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The Senate has reached an agreement that results in a series of up to 8 roll call votes at 4:45pm today. The time until 4:45pm will be equally divided between the managers or their designees. All votes after the first will be 10 minute votes. There will be 2 minutes for debate equally divided prior...

The following amendments have been offered to S.Con.Res.11, Budget: Hatch amendment #796 (Medicare) side-by-side to Bennet-Stabenow Roberts amendment #352 (Federal employee bonuses) Roberts amendment #462 (over the counter medications) Vitter amendment #515 (Common Core) Vitter amendment #811 (no...

We've had a couple more amendments offered-Sanders side by side to Blunt and Moran on Veterans health care. Pending amendments: Cotton #481(Israel) Enzi forKirk #535 (Iran Sanctions) Rounds #412(prevent EPA closed door settlement agreements) Rubio #423, as modified (increase Defense budget) Daines...

Senator Burr called up amendment #622 and Reed on behalf of Senator Warren called up amendment #652 (student loans). The Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair for the joint meeting of Congress. When the Senate resumes consideration of S.Con.Res.11, Budget, the time until 12:15pm...

Senator Daines called up amendment #388 and amendment #389. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. When the Senate resumes consideration of the Budget resolution tomorrow (around 9:45am), 18 hours of debate time will...

Senator Enzi for Senator Kirk called up amendment #545 (Iran Sanctions) Senator Rounds called up amendment #412 (prevent EPA closed door settlement agreements) Additional amendments will be called up tonight, however there will be no further roll call votes. As a reminder, there will be a joint...

The following amendments were agreed to by voice votes: Sanders amendment #474 (Veterans)- side by side to Ayotte #400 (Veterans Choice) Ayotte amendment #400 (Veterans Choice) At 4:46pm, the Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Fischer amendment #409 (to establish a deficit equal pay) side...

The Senate has reached an agreement that results in a series of up to 7 roll call votes at 4:40pm. Under the agreement, the time until 4:40pm is equally divided between the managers, or their designees. At 4:40pm, the Senate will vote in relation to the following amendments in the order listed, with...

The following amendments have been offered: Fischer amendment #409 (to establish a deficit equal pay) (side by side to Mikulski amendment 362 also on equal pay). Cornyn amendment #357 (President's Budget). We are still working on an agreement that would result in a series of votes at 4:30pm today....

The Senate stands in recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. When the Senate reconvenes, the Democrats control the time until 3:00pm and the Republicans control 3:00 to 3:45pm. An additional stack of votes is expected in the 4:30pm range.

The Senate has reached an agreement that results in a series of 3 roll call votes at 12:00 noon today. Those votes will be in relation to the infrastructure and 2 Medicaid amendments. 12:00 noon-up to 3 roll call votes: Sanders amendment #323, as modified (infrastructure) Sanders amendment #386...

Senator Portman called up amendment #349 (medically complex children in Medicaid). Senator Sanders then called up amendment #386 as a side by side to the Portman amendment. The Sanders amendment creates a deficit neutral reserve fund to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts. We are still...

The Doyle nomination was confirmed 89-0. Senators should expect a roll call vote in relation to Sanders amendment #323 (infrastructure) at noon tomorrow, with at least one additional roll call vote in the stack before lunch (likely in relation to yet to be named side by side to Sanders). The Senate...

The Sanders amendment #323 (infrastructure) to S.Con.Res.11, Budget, is pending. We hope to reach an agreement to vote in relation to the amendment around noon tomorrow. The Republicans may have a side by side to the Sanders amendment, but nothing has been filed yet. Below you will find a list of...

Budget Resolution By voice vote, the Senate adopted the motion to proceed to the consideration of S.Con.Res.11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2017 through 2025. Under the...

Senator McConnell filed cloture (again) on the committee-reported substitute amendment to S.178, trafficking, and on the underlying bill. The filing deadline for all first-degree amendments to the committee-reported substitute and the underlying bill is 1:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18. The...

The Monje nomination was confirmed 94-0. The Senate then confirmed the Brown nomination by voice vote. The Senate is in a period of morning business with Senator Cotton permitted to speak for up to 45 minutes (Maiden Speech) and for Senator Brown to speak for up to 15 minutes. The cloture vote on...

The Senate is in a period of morning business for one hour. Following morning business (approximately 4:10pm), the Senate will resume consideration of S.178, a bill to provide for the victims of human trafficking. At 5:00pm, the Senate will enter Executive Session. At 5:30pm, there will be a series...

Last week, Senator McConnell filed cloture on the committee-reported substitute amendment to S.178 and on the underlying bill. The filing deadline for all first-degree amendments to the substitute and the underlying bill is set for 5:00pm today, Monday, March 16. We expect the cloture vote on the...

At 5:00pm on Monday, March 16th, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations: Executive Calendar #17 Carlos Monje, of Kouisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, and Executive Calendar #18, Manson K. Brown, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant...