ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #41, the nomination of Nelson Stephen Roman, of New York, to be District Judge for the Southern District of New York Confirmed: 97-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.360, to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Coburn amendment #805 (Army Corps land/guns) to S.601, the Water Resources Development Act; Not Agreed to: 56-43 (60-vote threshold) 2) Whitehouse amendment #803 (oceans); Agreed to: 68-31 (60-vote threshold) 3) Brown amendment #813, as modified (Asian carp); Agreed to: 95-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.622, an original bill to amend the…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #42, the nomination of David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Confirmed: 53-45 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.1071, a bill to specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in the production of the…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Enzi-Durbin amendment #741 (perfecting amendment) to S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act; Agreed to: 70-24 2) Passage of S.743, as amended; Passed: 69-27 No additional LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Motion to invoke cloture on S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013; Invoked: 63-30 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.853, a bill to prevent continued flight delays related to furloughs of essential employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and for other purposes. *If the Senate receives a bill from the House…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Executive Calendar #60, the nomination of Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; Confirmed: 96-0 2) Executive Calendar #64, the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Confirmed: 96-0 3) Adoption of the…
WRAP UP FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 No ROLL CALL VOTES LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.105, designating April 2013 as “Financial Literacy Month”. Adopted S.Res.106, commending rehabilitation counselors and supporting the goals and ideals of National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day. Adopted S.Res.107, honoring military children during the National Month of the Military Child. Adopted S.Res.108,…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013; Invoked: 74-20 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.90, Standing with the people of Kenya following their national and local elections on March 4, 2013, and urging a peaceful and credible resolution of electoral disputes in…
WRAP UP FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 ROLL CALL VOTES 1) On Barrasso amendment #717. AGREED TO 67-30. 2) On Harkin-Alexander amendment #730. AGREED TO 95-2. 3) On confirmation of Executive Calendar #23 Derrick Kahala Watson- to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii. CONFIRMED 94-0. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.1246,…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Manchin-Toomey amendment #715 (background checks); Not agreed to: 54-46 (60 affirmative vote threshold) 2) Grassley amendment #725 (substitute); Not Agreed to: 52-48 (60 affirmative vote threshold) 3) Leahy-Collins amendment #713 (trafficking); Not Agreed to: 58-42 (60 affirmative vote threshold) 4) Cornyn amendment #719 (conceal carry); Not Agreed to: 57-43 (60 affirmative…