ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Sanders amendment #965 (GMO food labels) to S.954, the Farm bill; Not Agreed to: 27-71 (60 affirmative-vote threshold) 2) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #95, the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Confirmed: 97-0 3) Feinstein amendment #923 (crop insurance…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Inhofe amendment #960 (nutrition assistance block grants) to S.954, the Farm bill; Not Agreed to: 36-60 2) Adoption of S.Res.65, Iran Sanctions; Adopted: 99-0 3) Shaheen amendment #965 (federal sugar program reform) to S.954; Not Agreed to: 45-54 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.258, the Stolen Valor Act of 2013. Completed the…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Roberts amendment #948 (SNAP) to S.954, the Farm bill; Not Agreed to: 40-58 2) Gillibrand amendment #931 (SNAP funding); Not Agreed to: 26-70 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.45, the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Began the Rule 14 process of S.1003, the Comprehensive Student Loan…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #45, the nomination of Sheri Polster Chappell, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; Confirmed: 90-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Banking Committee and passed S.309, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar # 91, the nomination of Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Energy; Confirmed: 97-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.982, to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam. …
WRAP UP FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Coburn amendment #815 (beach nourishment) to S.601, the Water Resources Development Act; Not Agreed to: 43-53 2) Coburn amendment #816 (Infrastructure Deauthorization Commission projects); Not Agreed to: 35-61 3) Merkley-Brown amendment #866 (use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods); Agreed to: 60-36 4) …
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Barrasso amendment #868 (water rights) (60-vote threshold); Not Agreed To: 52-44 (60-vote threshold) 2) Sanders #889 (restoration of certain properties impacted by natural disasters); Not Agreed To: 56-40 (60-vote threshold) LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.140, Commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifices made by the Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers…
No ROLL CALL VOTES No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
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…