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Schedule for Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, November 18, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of S.2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. There will be up to 6 hours of debate equally divided between opponents and proponents.

If all debate time is used, at approximately 6:15pm, the Senate will proceed to up to 5 roll call votes, with up to 30 minutes of debate after the vote on the Ross nomination and before the cloture vote on the USA Freedom Act.

6:15pm-5 roll call votes:

  1. Passage of S.2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline [60-vote threshold];
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #856, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia;
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #857, Mark Howard Cohen, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia;
  4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #858, Eleanor Louise Ross, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia;
  5. Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2685, the USA Freedom Act.