Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #131, Matthew McGuire, to be US Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; confirmed: 62-24.
Legislative Business
Passed S.565, Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act.
Adopted S.Res.201, Juneteenth...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Burr amendment #1569, as modified (cyber security and background checks); not invoked: 56-40.
Legislative Business
Passed S.1568, Colorado VA
Passed H.R.615, Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act
Agreed to H.Con.Res.54, Pocket...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to table the Kirk-Ayotte amendment #1986 (Ex-Im); not agreed to: 31-65.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #100, S.253, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
Adopted S.Res.198, Second Founding.
Executive Business
Confirmed the following...
Roll Call Votes
Reed amendment #1521 (OCO funding levels); not agreed to: 46-51.
Legislative Business
Agreed to the following amendments by unanimous consent:
Hoeven SA #1485 (nuclear force improvement)
Heller SA #1510 (electronic health records)
Rounds SA #1520 (cyber attacks)
Wicker SA #1538 (US...
Roll Call Votes
Portman SA #1522 (Stryker Lethality Upgrades); agreed to: 61-34.
Shaheen SA #1494 (spousal definition for VA benefits); not agreed to: 53-42.
Tillis SA #1506 (C-130 H aircraft); agreed to: 48-44.
Legislative Business
Agreed to the following amendments by voice vote:
Bennet SA...
Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Agreed to H.Con.Res.48, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
Adopted S.Res.87, a resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the rise of...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2048, USA Freedom Act; invoked: 83-14.
McConnell second degree SA #1451 (amicus); not agreed to: 42-56.
McConnell first degree to the substitute SA #1450 (12 month transition); not agreed to: 44-54.
McConnell SA #1449 (substitute); not agreed to:...
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Passed S.184, Native American Children's Safety Act.
Passed S.246, AIyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (with committee substitute).
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R.2048, USA Freedom Act, upon reconsideration; invoked: 77-17.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.188, Craft Beer Week
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations by unanimous consent:
Executive...
Roll Call Votes
Hatch-Wyden #1411to #1299, as modified (currency); Agreed to 70-29
Portman-Stabenow SA #1299(currency manipulation); Not agreed to 48-51
Warren SA #1327(investor state dispute); Not agreed to 39-60
Brown SA #1251(docking); Not agreed to 47-52
Flake SA #1243(strike TAA); Not agreed...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Hatch amendment #1221(substitute); invoked: 62-38.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #25, Jill Parish, of Utah, to be U.S. District Judge for the Utah; confirmed: 100-0.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #26, Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr. Of Texas, to be...
Legislative Business
H.Con.Res.47, to correct the enrollment of S.178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
The Senate began the Rule 14 process to place on the Calendar of Business H.R.2353, 2 month highway extension.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.2252, to clarify the effective date of certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014.
Adopted S.Res.181, designating May 19, 2015, as "National Schizencephaly Awareness Day".
Adopted S.Res.182, expressing the sense of the Senate...
Roll Call Votes
Brown amendment #1242 (restore TAA funding); not agreed to: 45-41.
Lankford amendment #1237, as modified (religious freedom); agreed to: 92-0.
Legislative Business
Agreed to H.Con.Res.43, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds, the rotunda of the Capitol, and Emancipation Hall...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.R.1295, as amended with S.1267, Preferences (60-affirmative vote threshold); passed: 97-1.
Passage of H.R.644, as amended with S.1269, Customs (60-affirmative vote threshold); passed: 78-20.
Motion to invoke cloture, upon reconsideration, on the motion to proceed to...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #80, Sally Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General; confirmed: 84-12.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Con.Res.10, supporting the designation of the year of 2015 as the "International Year of Soils" and supporting locally led soil...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.1314, legislative vehicle for trade legislation; not invoked: 52-45.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.1075, Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry
Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Adoption of S.Con.Res.16 (policy on release of United States citizens in Iran); adopted: 90-0.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #67, S.136: Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015
Passed Calendar #69, S.179 and Calendar #70, S.994, en bloc: postal naming bills
Passed Calendar #71,...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Corker-Cardin amendment #1140 (substitute) to H.R.1191; invoked: 93-6.
Passage of H.R.1191, as amended; passed: 98-1.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.175, recognizing the roles and contributions of the teachers of the United States.
Executive Business