On the Amendment S.Amdt. 600: Sessions Amdt. No. 600; To strike the provision relating to the calculation of the 60-day period for application of patent term extension.
Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 599: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 599 as Modified; To amend the provision relating to funding the Patent and Trademark Office by establishing a United States Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund, and for other purposes.
Result: Agreed to (50-48, 2...
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 595: Cantwell Amdt. No. 595; To establish a transitional program for covered business method patents.
Result: Rejected (13-85-1, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 600: Sessions Amdt. No. 600; To strike the provision relating to the calculation of the 60-day period for application of patent term extension.
Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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At approximately 4:00pm, there will be 4 roll call votes in relation to the following in the following order:
Sessions #600 (strike Section 37 regarding patent term extensions)
Cantwell #595 (transitional program for covered business method patents)
Coburn #599 (PTO public enterprise fund)...
The Senate has entered into a unanimous consent agreement providing for up to 4 roll call votes at approximately 4:00pm during Thursday's session of the Senate including passage of H.R.1249, the America Invents Act, as amended, if amended and an additional roll call vote following the Joint Session...
On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1249; A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Result: Agreed to (93-5, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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5:36pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of Bernice Bouie Donald to be United States Circuit Judge for the 6th Circuit; Confirmed: 96-0
On the Nomination: Confirmation Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
Result: Confirmed (96-2, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1249; A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.
Result: Agreed to (93-5, 2 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Nomination: Confirmation Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
Result: Confirmed (96-2, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)
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At approximately 5:30pm today, the Senate will conduct two roll call votes on the following:
- Confirmation of Calendar #109, the nomination of Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be US Circuit Judge for the 6th Circuit
- Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to...
12:16pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Reid motion to concur in the House message to accompany S.365, the debt limit compromise (60-vote threshold); Agreed to: 74-26
On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 365; An act to provide for budget control.
Result: Agreed to (74-26, 3/5 threshold)
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On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 365; An act to provide for budget control.
Result: Agreed to (74-26, 3/5 threshold)
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At noon today, the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on the Reid motion concur in the House message to accompany S.365, the legislative vehicle for the debt limit compromise with a 60-vote threshold.
The Senate has reached a unanimous consent agreement to conduct a roll call vote at 12:00pm on Tuesday, August 2nd on the Reid motion to concur in the House message to accompany S.365, the legislative vehicle for the debt limit increase with a 60-vote threshold.
The details of the agreement are...