9:13pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Burr motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to the Burr amendment #697 (no CPI/CPI alternative to Sanders)
Not Waived: 45-54
Hagan amendment #278 (vets) was agreed to by voice vote.
We expect the next votes to be the following:
- Warner #693 (estate tax);
- Thune #307 (repeal estate tax);
- Sanders #198 (no CPI)
- Burr #697 (CPI);
7:50pm The Senate began a roll call vote on Rubio motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Rubio amendment #292 (interstate abortions);
Not Agreed To:48-51
6:48pm The Senate began a roll call vote on Enzi-Durbin amendment #656 to Durbin #578 (Marketplace fairness);
Agreed To: 75-24
The Durbin amendment #578, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote
At 6:05pm the Senate began debating the marketplace fairness amendments for up to 40 minutes. Senator Durbin called up amendment #578 and Senator Enzi called up amendment #656 to #578. If all time is used, we would resume voting around 6:45pm. However, senators should remain nearby in the event time...