4:37pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Cantwell amendment #595 (transitional program for covered business method patents) Not Agreed to: 13-85-1(Present)
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This Month
Senate Roll Call Vote #00127
Sep 8, ’11
4:37 PM
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 595: Cantwell S.Amdt.595; To establish a transitional program for covered business method patents.Result: Rejected (13-85-1, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
Senate Roll Call Vote #00129
Sep 8, ’11
4:30 PM
On Passage of the Bill: H.R.1249; A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.Result: Passed (89-9, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
Senate Roll Call Vote #00126
Sep 8, ’11
4:05 PM
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 600: Sessions S.Amdt.600; To strike the provision relating to the calculation of the 60-day period for application of patent term extension.Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
roll call vote on Sessions amendment #600
Sep 8, ’11
4:04 PM
4:04pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Sessions amendment #600 (patent term extensions) Not Agreed to: 47-51
Senate Roll Call Vote #00128
Sep 8, ’11
3:51 PM
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 599: Motion to Table Coburn S.Amdt.599 as Modified; To amend the provision relating to funding the Patent and Trademark Office by establishing a United States Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund, and for other purposes.Result: Agreed to (50-48, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
Senate Roll Call Vote #00127
Sep 8, ’11
3:37 PM
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 595: Cantwell S.Amdt.595; To establish a transitional program for covered business method patents.Result: Rejected (13-85-1, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
Senate Roll Call Vote #00126
Sep 8, ’11
3:05 PM
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 600: Sessions S.Amdt.600; To strike the provision relating to the calculation of the 60-day period for application of patent term extension.Result: Rejected (47-51, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
Reid: Road To Economic Recovery Will Require Republican Cooperation
Sep 8, ’11
10:39 AM
Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Republicans’ obstruction of job-creation efforts. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Tonight before a joint session of Congress President Obama will address the single most important issue facing our nation: America’s unemployment crisis. I look forward…
4 roll call votes at approximately 4:00pm; additional vote after the Joint Session
Sep 8, ’11
10:00 AM
At approximately 4:00pm, there will be 4 roll call votes in relation to the following in the following order: Sessions #600 (strike Section 37 regarding patent term extensions) Cantwell #595 (transitional program for covered business method patents) Coburn #599 (PTO public enterprise fund) and Passage of H.R.1249, as amended, if amended In addition, there will…