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;...
Roll Call Votes:
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1069, Charlotte Burrows, of DC, to be Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Confirmed: 93-2.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar 1067, P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Roll Call Votes:
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #892, Noah Bryson Mamet, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic; Confirmed: 50-43.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #631, Colleen Bradley Bell, to be Ambassador Extraordinary...
Roll Call Votes:
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #892, Noah Bryson Mamet, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic; Invoked: 50-36.
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #631, Colleen Bradley Bell, to be...
Roll Call Votes:
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #928, Pamela Pepper, of Wisconsin, to be a US district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Confirmed: 95-0.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #930, Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern...
Roll Call Votes:
Cloture on Executive Calendar #928, Pamela Pepper, of Wisconsin, to be a US district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Invoked: 58-39.
Cloture on Executive Calendar #930, Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of S.2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; Not Passed: 59-41.
Confirmation of Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia; Confirmed: 100-0.
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2685, the USA Freedom Act;...
Roll Call Votes
Adoption of the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014; Adopted: 88-1.
Cloture on Executive Calendar #856, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia; Invoked: 68-28.
Cloture on...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Randolph Moss to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; Confirmed: 54-45.
Confirmation of Leigh Martin May to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia; Confirmed: 99-0.
Cloture on the motion to concur in the House...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Randolph Moss to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; Invoked: 53-45.
Motion to invoke cloture on Leigh Martin May to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia; Invoked: 67-30.
Legislative...
Roll Call Votes
Cruz motion to table Reid amendment #3852 to H.J.Res.124, the CR; Not agreed to: 50-50
Motion to invoke cloture on H.J.Res.124; Invoked: 73-27
Passage of H.J.Res.124, the CR; Passed: 78-22
Legislative Business
Passed S.Con.Res.44, Adjournment Resolution
Passed H.R.4323 - Debbie...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #956, John R. Bass, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey; Confirmed: 98-0.
Legislative Business
Adopted S. Res. 543 - National Bison Day
Adopted S. Res. 545 - Hispanic...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1003, Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2015; Confirmed: 56-44.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1004, Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on S.2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act; Not Invoked: 52-40.
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1003, Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2015;...
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to invoke cloture on S.J.Res.19, constitutional amendment on campaign finance; Not Invoked: 54-42.
Legislative Business
The motion to proceed to S.2199 (Paycheck Fairness Act) was agreed to by voice vote.
Passed H.R.4197: All Circuit Review Extension Act.
Passed S.2258: the...
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, upon reconsideration; Invoked: 73-25.
Legislative Business
The motion to proceed to S.J.Res.19 (Constitutional amendment on campaign finance) was agreed to by voice vote.
Passed H.R.1233:...
Roll Call Votes
The Senate conducted no roll call votes during Tuesday's session.
Legislative Business
Passed Cal.#423, S.1934: Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse Conveyance Act
Passed Cal.#418, S.898: The New Mexico Federal Land Conveyance
Adopted S.Res.538: Expressing the condolences of the...