July

3:00pm resume House Message to accompany H.R.3221, Housing Reform.

The Senate stands in adjournment until 10am, Tuesday, July 7th.

S.Res.594, September 2008 Tay-Sachs Awareness Month

H.R.3891, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act

Executive Calendar #633, 634, 635, 636

Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.6304, FISA legislation.

Recess from 12:30pm - 2:15pm for the weekly caucus luncheons.

Pending amendments to H.R.6304, FISA:
Bingaman #5066 (Staying Court Cases)
Specter #5059 (Immunity)
Dodd #5064 (Strike Immunity)

This evening Senator Reid yielded back all post-cloture debate time on the motion to concur with the amendment of the House and the motion was agreed to. This was the second of three parts of the House Message.

Senator Reid then moved to disagree in the amendments of the House (third part) and filed cloture on the motion to disagree. On a procedural note, Senate Reid filled the tree on the House Message, which involved a motion to concur with amendments. If cloture were invoked on the motion to disagree, the motion to concur would fall.

Under Rule 22, the cloture vote on the motion to disagree would occur Thursday.

Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am tomorrow.

Following disposition of FISA, the time until 4:05pm will be equally divided and controlled prior to a cloture vote on H.R.6331, Medicare doctor's fix.

Housing Reform is pending.

Senator Reid moved to proceed to S.2731, the Global Aids bill, and filed cloture on the motion.

Senate stands in recess until 9:30am tomorrow.

166: Bingaman #5066 (Stay Court Cases)
Not Agreed To: 42-56

167: Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.6304, FISA
Invoked: 72-26

168: Passage of H.R.6304, FISA
Passed: 69-28

169: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.6331, Medicare
Invoked: 69-30 (under a previous consent, the bill was agreed to)

2:00pm Roll Call Votes on confirmation of general Petraeus to be following by a vote on confirmation of Lt. General Odierno.

171: Confirmation of General Petreaus, to be General-Central Command
Confirmed: 95-2

172: Confirmation of Lt. General Odierno, to be Multi-National Force
Confirmed: 96-1

Two stacked votes to begin at approximately 5:20pm in relation to the following:
-On the motion to disagree to the amendments of the House with respect to H.R.3221, the Housing Reform bill; and

- Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2731, Global AIDS.

Senate stands adjourned until 2:00pm Monday.

174: Now Voting: On the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2731, the Global AIDS
Invoked: 65-3

H.R.4289, VA Out Patient Clinic

H.Con.Res.236, Republic of San Marino (with amendment to the preamble)

S.Res.610, DEA 35th anniversary

S.Res.576, DTV Transition Awareness Month (with amendment to the resolution and an amendment to the preamble)

6:50pm Proceed to consideration of S.2731, Global AIDS/HIV bill.

S.Res.611, SoS - Zimbabwe

S.Res.612, G8 Summit

S.Res.613, designating week of September 8, 2008 as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week."

Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.2731, the Global AIDS/HIV bill.

Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am tomorrow.

176: Bunning amendment #5073:
Not Agreed to: 16-80

177: Veto override of H.R.6331, Medicare
Agreed to: 70-26

Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.2731, Global AIDS.

7:06 PM The Senate is in a period of morning business.

8:30pm The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am Thursday.

179: On the Gregg amdt #5081 (IG)
Not Agreed To, 44-51

180: On the Kyl amdt #5082
Not Agreed To, 28-67

181: On the DeMint amdt #5077
Not Agreed To, 32-63

182: On passage of H.R.5501, the Global AIDS bill, as amended
Passed, 80-16

H.Con.Res.381 Thurgood Marshall

Senate will recess from 2:30 until 3:45pm, in order to allow Homeland Government Affairs Committee to meet.

There will be no Roll Call Votes during today's session.

Senator Reid files cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3268, Energy Speculation. The cloture vote is expected to occur Tuesday morning.

Senate stands in recess until 3:00pm Monday.

Confirmed Kiyo A. Marsumoto, of New York, to be U.S. district Judge for the Eastern District

S.J.Res. 35, a joint resolution to amend public law 108-331.

The Senate stands adjourned until 10am Tuesday, July 22nd.

S.3294, United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008

Ratified the following treaties: Executive Calendar #10, Protocol of Amendments to Convention on International Hydrographic Organization

Executive Calendar #11, International Convention Against Doping Sport

There will be no further roll call votes today.

S.3298, Vessel Discharge Permits Clarification

S.3295, Patent and Trademark Office

H.R.3890, Burma Sanctions

Confirmed Cathy Seibel, of NY, to be US District Judge, Southern District of New York

Confirmed Glenn Suddaby, of NY, to be US District Judge, Northern District of New York

Star Print of S.3268, Speculation bill (technical correction in the table of contents)

The motion to proceed to the Energy Speculation bill was agreed to. Senator Reid filled the tree and filed cloture on the bill.

Senator Reid then filed cloture on the House Message with respect to HR3221, Housing Reform. He then filed cloture on the motion to concur.

Senator Reid then moved to proceed to S.3186, LIHEAP, and filed cloture on the motion to proceed.

There will be no roll call votes during today's session.

The Senate stands in recess until 9:30am on Thursday.

H.R.4841, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act.

Confirmed the following Executive Calendar #s: 683, 684, 685, 686, 696-716.

10:30am - 5:30pm Equally divided and controlled in 30 minute-alternating blocks of time with the Majority controlling the first 30 minutes.

1:00pm filing deadline for all first degree amendments to S.3268, the Energy Speculation bill.

3:40pm Moment of silence in remembrance of the fatal shootings of U.S. Capitol Police Officers, Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson. All Senators are encouraged to be on the Senate floor prior to 3:40pm.

The Senate is considering the motion to concur in the House message with respect to H.R.3221, the Housing Reform legislation, post cloture.

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:00am tomorrow.

185: On the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House message with respect to H.R.3221
Invoked: 80-13

11:00am roll call vote on the motion to concur with respect to the Housing Reform bill.

Upon disposition of Housing Reform, immediately proceed to cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.3186, LIHEAP.

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am tomorrow.

187: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.3186, LIHEAP;
Not Invoked: 50-35

There will be no further Roll Call Votes during today's session.

6pm Senator Reid filed cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2035, Media Shield and on the motion to proceed to S.3335, Energy & Tax Extenders.

189: On the motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to S.3297
Not Invoked, 52-40

12:30pm - 2:15pm recess for the weekly party conferences

3:30pm Consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2035, the Media Shield bill.

There will be no more roll call votes today.

Senate stands adjourned until 10am tomorrow.

11:10am cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.2035.

If cloture is not invoked, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.3335, Tax Extenders

There will be no further Roll Call Votes during today's session.

6:25pm Senator Reid made a motion to proceed to S.3001, the DOD Authorization bill and filed cloture.

192: On the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3335
Not Invoked, 51-43

H.R.5938 Former Vice Presidents Protection Act w/ Leahy-Specter Amendment

S.Res.635, Minority Party Committee Appointments

10:30am Resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3001, the DOD Authorization bill.

10:30am - 5:00pm 30-minute alternating blocks of time with the Republicans controlling the first 30 minutes and the Majority controlling the next 30 minutes.

At 5:30pm, there will be up to 130 minutes for debate prior to a vote on adoption of the conference report. The time is divided as follows:

Mikulski or her designee- 50 minutes;
Enzi- 30 minutes;
Alexander- 30 minutes; and
Coburn- 20 minutes.

195: On the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3001, DOD Authorization
Not Invoked, 51-39

196: On adoption of H.Con.Res.398, the Adjournment Resolution
Adopted, 48-40

S.Res.642, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations