ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Harkin amendment #53 (Labor-HHS) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 54-45 (60 affirmative-vote threshold) 2) Coburn amendment #66 (hiring freeze for federal employees) to H.R.933; Not Agreed to: 45-54 (60 affirmative-vote threshold) LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Began the Rule 14 process of S.582, the Keystone Pipeline Act. (Hoeven) Began…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Cruz amendment #30 (defund the Affordable Care Act) to H.R.933, the continuing appropriations bill; Not Agreed to: 45-52 2) McCain amendment #33 (Guam) Not Tabled: 48-50 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.76, Designating room S-126 of the United States Capitol as the “Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room” in recognition of his service…
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ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #9 Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; Confirmed: 91-0 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the Environment and Public Works Committee and Passed S.166, A bill to designate the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St.…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #43, John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Invoked: 81-16 2) Confirmation of the Brennan nomination; Confirmed: 63-34 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.71, designating the week of March 4 through March 8, 2013, as “Military…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #13, Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia District; Not Invoked: 51-41 No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Paul amendment #25 (strike funding for National Security Working Group) to S.Res.64, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the period March 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013; Not Agreed to: 44-55 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.64, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate…
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #16, the nomination of Katherine Polk Failla, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 91-0 No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS EXECUTIVE ITEMS Confirmed Executive Calendar #15, the nomination of Pamela Ki Mai Chen, of NY, to be United…
ROLL CALL VOTES 1) Motion to invoke cloture on the McConnell motion to proceed to S.16, to provide for a sequester replacement; Not Invoked: 38-62 2) Motion to invoke cloture on the Reid motion to proceed to S.388, the American Family Economic Protection Act; Not Invoked: 51-49 No LEGISLATIVE ITEMS No EXECUTIVE ITEMS
ROLL CALL VOTE 1) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #26, Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury; Confirmed: 71-26 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed H.R.307, a bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and…