Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Wilbur Ross to be Secretary of Commerce; confirmed: 72-27.
Motion to invoke cloture on Ryan Zinke to be Secretary of Interior; invoked: 67-31-1.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.69, celebrating Black History Month.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Mick Mulvaney to be Director of OMB; confirmed: 51-49.
Motion to invoke cloture on Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of EPA; invoked: 54-46.
Motion to extend debate on the Pruitt nomination; not agreed to 47-51.
Confirmation of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of EPA;...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.40 (NICS - CRA); passed: 57-43.
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Mick Mulvaney to be Director, OMB; invoked: 52-48.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Linda McMahon to be Administrator, Small Business Administration; confirmed: 81-19.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #5, H.R.255, to authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.
Passed by voice vote Calendar #6,...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury; confirmed: 53-47.
Confirmation of David Shulkin to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs; confirmed: 100-0.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
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Legislative Business
Discharged Commerce of H.R.590 and referred to EPW.
Adopted S.Res.44, designating February 6 through 10, 2017, as "National School Counseling Week".
Adopted S.Res.45, designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; confirmed: 52-47.
Motion to invoke cloture on Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury; invoked: 53-46.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.57, Majority Committee Membership (adding Senator...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 91-4.
Confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education; confirmed: 51-50, with the vice president having voted in the affirmative.
Motion to invoke cloture on Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; invoked:...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.41, SEC Resource Extraction Resolution of Disapproval; adopted: 52-47.
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education; invoked: 52-48.
Legislative Business
Passed S.305: to amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.38 (Stream Protection Rule Resolution of Disapproval); agreed to: 54-45.
Motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; agreed to: 53-45.
Motion to proceed to Legislative Session; agreed to: 51-47.
Motion to proceed to...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State; confirmed: 56-43.
Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote on confirmation of the Tillerson nomination; agreed to: 55-43.
Motion to proceed to Legislative Session; agreed to: 53-44.
Shall the Journal stand approved to...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State; invoked: 56-43.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Nikki Haley to be UN Ambassador; confirmed: 96-4.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.26, National School Choice Week.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Mike Pompeo, to be Director of the CIA; confirmed: 66-32.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.19, denouncing the deadly attack at Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport, honoring the lives of the victims, offering condolences to their families, friends, and...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense; confirmed: 98-1.
Confirmation of John Kelly to be Secretary of Homeland Security; confirmed: 88-11.
Motion to proceed to the consideration of Mike Pompeo to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; agreed to:...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of S.84, appointment exception for Secretary of Defense; passed: 81-17.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.14, commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Motion to waive the budget act re: Nelson #13; not agreed to 47-51
Motion to waive the budget act re: King #60; not agreed to 48-50
Motion to waive the budget act re: Barrasso #173; not agreed to 51-47
Motion to waive the budget act re: Manchin-Tester-Heitkamp #64; not agreed to...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to waive the budget act re: Flake amendment #52 (side by side to Sanders); not agreed to: 31-67.
Motion to waive the budget act re: Sanders amendment #19 (no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid); not agreed to: 49-49.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business