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  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Cornyn amendment #3158 (vets backlog) to S.3254, the DoD Authorization bill; Agreed To: 95-0 2)      Hagan amendment #3095 (biofuel refinery); Agreed To: 54-41 3)      Merkley amendment #3096 (Afghanistan); Agreed To: 62-33 4)      Gillibrand amendment #3058, modified...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Udall (CO) amendment #2985 (biofuels) to S.3254, the DoD Authorization Act; Agreed to: 62-37 2)      Leahy amendment #2955 (Dale Long Public Safety Officers' Improvement); Agreed to: 85-11 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.1998, the DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012 with a...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider Treaty Document #112-7, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Agreed to: 61-36 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.3642, the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012. Adopted S.Res.602, designating 2012-2013 as...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Tester motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Tester substitute amendment #2875 to S.3525, the Sportsmen's Act; Not Waived: 50-44 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Judiciary committee and passed H.R.6063, the Child Protection Act of 2012. Began the Rule 14 process...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3525, the Sportsmen's Act of 2012; Invoked: 84-12 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.1440, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act with a committee-reported substitute amendment and an Alexander amendment by voice vote. Passed H.R.6570, an Act to amend the...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, upon reconsideration; Not Invoked: 51-47 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.6118, the Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012 (TEST Act). Passed H.R.6131, a bill to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to proceed to S.3525, the Sportsmen's Act; Adopted: 92-5 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Veterans' Affairs Committee and passed H.R.4114, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012. Concurred in the House message to accompany S.743, the...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Passage of S.3576, A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance (60-vote threshold); Not Passed: 10-81 2)      Passage of S.J.Res.41, A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the nuclear program of the Government of the Islamic Republic of...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to proceed to H.J.Res.117, the continuing resolution; Agreed to: 67-31 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Began the Rule 14 process of S.3607, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Hoeven) Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3576, Limitation on Foreign Assistance. (Paul) EXECUTIVE...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Murray substitute amendment #2789 to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Not Waived: 58-40 2)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.J.Res.117, Continuing Resolution: Invoked: 76-22 LEGISLATIVE...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES   LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.3552, to reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Passed S.J.Res.44, a joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. Adopted...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act; Agreed to: 84-8 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.6336, an Act to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglas from the District of Columbia and to provide for the permanent...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act; Invoked: 95-1 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.548, designating the week beginning September 9, 2012, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week". Adopted S.Res.549,...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #664, the nomination of Stephanie Marie Rose, of IA, to be United States District judge for the Southern District of Iowa; Confirmed: 89-1 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Star printed the committee report to accompany S.3521, the Family and Business Tax...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act; Not Invoked: 52-46 2)      Coburn amendment #2771 (alternative offset) to S.3326, the African Trade/CAFTADR/Burma Sanctions legislation; Not Agreed to: 40-58 3)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #651, the...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES   LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Con.Res.55, directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R.1627 (the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012). Concurred in the House message to H.R.1905, the Iran...
  • No ROLL CALL VOTES   LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged Foreign Relations and adopted S.Res.525, a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas with a Nelson FL amendment. Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. (Nelson FL) Completed the Rule 14 process of...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #759, the nomination of Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; Not Invoked: 56-34-3(present) LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.533, designating October 2012 as "National Work and...
  • ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3414, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012; Invoked: 84-11 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Concurred in the House message to accompany S.1959, the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 by voice vote Discharged the Banking Committee...
  • ROLL CALL VOTES 1)      Hatch-McConnell amendment #2573 (the Tax Hike Prevention Act) to S.3412; Not agreed to: 45-54 2)      Passage of S.3412, the Middle Class Tax Act of 2012; Passed: 51-48 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.285, a bill for the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke. Passed H.R.5872, the...