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Convenes: 9:30am Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the Republicans controlling the first half and the Majority controlling the final half. Following morning business,...

Discharged the Small Business committee and Passed S.633, Small Business Fraud Prevention Act w/ a Murray amendment Adopted S.Con.Res.17, expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

There will be no further roll call votes during today's session of the Senate.

5:31pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Kyl amendment #645 (TAA for firms) to Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill; Not Agreed to: 43-54 (60-vote threshold)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 645: Kyl Amdt. No. 645; To repeal trade adjustment assistance for firms. Result: Rejected (43-54, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

5:05pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Hatch amendment #642 (TAA eligibility) to Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill; Not Agreed To: 40-57

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 642: Hatch Amdt. No. 642; To modify the eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance. Result: Rejected (40-57, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 645: Kyl Amdt. No. 645; To repeal trade adjustment assistance for firms. Result: Rejected (43-54, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 642: Hatch Amdt. No. 642; To modify the eligibility requirements for trade adjustment assistance. Result: Rejected (40-57, 3 members not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

The Kyl amendment #645 (repeal TAA for firms) is now pending to the Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill.

The Hatch amendment #642 (TAA eligibility) is now pending to the Casey amendment #633 to H.R.2832.

At approximately 5:00pm, there will be 2 roll call votes in relation to the following amendments to the Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill in the following order: Hatch amendment #642 (eligibility requirements for TAA)(60-vote threshold) and  Kyl amendment #645 (repeal TAA for...

1:06pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the McCain amendment #625 (2-year TAA extension)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 625: McCain Amdt. No. 625; To extend the trade adjustment assistance as in effect before the enactment of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance of 2009. Result: Rejected (46-53, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 641: Hatch Amdt. No. 641; To make the effective date of the amendments expanding the trade adjustment assistance program contingent on the enactment of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement...

12:32pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Hatch amendment #641 (TAA enactment)  to the Casey amendment #633 to H.R.2832, the GSP bill; Not Agreed to: 44-54 (60-vote threshold)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 625: McCain Amdt. No. 625; To extend the trade adjustment assistance as in effect before the enactment of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance of 2009. Result: Rejected (46-53, 1 member not voting, 3/5 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 641: Hatch Amdt. No. 641; To make the effective date of the amendments expanding the trade adjustment assistance program contingent on the enactment of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement...

The McCain amendment #625 (TAA 2-year extension) is now pending to the Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill.

At approximately 12:30pm today, the Senate will conduct 2 roll call votes in relation to the following amendments to the Casey amendment #633 (TAA) to H.R.2832, the GSP bill: Hatch amendment #641 (TAA enactment dependent on FTA enactment) (60-vote threshold) and  McCain amendment #625 (TAA 2-year...