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Tonight, the Chair laid before the Senate the message to accompany H.R.601, READ Act. Senator McConnell then moved to concur in the House amendment (emergency aid for Hurricane Harvey) to the Senate amendment with a further amendment #808 (debt limit / CR through December 8, 2017) and filed cloture...

The Senate has reconvened and morning business has been extended until 3:00pm. The Senate will recess from 3:00pm until 4:15pm for a members-only briefing. We expect to begin consideration of the House Message to accompany H.R.601, emergency supplemental appropriations, today.

By a vote of 96-1, cloture was invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R.2430, FDA Reauthorization. Under the previous order, there will now be up to 15 minutes for debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the Brouillette nomination (around 12:05pm if all time is used). Following the vote, there will...

At 5pm, the Senate will vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #175, Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.

Senator McConnell filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #174, H.R.2430, FDA User Fees. Another message will be sent when the vote is scheduled or an agreement is reached.

At 5:21pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Calendar #172, Kevin Christopher Newsom, to be US Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit.

The Senate has reached an agreement that, if all time is used, results in 2 roll call votes at 6:15pm tonight. At 2:15pm there will be up to 4 hours for debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of Calendar #178, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be Director of the FBI.  Following...

The Senate has convened and resumed consideration of Executive Calendar #172, Kevin Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, post-cloture.. Yesterday, Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #175, Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the...

Senator McConnell has offered amendment #667 (the so-called "skinny repeal" or the Health Care Freedom Act of 2017). Senator Murray made a motion to commit the bill to the HELP committee with instructions to report the same back to the Senate within 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate...

Senator Enzi offered Strange amendment #389 (premium assistance for low income individuals). Under the rules of reconciliation, there is 1 hour of debate equally divided on the amendment.

The Senate has reached an agreement to have 2 roll call votes at 6:10pm in relation to: Casey motion to commit (protecting individuals with disabilities) Heller amendment #288 (Sense of the Senate) Senator Enzi then called up Heller amendment #288.

All actions scheduled to take place at 11:30am today will now occur at 3:30pm today, with all other provisions of the previous order remaining in place. As a result, there will be 3 roll call votes at 3:30pm and none right now. The time until 3:30pm is equally divided on the Donnelly motion. The new...

McConnell SA #267 (repeal ACA and to cure Byrd rule violations) Strange SA #389 (premium assistance for low income individuals)

By a vote of 51-48, cloture was invoked on the Bush nomination. There will now be up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate, with all time during morning business, recess, adjournment and leader remarks counting post-cloture on the nomination. The Senate will recess from 1:45-4pm today.

Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #170, John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit and on Executive Calendar #100, David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. The cloture motions will ripen upon disposition of...

Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #157, Patrick M. Shanahan, of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. That cloture vote is expected at 5:30pm on Monday, July 17.

The Senate has adopted S.Res.210, to correct the engrossment of S.722 (Iran/Russia Sanctions) by voice vote. The Senate has also requested the return of the papers for S.722 from the House of Representatives.

This evening, Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #116, David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho. We expect this cloture vote to occur after next week's recess.

This evening, Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #154, Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Unless an agreement is reached, the cloture motion will ripen one hour after the...

2:26pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #115, the nomination of Kristine Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Invoked: 89-10 This will be the last roll call vote of the week. The next vote is...