further roll call votes this week.

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider S.1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012. There will now be 1 hour for debate equally divided prior to a series of votes in relation to 3 amendments and passage of the bill. If all time is used, at approximately 3:25pm today, the...

The Senate has resumed consideration of S.1925, VAWA, for debate only until 2:30pm with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of David Campos Guaderrama, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, by a voice vote.

At 11:30am tomorrow, Thursday, April 26, the Senate will turn to Executive Session with 30 minutes for debate equally divided prior to a series of 2 roll call votes on confirmation of the following nominations: -          Cal. #509 Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States District Judge...

The Senate has adopted the motion to proceed to S.1925, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, with debate only for the remainder of the night and until 11:30am tomorrow.

The following amendments are pending to S.1789, the Postal Reform bill: Lieberman-Collins amendment #2000, as modified (substitute) The following amendments to S.1789 have been considered: Reid amendment #2013 (date change); withdrawn Reid amendment #2014 (date change) to amendment #2013;...

Senator Paul asked unanimous consent to call up amendment #2023 (prohibit foreign assistance to Egypt) . Senator Lieberman objected.

At 2pm the Senate will resume voting on the remaining amendments to S.1789, Postal Reform, and on passage of the bill. At this point, we expect there will be up to 9 roll call votes. While each amendment is subject to a vote, the ones denoted with an asterisk represent the most likely targets for a...

This morning the Senate executed the previous order to send the Transportation bill to conference and appointed the senators listed below as conferees. H.R.4348, as amended with the text of S.1813 as passed by the Senate, is the vehicle for the conference. Boxer Baucus Rockefeller Durbin Johnson...

The Senate has reached an agreement that upon disposition of S.1789, the Postal Reform bill, but no earlier than Wednesday, September 25, the Senate will adopt the motion to proceed to S.1925, a bill to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

The Senate has reached the following agreement on S.1789, the Postal Reform bill. The cloture motions with respect to the Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment and the bill were vitiated. The motion to recommit was withdrawn. The pending amendments #2013 and #2015 were withdrawn. The following...

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider S.J.Res.36, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures. There will be 4 hours for debate on the joint resolution of disapproval equally divided and controlled...

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider Executive Calendar #528, the nomination of Brian Wimes, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. At 5:00pm on Monday, April 23, there will be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual...

As we continue to work on an agreement for a finite list of amendments to S.1789, the Postal Reform bill, the cloture votes on the Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment #2000, as amended and on the underlying bill have been postponed until a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in...

The filing deadline for 2nd degree amendments to the Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment #2000, as modified and to S.1789, the Postal Reform bill is 11:00am on Thursday. If your Senator has a germane 2nd degree amendment and would like to preserve his or her ability to offer, please send a signed...

At 2:15pm, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment #2000, as modified.  If cloture is not invoked, there will be a 2nd roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.1789, the Postal Reform bill. We continue to work on an...