The Floor
WRAP UP

Adopted Calendar #49, S.Res.174, resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that effective sharing of passenger information from inbound international flight manifests is a crucial component of our national security and that the Department of Homeland Security must maintain the information...

Adopted S.Res.186, honoring the 100th anniversary of the School of Fire for the Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Adopted S.Res.187, supporting national minority health awareness in order to bring attention to the severe disparities faced by minority populations such as American Indians and...

Passed S.349, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4865 Tallmadge Road in Rootstown, Ohio, as the "Marine Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray Post Office". Passed S.655, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Dogwood Street in...

Passed S.498, the Independent Task and Delivery Order Review Extension Act of 2011 Discharged Intelligence and adopted S.Res.86, recognizing the Defense Intelligence Agency on its 50th Anniversary Adopted S.Res.181, designating May 15, 2011, as "National MPS Awareness Day"; Adopted S.Res.182,...

adopted S.Res.179, making minority committee appointments

S.Res.179, making minority committee appointments

adopted S.Con.Res.16, authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the CVC for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha adopted S.Res.178, expressing support for the designation of May1, 2011, as "Silver Star Service Banner Day".

Discharged Foreign Relations and adopted S.Res.153, recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a Lugar amendment.

Discharged HELP and adopted S.Res.158, National Charter Schools week w/ an amendment to the preamble. Adopted S.Res.166, commemorating May 8, 2011, as the 66th anniversary of V-E Day. Adopted S.Res.167, recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican Holiday of Cinco de Mayo. Adopted...

Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.151, congratulating the University of Minnesota Duluth men's ice hockey team on winning their first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men's Hockey National Championship.   Adopted S.Res.164, recognizing the teachers of the...

S.Res.160, designating May 6, 2011, as "Military Spouse Appreciation Day". S.Res.161, designating May 2011 as "National Inventors Month".

Confirmed Calendar #74, Roy Bale Dalton, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL Cal. 59 Carolyn Lerner - Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Cal. 60 Kelvin Droegemeier - Member of the National Science Board, NSF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Cal. 63 Kathryn Sullivan - Assistant Secretary of Commerce, NOAA MARINE MAMMAL...

S.Res.135, A resolution remembering the 1 year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, officials, and civilians who were massacred by the...

Confirmed executive calendar #45, the nomination of Vincent Briccetti, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. S.Res.142, congratulating the Lady Aggies of Texas A&M University on winning the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship S.Res.143,...

Passed H.R.1363, as amended, Continuing Resolution through Friday, April 15, 2011 ($2 billion in cuts).

Adopted S.Res.136, United States v. Douglas D. Hampton Adopted S.Res.137, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of take our daughters and sons to work day. Passed HR658, as amended with the text of S.223 as a substitute amendment (FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011). Appointed the...

Adopted S.Res.129, a resolution honoring the 29 coal miners who perished in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, on April 5, 2010, and remembering all those who have lost their lives while mining for the resources on which the United States relies. Adopted...

Adopted the following resolutions: S.Res.120, 1 year anniversary 4/2/10 fire and explosion - Tesoro refinery in Anacorte, WA; S.Res.121, designating April 2011 as "Financial Literacy Month"; S.Res.122, honoring the life and legacy of Elizabeth Taylor; and S.Res.123, commending ACHIEVA on its 60th...

Adopted S. Res.112, congratulating the Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon ("THON") on its continued success in support of the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Adopted S.Res.118, designating April 2011 as "National 9-1-1 Education Month".