Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Sonny Perdue to be Secretary of Agriculture; confirmed: 87-11-1.
Motion to invoke cloture on Rod J. Rosenstein to be Deputy Attorney General; invoked: 92-6.
No additional Legislative Business
No additional Executive Business
Wrap Up for Friday, April 7, 2017
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; confirmed: 54-45.
Legislative Business
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business the following bills, en bloc:
861,Federal Employee...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; not invoked (McConnell changed his vote to 'no' in order to reconsider): 55-45.
McConnell motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the Gorsuch...
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.117, designating the week of April 15, 2017, through April 23, 2017, as "National Park Week".
Adopted S.Res.118, condemning hate crime and any other form of racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Elaine Duke, Deputy Secretary of DHS; confirmed: 85-14.
Motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; agreed to: 55-44.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.94, designating March...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of S.89, Delta Queen; passed 85-12
Legislative Business
Passed by voice vote S.544, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.67; passed: 50-49.
Motion to proceed to H.J.Res.43; agreed to: 51-50, with VP voting in the affirmative
Passage of H.J.Res.43; passed: 51-50, with VP voting in the affirmative
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.107, congratulating the rifle team of West Virginia...
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.98, designating the first week of April 2017, as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Adopted S.Res.103, designating March 29, 2017, as "Vietnam Veterans Day"
Passed H.R.353 with Cantwell amendment and Thune substitute amendment, to improve the...
Roll Call Votes
Ratification of Executive Calendar #1, Treaty 114-12, Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro; agreed to: 97-2.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.95, designating March 22, 2017, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day".
Adopted...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1, Treaty 114-12, Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro; invoked: 97-2.
Legislative Business
Passed S.J. Res.30, providing for the reappointment of Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board of...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of S.J.Res.34 (broadband CRA); passed: 50-48.
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #20, David Friedman, to be Ambassador to Israel; invoked: 52-46.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #20, David Friedman, to be Ambassador to Israel; confirmed: 52-46.
Legislative...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.83; passed: 50-48.
Legislative Business
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.1181, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #21 and #22, en bloc - Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission and Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission; confirmed: 98-0.
Passage of H.J.Res.69;...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Daniel Coats to be Director of National Intelligence; invoked: 88-11.
Confirmation of Daniel Coats to be Director of National Intelligence; confirmed: 85-12.
Confirmation of Herbert McMaster to be Lieutenant General; confirmed: 86-10.
Legislative...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Seema Verma to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.57 (ESSA accountability); passed: 50-49.
Motion to invoke cloture on Seema Verma (CMS); invoked: 54-44.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.86, recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States.
No...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.58; passed: 59-40.
Legislative Business
Passed S.496, to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".
Passed S.J.Res.1,...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.44; passed: 51-48.
Legislative Business
Adopted by voice vote S.Res.68, raising awareness of modern slavery.
Adopted S.Res.82, congratulating the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory.
No...