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Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #1, Treaty Document Number 114-12, Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro, and announced that the cloture vote will be on Monday night at 5:30pm. There will be no further roll call votes this week.

The Senate has reached an agreement that at 12:15pm today there be 10 minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form, remaining on S.J.Res.34 (Broadband CRA). Following the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will vote on passage of the joint resolution. Following disposition of the joint...

Senator McConnell filed cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #20, David Friedman, to be Ambassador of the United States to Israel. Unless an agreement is reached, the cloture motion will ripen one hour after the Senate convenes on Friday, March 24th. Senator McConnell then moved to...

At 4:50pm today the Senate will vote on passage of H.J.Res.83, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness".

This morning Senator McConnell moved to proceed to H.J.Res.83, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness". Under the rules, there will be 10...

The Senate has reconvened. Senator McConnell moved to proceed to H.J.Res.69, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure...

The Senate has reached an agreement that at 5:45pm today, the Senate vote on passage of H.J.Res.42, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants. The time between now and 5:45pm will be equally divided, with Senator Wyden...

Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #23, Dan Coats, to be Director of National Intelligence and Executive Calendar #19, Herbert McMaster Jr., to be Lieutenant General. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the intervening day and the cloture motion on the Coats nomination will ripen on the next...

Senator McConnell filed cloture on the nomination of Executive Calendar #18, Seema Verma, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; that cloture petition will ripen one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday, March 9th. Senator McConnell then moved to proceed by...

The Senate is in Executive Session for the consideration of Executive Calendar #3, the nomination of Wilbur Ross, to be Secretary of Commerce. At 3:00pm, Senator Sasse will be recognized to deliver Washington's Farewell Address. Following the reading of Washington's Farewell Address, the Senate will...

At 12:30 PM, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to extend post-cloture debate on Executive Calendar #15, Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. If the motion is not adopted, following that vote there will be four minutes equally divided on the Pruitt...

The Senate has reached an agreement that following Leader remarks tomorrow, Thursday, February 16th, there be 10 minutes of debate equally divided followed by the confirmation vote on Executive Calendar #16, Mick Mulvaney to be Director of Office Management and Budget, followed by the pending...

The Senate has reached an agreement that following Leader remarks on Wednesday, February 15th, there be 10 minutes of debate remaining on H.J.Res.40 followed by a vote on passage of the joint resolution. Following disposition of H.J.Res.40, there will be 10 minutes of debate prior to a vote on the...

Senator McConnell moved to proceed to H.J.Res.40, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007. There will now be up to ten...

The Senate has reached an agreement that on Monday, February 13, there be 7 hours of debate remaining on the Mnuchin nomination and that following disposition of the Mnuchin nomination, the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination: Executive Calendar #17, David Shulkin, to be...

The Senate continues to debate the nomination of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, post-cloture. If all time is used, the vote on confirmation of the nomination will be at approximately 1:46am tonight, followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of...

The Senate continues to debate the Sessions nomination, post-cloture. If all time is used, at 6:51pm, all post-cloture debate time will expire and the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #14, the nomination of Jeff Sessions, to be Attorney...

Senator McConnell filed cloture on the nomination of Elisabeth DeVos to be Secretary of Education. Under the rules, tomorrow - Thursday - will be an intervening day. The cloture motion on the DeVos nomination will ripen as early as 1 hour after the Senate convenes on Friday, February 3. If cloture...

The Senate has reconvened. Senator McConnell asked unanimous consent for committees to meet during today's session and that the consents be agreed to, en bloc. Senator Schumer objected. The Senate continues to debate the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State, post-cloture.

Leader Schumer asked unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Senator Feinstein's bill, S.240, introduced earlier today; that there be 2 hours of debate equally divided and that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the...