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The Senate has reached an agreement that post-cloture time on the Billingslea nomination expire at 2:00pm today, and the Senate proceed to vote on confirmation. Upon disposition of the Billingslea nomination, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kristine Svinicki...

Senator Schumer asked unanimous consent that any substitute or perfecting amendment offered to Calendar #120, H.R. 1628 not be in order if the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis by the...

The Senate has reached an agreement that results in 2 roll call votes at 4:50pm. The first vote will be on confirmation of the Mandelker nomination followed by a cloture vote on the Billingslea nomination. If cloture is invoked on the Billinslea nomination it will be as if cloture had been invoked...

This evening Senator McConnell filed cloture on Executive Calendar #115, the nomination of Kristine Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As a reminder, cloture has already been filed on the below nominations, and the cloture motion with respect to the Svinicki...

Due to inclement weather and many flight delays, the Senate has moved tonight's vote to 11:00am tomorrow. At 11:00am there will be 2 roll call votes. The first will be on confirmation of Calendar #108, the nomination of Brock Long, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency...

The Senate reached an agreement to vote on confirmation of Brock Long, to be Administrator of FEMA, at approximately 5:30pm on Monday and Senator McConnell filed cloture on the Mandelker and Billingslea nominations under the Department of the Treasury. The pending business is Executive Calendar #97,...

Senator Corker offered Graham amendment #240 (NATO).

This evening Senator McConnell filed cloture on the committee substitute amendment to S.722, Iran Sanctions, and on the underlying bill. Unless an agreement is reached, the cloture vote on the substitute amendment will be one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday, June 14th. If cloture is...

The Senate has resumed consideration of S.722, Iran Sanctions. At 2:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14th, the Senate will vote on adoption of the McConnell for Crapo amendment #232 (Russia Sanctions), as modified, with no intervening action or debate and no second degree amendments in order to the...

By voice vote, the Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to S.722, Iran Sanctions. The Senate is now in a period of morning business for debate only. Following the remarks of Senators Wicker and Merkley, the Senate will recess subject to the call of the chair.

The Senate has reached an agreement that at 5:00pm on Monday, June 12, the Senate proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination of Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense. There will be up to 30 minutes for debate prior to a roll call vote on confirmation of...

At 1:30pm today there will be up to 15 minutes for debate prior to a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #99, the nomination of Scott P. Brown, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador of New Zealand and Samoa. This should be the last vote of the week.

H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA), which was passed on 05/04/2017, came over from the House this morning. During Leader remarks, Senator McConnell began the rule 14 process. This process would bypass committee and place it directly on the Calendar of Business on the next Legislative...

The cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.722, Iran Sanctions, has been moved to 1:45pm today. If cloture is invoked, the post-cloture time will count as if cloture had been invoked at 10:30am. There will be no roll call vote at 10:30am today.

The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

The cloture motion on the Elwood nomination was withdrawn. Following leader remarks on Tuesday, June 6th, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #54, the nomination of Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, with the time equally...

The Senate has resumed consideration of the nomination of John Sullivan to be Deputy Secretary of State, post-cloture. At 3:00pm, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Sullivan nomination. Upon disposition of the Sullivan nomination, there would be an immediate cloture vote on the Thapar...

The Senate has resumed consideration of the nomination of Rachel Brand, of Iowa, to be Associate Attorney General, post-cloture, with the time until 12:00 noon equally divided. At 12:00 noon, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Brand nomination. Immediately upon disposition of the Brand...

The Senate is in Executive Session considering the nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The time until 5:30pm is equally divided. At 5:30pm, there will be a cloture vote on the Rosen nomination. After the Senate convened today, Senator McConnell...

Following the remarks of Senator Murphy, there will be up to 20 minutes for debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #52, the nomination of Robert Lighthizer, of Florida, to be United States Trade Representative. The vote is expected to begin around 1:55pm.