Roll Call Votes
McConnell motion to instruct the Sergeant At Arms to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 79-14.
Adoption of McConnell for Kirk-Cantwell-Heitkamp amendment #2327 (Ex-Im reauthorization); adopted: 64-29.
Motion to invoke cloture on McConnell amendment #2266, as...
Wrap Up for Sunday, July 26, 2015
Roll Call Votes
Cloture on McConnell amendment #2328 (ACA repeal); not invoked: 49-43.
Cloture on Kirk amendment #2327 (Ex-Im reauthorization); invoked: 67-26.
Legislative Business
Voice vote on Cruz appeal of the chair: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the...
Roll Call Votes
Adoption of the motion to proceed to H.R.22, the legislative vehicle for the Highway bill; agreed to: 51-26.
Legislative Business
Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.1861, Prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood (Paul).
No Executive...
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Passed Cal. #114, H.R.23, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015.
Passed Cal. #149, H.R.2499, To amend the Small Business Act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs, and for other purposes with a...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.22, the legislative vehicle for the Highway bill, upon reconsideration; invoked: 62-36.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #151, S.1599, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015, with a committee-reported...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.22, the legislative vehicle for the Highway bill; not agreed to: 41-56.
Legislative Business
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.3038, Highway bill.
Adopted S.Res.227, condemning...
Roll Call Votes:
Cruz SA #2180 (state-determined assessment); not agreed to: 40-58
Sanders SA #2177 (youth jobs) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 43-55
Coons SA #2243 (American Dream accounts) (60-vote threshold); agreed to: 68-30
Burr SA #2247, as modified (formula); agreed to: 59-39
Brown SA...
Roll Call Votes:
Motion to invoke cloture on Alexander-Murray SA #2089 (substitute); agreed to: 86-12
Markey SA #2176 (climate) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 44-53
Heitkamp SA #2171 (mental health) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 58-39
Kirk SA #2161 (resource equity) (60-vote threshold);...
Roll Call Votes:
Scott SA #2132 (Title I portability) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 45-51
Booker SA #2169 (foster care); agreed to: 56-40
Isakson SA #2194 (parental rights); agreed to: 97-0
Lee SA #2162 (opt-out of assessments); not agreed to: 32-64
Franken SA #2093 (student...
Wrap-up for Monday, July 13, 2015
Roll Call Votes:
Hatch SA #2080 (student privacy policy); Agreed to 89-0
Legislative Business:
Kaine SA #2118 (post-secondary remediation) was agreed to by voice vote
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes:
Daines SA #2110 (Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act); not agreed to: 44-54
Brown SA #2099 (site source resource coordinator); agreed to: 98-0
Toomey SA #2094 as modified (background checks); agreed to: 98-0
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the McConnell Compound Motion to go...
Legislative Business:
Adopted S. Res. 200, A resolution wishing His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, a happy 80th birthday
Adopted S. Res. 218, congratulating the United States Women's National Team for winning the 2015 FIFA World Cup.
Passed Cal. 128- H.R. 728- To designate the facility of the...
Legislative Business:
Passed by unanimous consent S.286, Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2015.
Executive Business:
Confirmed Executive Calendar #81, the nomination of Kara Farnandez Stoll, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; 95-0
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.893, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.
Passed Calendar #78, S.230, a bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health...
Roll Call Votes
Adoption of the motion to concur with respect to H.R.2146 (TPA); agreed to: 60-38.
Cloture on motion to concur with respect to H.R.1295 (AGOA/Preferences) with an amendment (TAA); invoked: 76-22.
Legislative Business
Agreed to the following motions by voice vote:
Adoption of the...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2146, Trade Promotion Authority; Invoked: 60-37.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.209, Ulysses S. Grant.
Adopted S.Res.210, Wyoming 125th Anniversary.
Completed the Rule 14...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #156, Peter V. Neffenger, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Confirmed: 81-1.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.91, Veterans I.D. Card Act, with Blumenthal substitute amendment.
Began the Rule 14 process to place on the...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.R.1735, NDAA, as amended; passed: 71-25.
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to R.2685, Department of Defense Appropriations; not invoked: 50-45.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #98, S.808: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.1735, NDAA, as amended; invoked: 84-14.
Legislative Business
The Senate agreed to the following pending amendments by voice vote:
Hatch-Inhofe-Mikulski SA #1911, as further modified;
McCain SA #1456; and
McCain substitute amendment #1463, as...
Roll Call Votes
McCain-Feinstein amendment #1889; agreed to: 78-21.
Ernst-Boxer amendment #1549 (arming the Kurds)[60-vote threshold]; not agreed to: 54-45.
Gillibrand amendment #1578 (sexual assault in the military)[60-vote threshold]; not agreed to: 50-49.
Motion to invoke cloture on McCain...