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Convenes: 2:00pm Following the prayer and pledge, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill, post-cloture. We continue to work on an agreement for amendments to the bill. At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive...

Senator Reid filed cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #607, the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. At 4:30pm, Monday, June 11th, there will be up to 60 minutes of debate on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination...

ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill; Invoked: 90-8 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharge the Agriculture committee and passed S.3261, a bill to allow the Chief of the Forest Service to award certain contracts for large air tankers. Passed H.R.5883,...

Senator Reid announced on the floor that there will be no further roll call votes today. Senators Stabenow and Roberts are working on an agreement on amendments to the Farm bill and will continue to do so over the weekend. The next vote will occur on Monday at 5:30pm relative to the nomination of...

10:30am The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill; Invoked: 90-8

At 10:30am, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill.

Convenes: 9:30am Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.  It is his intention to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill. The time until 10:30am will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.  At...

ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #610, Jeffrey J. Helmick, of OH, to be United State District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; Confirmed: 62-36 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Adopted S.Res.484, designating June 7, 2012, as "National Hunger Awareness Day". Adopted S.Res.485, a...

5:12pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #610, the nomination of Jeffery J. Helmick, of OH, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; Confirmed: 62-36

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider the nomination of Executive Calendar #610, the nomination of Jeffrey J. Helmick, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. At 4pm today, Wednesday, June 6, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the Helmick...

Convenes: 9:30am Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.  It is his intention to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3240, the Farm bill. Following the remarks of the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader, the next hour will be equally divided...

ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act; Not Invoked: 52-47 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Passed S.2061, to provide for an exchange of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South Carolina State Ports Authority with...

The cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Paycheck Fairness bill, S.3220, failed 52-47. Senator Reid then made a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later time. Senator Reid also moved to proceed to S.3240, a bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017 (the Farm...

2:28pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act; Not Invoked: 52-47

At 2:30pm the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the proceed to S.3220, Paycheck Fairness Act.

Convenes: 10:00am Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.  It is his intention to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act. Following the remarks of the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader, the time until 12:30pm will...

ROLL CALL VOTE 1)      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #613, the nomination of Timothy S. Hillman, of MA, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; Confirmed: 88-1 LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Discharged the HELP committee and adopted S.Res.462, recognizing National Foster Care...

5:32pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #613, the nomination of Timothy S. Hillman, of MA, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; Confirmed: 88-1

Convenes: 2:00pm Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.  It is the Majority Leader's intention to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act. At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive...

State Work Period May 28-June 1, 2012