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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67; To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families. Result:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 75: Roberts Amdt. No. 75; To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income...

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67; To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families. Result:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65: Martinez Amdt. No. 65; To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy"). Result: Rejected (37-60, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65: Martinez Amdt. No. 65; To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy"). Result: Rejected (37-60, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40: McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Rejected (32-65, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40: McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Rejected (32-65, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Resume consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.

S.Res.22, Catholic Schools S. Res.23, Andrew Wyeth

On the Nomination: Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Result: Confirmed (96-1, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43: Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line. Result: Agreed to (60-37, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

On the Nomination: Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Result: Confirmed (96-1, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43: Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line. Result: Agreed to (60-37, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

Resume consideration of Calendar #18, H.R.2, the Children's Health Insurance Program Improvements Act. 12:30pm Senator-appointee Gillibrand will be sworn in. Following the swearing in, the Senate will stand in recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.

Confirmed Executive Nomination of Mary L. Schapiro to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission to fill an unexpired term ending June 5, 2009. S.328, DTV postpone with a Rockefeller/Hutchison substitute amendment S.Res.21, Legal Counsel Resolution

On the Nomination: Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury Result: Confirmed (60-34, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Nomination: Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury Result: Confirmed (60-34, 4 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

Morning Business until 4:00pm, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. 4:00pm Executive Session to consider the nomination of Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of Treasury. 6:00pm Roll Call Vote on confirmation of the nomination. Following the vote, the Senate will proceed to the...

The following nominations were confirmed: Susan rice-UN Representative; Lisa Perez Jackson-EPA Administrator; Nancy Helen Sutley-Member Council Environmental Quality; Shaun Donovan-Secretary of HUD; Mary Shapiro to be member of SEC; Ray LaHood to be Secretary of Transportation. The Senate reached an...

On Passage of the Bill: S. 181; A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation...