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There will be no further roll call votes this week. Senators should expect the next roll call vote on Tuesday, March 20th prior to the weekly caucus meetings.

At 1:45pm today, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following nominations with 15 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees: -          Cal. #408, Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia, to be US District Judge for...

At 1:45pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the following nominations with 15 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley or their designees: Cal. #408, Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia, to be US District...

The previous order to proceed to Executive Session at 2pm has been vitiated. The Senate will be in  a period of morning business until 5pm, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each and the time equally divided.

By consent, the cloture motions on the judges were vitiated. As a result, we will not have any votes at 2:30pm today. Senator Reid intends to turn to H.R.3606, the IPO bill, next. Cloture was vitiated on the following nominations: Cal.#408, Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia; Cal.#441, David Nuffer,...

The following amendments have been considered to S.1813, the Surface Transportation Act: Johnson-Shelby #1515 (banking title); withdrawn Reid amendment #1633 (Banking, Finance and Commerce titles); withdrawn Reid amendment #1634 (date change); withdrawn Reid motion to commit with instructions (date...

The Senate is in a period of morning business for 1 hour. Following morning business (approx. 10:36am), we will resume consideration of S.1813, Surface Transportation, with the time until 11:30am equally divided. The only remaining first degree amendments in order to the transportation bill are the...

The managers' package was agreed to. The Shaheen amendment #1678 (small bus systems) was included in the managers package and will not require a roll call vote. There will be no further roll call votes tonight.

All votes after this vote will be 10 minutes in duration. There will be 2 minutes for debate prior to each subsequent vote. Senators are encouraged to remain on or near the floor during this series of votes.

This morning Senator Reid asked that immediately following disposition of H.R. 3606, an act to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies, the Senate proceed to Executive Session and votes on confirmation of the...

At 12:00pm today, there will be 2 roll call votes in relation to the following amendments to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill: - DeMint #1756 (State discretionary authority); - Bingaman #1759 (privatized highways) Following the vote in relation to the Bingaman amendment, the Senate will...

Today Senator Reid filed cloture on the following 17 Judicial nominations. Under the rule, the first vote would occur 1 hour after the Senate convenes on Wednesday, March 14. Cal.#408, Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia; Cal.#441, David Nuffer, of Utah; Cal.#461, Michael Walter Fitzgerald, of...

There will be no roll call votes on Monday, March 12, 2012.

This is the last roll call vote of the day and week. We will resume voting in relation to the remaining amendments to the Transportation bill Tuesday, March 13.

- Vitter #1535 (OCS) (60-vote threshold); - Baucus #1825 (Rural Schools) (60-vote threshold) - Collins #1660 (Boiler MACT) (60-vote threshold); - Coburn #1738 (OMB/Duplicative Programs) (60-vote threshold); - Nelson(FL)-Shelby-Landrieu #1822 (RESTORE) (60-vote threshold); - Wyden #1817 (Keystone...

The Senate has reached an agreement in order to complete action on S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill.  The amendments listed below are the only amendments in order to the bill.  At a time to be determined on Thursday, March 8th, the Senate will vote on the amendments in the order listed. ...

At approximately 12:00pm today, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Reid amendment #1761 to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill. Additionally, there will be 2 roll call votes at approximately 2:15pm on confirmation of the following Executive Calendar...

The Senate is in a period of morning business until 2pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At approximately 11:30am, there will be a roll call vote in relation to the Blunt amendment #1520 (moral objections to health care services) to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill.

The Senate has resumed consideration of S.1813, the Surface Infrastructure bill. The Senate has reached an agreement that it be in order for the Blunt amendment #1520 (contraception) to be called up. Further, at a time to be determined on Thursday, March 1, the Senate will proceed to a vote in...