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Senator Rubio asked unanimous consent to take up and pass Calendar #272, S. 1082, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2015, with Committee- reported amendments. Senator Blumenthal made a statement and objected to the request. Senator Rubio then asked consent to pass the House bill....

The Senate is now considering the motion to proceed to S.2146, Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act. At 2:15pm, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed. The Senate is scheduled to recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm.

Senator McConnell withdrew the motion to proceed to H.R.2028, then moved to proceed to Calendar #252, S.2146, Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, and filed cloture on the motion. He then asked consent that the cloture vote occur at 2:15pm on Tuesday, October 20. Tuesday, October 20 at...

Cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R.2028 by a vote of 49-47. The Senate then confirmed by voice vote the list of Executive nominations included below. Senator Cantwell asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass S.2165, permanent extension of the Land and Water...

Senator Ayotte asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass Calendar #10, S.338, permanent extension of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Senator Lee objected to the request.

The Senate has reached an agreement that following the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to H.R.2028, the Senate will consider the following Executive nominations, en bloc, and vote on confirmation of the nominations; we expect these to be done by voice vote: FEDERAL MARITIME...

The Senate has resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.2028, the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The Republicans will control the time until 11:30am and the Democrats will control the time from 11:30am to 12:15pm. The time from 12:15pm to 12:45pm will be equally divided between...

By a vote of 70-27, the Senate adopted the conference report to accompany H.R.1735, NDAA. Following the vote, Senator McConnell moved to proceed to Calendar #96 H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016. As a reminder, yesterday he filed cloture on the...

We anticipate Senator Reid will raise a point of order that the NDAA conference report violates section 3101 of S. Con. Res. 11, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, and that a Republican senator will make a motion to waive the point of order. As a result, we expect 2 roll...

After the Senate convened today, Senator McConnell moved to proceed to proceed to Calendar #96, H.R.2028, the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, and filed cloture on the motion. Unless an agreement can be reached, the cloture vote on the motion to proceed would occur one hour after the Senate...

By voice vote, the Senate passed H.R.1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act.

Senator McConnell filed cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R.1735, NDAA. The cloture vote is expected to occur on Tuesday. The NDAA conference report is the pending business.

By a vote of 50-44, cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R.2029, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016. The motion to proceed remains pending. We expect Senator McConnell will file cloture today on the National Defense...

Senators Ayotte asked unanimous consent to take up and pass S.2101, a 60-day extension of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Senator Lankford objected

Senators Shaheen asked separate unanimous consent to take up and pass S.2101, a 60-day extension of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Senator Lankford objected

At 1:45pm today there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.2029, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016.

Senator Heinrich asked unanimous consent to discharge the Energy Committee and the Senate take up and pass S.2101, 60-day extension of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Senator Lee objected.

Senator Baldwin asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass H.R.3594, a bill to extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan program. Senator Alexander objected.

The Senate passed the continuing resolution through December 11, 2015 and the TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act by a vote of 78-20. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for consideration. Senator McConnell then moved to proceed to Calendar #98, H.R.2029, Military...

By unanimous consent, the Senate passed H.R.3614, Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015. The Senate continues to consider the motion to concur with respect to H.R.719 (TSA and CR through Dec. 11, 2015), post-cloture. If all time is used and no agreement can be reached to vote earlier, the vote on...