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  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #21, the nomination of Beverly Reid O'Connell, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California; Confirmed: 92-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Began the Rule 14 process of S.729, the Disarm Criminals and Protect...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; Invoked: 68-31 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.716, a bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #59, Sarah "Sally" Jewell, of WA, to be Secretary of the Interior; Confirmed: 87-11 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.95, designating April 18, 2013, as National Lineman Appreciation Day. Completed the Rule 14 process of S.691, a bill to...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #14, the nomination of Patty Shwartz, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; Confirmed: 64-34 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Foreign Relations committee and adopted S.Res.77, expressing the sense of Congress...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES   LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.93, designating April 4, 2013, as "National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day". Discharged the Rules committee and adopted S.Con.Res.10: Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitors Center for an event to celebrate the...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Ayotte amendment #158 (prohibits budget with revenue increase while unemployment is above 5.5%); Not Agreed To: 45-54 2)      Cruz amendment #202 (reserve fund to repeal PPACA and Education reconciliation) Not Agreed to: 45-54 3)      Murray amendment #439 (side by side to...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Coburn amendment #69 (prohibits Urban Area Security Initiative Grants not improving homeland security); Not Agreed To: 48-51 (60 affirmative-vote threshold) 2)      Coburn amendment #93 (transfers appropriations from National Heritage Partnership Program to fund White House...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.81, commemorating March 19, 2013, as the 40th anniversary of National Ag Day. No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Mikulski-Shelby substitute amendment #26, as modified, to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Invoked: 63-35 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.66, A resolution designating the first week of April...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Harkin amendment #53 (Labor-HHS) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 54-45 (60 affirmative-vote threshold) 2)      Coburn amendment #66 (hiring freeze for federal employees) to H.R.933; Not Agreed to: 45-54 (60 affirmative-vote...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Cruz amendment #30 (defund the Affordable Care Act) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 45-52 2)      McCain amendment #33 (Guam) Not Tabled: 48-50 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.76, Designating room S-126 of the United States Capitol as the...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #9 Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; Confirmed: 91-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Environment and Public Works Committee and Passed S.166, A bill to designate the new Interstate...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #43, John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Invoked: 81-16 2)      Confirmation of the Brennan nomination; Confirmed: 63-34 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.71,...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #13, Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia District; Not Invoked: 51-41 No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Paul amendment #25 (strike funding for National Security Working Group) to S.Res.64, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013; Not Agreed to: 44-55 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.64,...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #16, the nomination of Katherine Polk Failla, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 91-0 No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS EXECUTIVE ITEMS Confirmed Executive Calendar #15, the nomination of Pamela Ki...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the McConnell motion to proceed to S.16, to provide for a sequester replacement; Not Invoked: 38-62 2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to proceed to S.388, the American Family Economic Protection Act; Not Invoked: 51-49 No...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #26, Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury; Confirmed: 71-26 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.307, a bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense, upon reconsideration; Invoked: 71-27 2)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #10, the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to...