Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #21, Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney General; invoked: 66-34.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #21, Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney General; confirmed: 56-43.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.149,...
Roll Call Votes
Leahy SA #301 (substitute); not agreed to: 43-55.
Cornyn-Murray-Klobuchar SA #1124 (victims support without expanded Hyde); agreed to: 98-0.
Cornyn SA #1127 (side by side to Leahy #290); not agreed to: 45-53.
Leahy SA #290 (Reauthorize Homeless and Runaway Youth); not agreed to:...
Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.1035, extensions of authority under FISA (McConnell).
Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #24, George C. Hanks, Jr., of Texas, to be US District Judge for the Southern District of Texas; confirmed: 91-0.
Legislative Business
Agreed to H.Con.Res.34, Use of Emancipation Hall.
Adopted S.Res.141, supporting the goals and ideals of Take Our...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1, Russell Deyo, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Management, DHS; confirmed: 95-2.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.137, 70th anniversary of Roosevelt University.
Adopted S.Res.138, Providence College Men's Ice Hockey Team.
Adopted...
Roll Call Votes
Enzi motion to disagree in the House amendment, agree to the request by the House for a conference on S.Con.Res.11, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees; agreed to: 54-43
Brown MTI (too big to fail); agreed to: 86-11
Sanders MTI (postal service); agreed to:...
Roll Call Votes
Cornyn amendment #1114 (repeal individual mandate); not agreed to: 54-45.
Motion to waive re: Bennet amendment #1115 (extend CHIP); not waived: 50-50.
Lee amendment #1116 (motion to strike); not agreed to: 42-58.
Motion to waive re: Murray amendment #1117 (women's health); not...
Roll Call Votes
Executive Calendar #23, Alfred H. Bennett, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas; confirmed: 95-0.
Legislative Business
S.Res.131, designating April 5, 2015, as "Gold Star Wives Day".
S.Res.133, supporting the goals and ideals of National...
Roll Call Votes
Sanders amendment #881 (Minimum Wage); not agreed to: 48-52.
Stabenow amendment #523 (Bring Jobs Home); not agreed to 46-54.
Wyden amendment #1012 (Medicaid); not agreed to; 47-53.
Sanders motion to waive point of order with respect to Rubio amendment #423, as modified (Increase...
Roll Call Votes
Warren amendment #652 (student loan refinance); not agreed to: 46-53.
Stabenow amendment #755(WOTUS, side by side to Barrasso #347; agreed to: 99-0.
Barrasso amendment #347 (Waters Of The United States); agreed to: 59-40.
Sanders amendment #777 (Climate Change); not agreed to:...
Roll Call Votes
Sanders amendment #323 (infrastructure); not agreed to: 45-52.
Sanders amendment #386 [side by side to Portman] (protect Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts); agreed to: 94-3.
Portman-Bennet amendment #349 (medically complex children in Medicaid); agreed to: 96-0.
Sanders...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #19, William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be Federal Maritime Commissioner; Confirmed: 89-0.
Legislative Business
Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment to S.178; not invoked: 56-42.
Motion to invoke cloture on S.178; not invoked: 56-42.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.106, designating March 22, 2015, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment to S.178, upon reconsideration; not agreed to: 57-41.
Legislative Business
Began the rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.1191, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment to S.178; not invoked: 55-43.
Motion to invoke cloture on S.178; not invoked: 55-43.
Legislative Business
Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #17 Carlos Monje, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation; Confirmed: 94-0.
Legislative Business
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nomination by voice vote:
Executive Calendar #18, Manson K. Brown, of the District of...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #20, Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years; Confirmed: 97-0.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.85, honoring the life and legacy of Georgia Jones-Ayers.
Agreed to...
Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.93, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the courageous work and life of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, and calling for a swift and transparent investigation into his tragic murder in Moscow on February 27,...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #15, Daniel Henry Marti, of Virginia, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator; Confirmed: 92-0.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.1213, Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical Corrections Act of 2015
Executive...