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WRAP UP

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on Murkowski amendment #2; Not agreed to: 53-39. Motion to invoke cloture on S.1, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; Not agreed to: 53-39. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.41, congratulating the North Dakota State University football team for...

Roll Call Votes Boxer amendment #113; not agreed to: 55-44 Fischer amendment #18, as modified; not agreed to: 54-45 Murkowski motion to table Manchin amendment #99; tabled: 53-46 Murkowski motion to table Sanders amendment #24; tabled: 56-42 Lee amendment #71; not agreed to: 51-47 Murkowski...

Roll Call Votes Lee amendment #33 (ESA); Not agreed to: 54-45. Durbin amendment #69 (petroleum-coke); Not agreed to: 41-58. Toomey amendment #41 (standards for coal refuse power plants); Not agreed to: 54-45. Whitehouse amendment #29 (climate change); Agreed to: 98-1. Hoeven amendment #87, as...

Roll Call Votes Murkowski motion to table Markey amendment #13 (Keep Oil in America); Tabled: 57-42. Murkowski motion to table Franken amendment #17 (Keep Jobs in America); Tabled: 53-46. Adoption of Portman-Shaheen amendment #3, as modified (Energy Efficiency); Agreed To: 94-5. Legislative...

Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.27, Legal Counsel: U.S. v Jeffrey Sterling. Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.240, DHS Appropriations. Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.33, Protecting...

Roll Call Votes The Senate adopted the motion to proceed to S.1 by voice vote. Legislative Business Adopted H.Con.Res.7: Joint meeting for the State of the Union Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.33, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency...

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; Invoked: 63-32.

12:15pm: the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, January 12 at 2:00 PM.

Roll Call Votes Warren amendment #1 to H.R.26, TRIA; Not agreed to: 31-66. Passage of H.R.26, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act; Passed: 93-4. Legislative Business Agreed to S.Con.Res.2, Use of Emancipation Hall Adopted S.Res.23, Majority Party Appointments with Chairman Adopted S.Res.24, 150th...

Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.21: Majority Party Committee Assignments Adopted S.Res.22: Minority Party Committee Assignments

Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.1, notifying the President that a quorum of each House has assembled Adopted S.Res.2, notifying the House that a quorum of the Senate has assembled Adopted S.Res.3, electing Orrin Hatch of Utah President of the Senate pro tempore Adopted S.Res.4, notifying the...

Roll Call Votes Cloture on Executive Calendar #1084, Sarah R. Saldana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Invoked: 53-41. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1084, Sarah R. Saldana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; Confirmed: 55-39. Cloture on Executive Calendar...

Roll Call Votes Cloture on Executive Calendar #681, Vivek Hallegere Murthy, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four...

Roll Call Votes 1.) Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider Cal#.1084, Sarah Saldana, Asst. Sec. Homeland Security; Agreed To: 48-34. 2.) Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session; Agreed To: 52-40. 3.) Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider Cal#.1058, Carolyn Colvin,...

Roll Call Votes: Coburn motion to refer the House Message to accompany H.R.3979, National Defense Authorization Act, to the Committee on Armed Services with instructions to report back forthwith with changes to strike Title XXX, the lands portion of the bill; Failed: 18-82. On the question, shall...

Roll Call Votes: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.3979, Defense Authorization; Invoked: 85-14. Legislative Business Passed Calendar #573, S.2828: with Menendez-Corker substitute amendment, by voice vote. Passed H.R.3044: Yellow...

Legislative Business Passed S.2444: Coast Guard Reauthorization, with Rockefeller-Thune substitute amendment. Passed by voice vote Calendar #578, H.R.4007: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014, with Carper-Coburn amendment. Passed by voice...

Roll Call Votes: Cloture on Executive Calendar #1080 Virginia Tyler Lodge - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019; Invoked: 63-32. Cloture on Executive Calendar #1081 Ronald Anderson Walter - to be a Member of the Board of...

Wrap up for Monday, December 8, 2014 Roll Call Votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018; Confirmed: 52-40. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity...

Roll Call Votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #660, Joseph S. Hezir, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy; Confirmed: 89-3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1039, Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;...