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Senator Paul asked unanimous consent that at a time to be determined tomorrow, Thursday, March 7, the Senate proceed to vote on adoption of a Senate resolution relating to the use of drones and that upon disposition of the resolution, the Senate turn to the Brennan nomination or are allowed to...

Senator Reid asked unanimous consent to proceed to the consideration of Executive Calendar #13, the nomination of John Brennan, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; that the cloture motion at the desk be reported; there be 90 minutes for debate on the nomination, with Senator Feinstein...

Cloture on Executive Calendar #13, the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, was not invoked 51-41. Senator Reid changed his vote to no and entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote. The Leaders are...

The Senate is in Executive Session debating Executive Calendar #13, the nomination of Caitlin Halligan, of New York to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia. As a reminder, yesterday Senator Reid filed cloture on the nomination. At this point, that vote is expected to occur...

Senator Reid filed cloture on Executive Calendar #13, the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Under the rule, the cloture vote would occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Wednesday, March, 6.

There will be no further roll call votes during Monday's session of the Senate.

On Tuesday, March 5th, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of Calendar #20, S.Res.64, a resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through...

At 5:00pm on Monday, March 4 the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Calendar #15 and #16. There will be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form prior to votes on confirmation of the nominations. At approximately 5:30pm, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the...

Cloture on the McConnell motion to proceed to S.16, a bill to provide for sequestration replacement (Inhofe bill), was not invoked by a roll call vote of 38-62. Cloture on the motion to proceed to S.388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 (Mikulski-Murray-Reid bill), was not invoked by...

Senator Hatch asked unanimous consent that following the two cloture votes today, it be in order for him to make a motion to commit S.388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013, to the Finance Committee, the text of which is at the desk, and the Senate proceed to vote immediately on the...

The Senate has reached an agreement that results in a series of 2 roll call votes at 2:30pm today. Under the agreement, it is in order for the Republican Leader to move to proceed to S.16. The time until 2:30 is equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. The 2:30pm roll call votes...

This morning Senator Ayotte asked unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the motion to proceed to her alternative sequester bill, which is at the desk. Senator Reid countered by asking that the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the Inhofe bill (S.16), the Ayotte-McCain-Graham bill, which is at...

Senator McConnell obtained consent that the Inhofe-Toomey bill at the desk be considered as the bill that qualifies for introduction under the previous order. He then moved to proceed to S.16, Sequester replacement, and filed cloture on the motion. The Senate then reached an agreement that results...

There will now be 10 minutes for debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the Lew nomination. If all times is used, the vote would begin at approximately 5:37pm.

The Senate has turned to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #26, the nomination of Jacob Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury. There will now be up to 8 hours for debate equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the...

This evening Senator Reid moved to proceed to Calendar #18, S.388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 and filed cloture on the motion. Senators should expect the cloture vote to occur on Thursday. The Senate also reached an agreement that the order with respect to the sequester...

The Senate is now in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no further roll call votes during today's session of the Senate.

Upon reconsideration, cloture on the Hagel nomination was invoked by a vote of 71-27. The Senate then reached an agreement to yield back remaining post-cloture debate time and at 4:30pm today vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be...

At 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Senate will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense, upon reconsideration. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, post-cloture debate...

The Senate reached an agreement that on either Monday, February 25th or Tuesday, February 26th, the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader each be permitted to introduce a bill to replace the sequester required under the Budget Control Act. Further, if a Leader introduces such legislation, his...