Roll Call Votes
Passage of S.J.Res.34 (broadband CRA); passed: 50-48.
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #20, David Friedman, to be Ambassador to Israel; invoked: 52-46.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #20, David Friedman, to be Ambassador to Israel; confirmed: 52-46.
Legislative...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.83; passed: 50-48.
Legislative Business
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.1181, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #21 and #22, en bloc - Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission and Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission; confirmed: 98-0.
Passage of H.J.Res.69;...
Roll Call Votes
Motion to invoke cloture on Daniel Coats to be Director of National Intelligence; invoked: 88-11.
Confirmation of Daniel Coats to be Director of National Intelligence; confirmed: 85-12.
Confirmation of Herbert McMaster to be Lieutenant General; confirmed: 86-10.
Legislative...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Seema Verma to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.57 (ESSA accountability); passed: 50-49.
Motion to invoke cloture on Seema Verma (CMS); invoked: 54-44.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.86, recognizing the contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the United States.
No...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.58; passed: 59-40.
Legislative Business
Passed S.496, to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".
Passed S.J.Res.1,...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.44; passed: 51-48.
Legislative Business
Adopted by voice vote S.Res.68, raising awareness of modern slavery.
Adopted S.Res.82, congratulating the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory.
No...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Ben Carson to be Secretary, HUD; confirmed: 58-41.
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy; invoked: 62-37.
Confirmation of Rick Perry to be Secretary of Energy; confirmed: 62-37.
Motion to proceed to H.J.Res.37; agreed to:...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Ryan Zinke to be Secretary, DOI; confirmed: 68-31.
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Ben Carson to be Secretary, HUD; invoked: 62-37.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.74, congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of...
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Adopted Calendar #8, S.Res.62, authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for periods March 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017, October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, and October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019.
Adopted S.Res.35, expressing...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Wilbur Ross to be Secretary of Commerce; confirmed: 72-27.
Motion to invoke cloture on Ryan Zinke to be Secretary of Interior; invoked: 67-31-1.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.69, celebrating Black History Month.
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Mick Mulvaney to be Director of OMB; confirmed: 51-49.
Motion to invoke cloture on Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of EPA; invoked: 54-46.
Motion to extend debate on the Pruitt nomination; not agreed to 47-51.
Confirmation of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of EPA;...
Roll Call Votes
Passage of H.J.Res.40 (NICS - CRA); passed: 57-43.
Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Mick Mulvaney to be Director, OMB; invoked: 52-48.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Linda McMahon to be Administrator, Small Business Administration; confirmed: 81-19.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #5, H.R.255, to authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.
Passed by voice vote Calendar #6,...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury; confirmed: 53-47.
Confirmation of David Shulkin to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs; confirmed: 100-0.
No Legislative Business
No Executive Business
No Roll Call Votes
Legislative Business
Discharged Commerce of H.R.590 and referred to EPW.
Adopted S.Res.44, designating February 6 through 10, 2017, as "National School Counseling Week".
Adopted S.Res.45, designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear...
Roll Call Votes
Confirmation of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; confirmed: 52-47.
Motion to invoke cloture on Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury; invoked: 53-46.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.57, Majority Committee Membership (adding Senator...