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Executive Calendar #700, the nomination of Mathew H. Tueller, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, was confirmed by voice vote.

By consent, at 1:45pm today, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on Executive Calendar #573, John B. Owens, of CA, to be US Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit that and then, notwithstanding rule 22, the Senate will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to...

The Senate confirmed Executive Calendar #689 Maria Contreras-Sweet, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, by voice vote.

The Senate passed H.R.4152, as amended, if amended (Ukraine) by voice vote.

That Senate has reached an agreement to vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #689, the nomination of Maria Contreras-Sweet, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, following disposition of H.R.4152, Ukraine.

This evening Senator Reid filed cloture on Executive Calendar #573, the nomination of John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, He then filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #333, H.R.3979, which will be the legislative vehicle used for the...

There will be no further roll call votes during Wednesday's session of the Senate. The next votes are expected to occur around 12:15pm tomorrow.

By a voice vote, the Senate confirmed Executive Calendar #694 Joseph William Westphal - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Senator Vitter asked unanimous consent the Veterans Affairs' committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R.3521 and pass H.R.3521, Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013, as amended by a Vitter amendment (pay-for through price controls for...

Agreement on 4 district court judge nominations The Senate has reached an agreement that at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2014, the Senate proceed to Executive Session, and that notwithstanding Rule 22, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on Executive Calendar numbers 581, 582, 583, 584;  further,...

The Senate received H.R.4275, the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act. H.R.4275 is identical to the text of S.1302, an act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide cooperative and small employer charity...

The Senate received H.R.3771, the Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act from the House. H.R.3771 is identical to the text of S.1821, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (which was passed...

-          Calendar #581, Christopher Reid Cooper, of D.C., to be U.S. District Judge for D.C.; -          Calendar #582, M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri; -          Calendar #583, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be U.S....

On Thursday, March 13, Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, March 24.

Senator Reid asked unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the motion to proceed to S.2124, a bill to support sovereignty and democracy in Ukraine, be agreed to; that there be one hour of debate equally divided between...

The Senate passed H.R.3370, Flood Insurance, 72-22. The Senate passed S.2137 by voice vote. The Senate then confirmed the Kumar and Broas nominations. -        Exec. Cal. #647, Arun Madhavan Kumar, of CA, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign...

There will now be up to 45 minutes for debate prior to a vote on passage of H.R.3370, Flood Insurance, and S.2137, flood insurance for second homes (Lee). We expect some time may be yielded back and the vote could begin around 4:30pm. We expect a roll call vote on H.R.3370 and a voice vote on...

We are close to reaching an agreement on Flood Insurance that would result in 2 roll call votes this afternoon. Under the agreement, there would be up to 1 hour and 15 minutes (45 minutes for Republicans and 30 minutes for Majority) for debate, prior to a vote on passage of H.R.3370, Flood...

We are close to reaching an agreement to vote at 2:30pm on confirmation of Executive Calendar #686, the nomination of Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. Another message will be sent once the agreement has been entered.

The following amendments have been considered to S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization bill:: Enzi amendment #2812 (review of early learning and care programs); Agreed to: 98-0 Franken amendment #2822 (Indian tribes and tribal organizations; Agreed to: 93-6 Lee...