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Roll Call Votes Motion to request the presence of absent senators; agreed to: 91-4. Confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education; confirmed: 51-50, with the vice president having voted in the affirmative. Motion to invoke cloture on Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; invoked:...

Roll Call Votes Passage of H.J.Res.41, SEC Resource Extraction Resolution of Disapproval; adopted: 52-47. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education; invoked: 52-48. Legislative Business Passed S.305: to amend title 4, United States Code, to encourage...

Roll Call Votes Passage of H.J.Res.38 (Stream Protection Rule Resolution of Disapproval); agreed to: 54-45. Motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General; agreed to: 53-45. Motion to proceed to Legislative Session; agreed to: 51-47. Motion to proceed to...

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State; confirmed: 56-43. Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote on confirmation of the Tillerson nomination; agreed to: 55-43. Motion to proceed to Legislative Session; agreed to: 53-44. Shall the Journal stand approved to...

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Elaine Chao to be Secretary of Transportation; confirmed: 93-6-1. No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State; invoked: 56-43. No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Nikki Haley to be UN Ambassador; confirmed: 96-4. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.26, National School Choice Week. No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of Mike Pompeo, to be Director of the CIA; confirmed: 66-32. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.19, denouncing the deadly attack at Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport, honoring the lives of the victims, offering condolences to their families, friends, and...

Roll Call Votes Confirmation of James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense; confirmed: 98-1. Confirmation of John Kelly to be Secretary of Homeland Security; confirmed: 88-11. Motion to proceed to the consideration of Mike Pompeo to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; agreed to:...

Roll Call Votes Passage of H.R.72, GAO Access and Oversight Act; passed: 99-0. Legislative Business Passed H.R.39, TALENT Act.   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Passage of S.84, appointment exception for Secretary of Defense; passed: 81-17. Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.14, commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Motion to waive the budget act re: Nelson #13; not agreed to 47-51 Motion to waive the budget act re: King #60; not agreed to 48-50 Motion to waive the budget act re: Barrasso #173; not agreed to 51-47 Motion to waive the budget act re: Manchin-Tester-Heitkamp #64; not agreed to...

Roll Call Votes Motion to waive the budget act re: Flake amendment #52 (side by side to Sanders); not agreed to: 31-67. Motion to waive the budget act re: Sanders amendment #19 (no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid); not agreed to: 49-49. No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Paul amendment #1 (substitute); not agreed to: 14-83 Motion to waive the budget act with respect to Hirono-Donnelly amendment #20 (protecting Medicare and Medicaid); not agreed to: 49-47. No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Motion to waive the budget act with respect to Kaine-Murphy SA#8; not agreed to: 48-52. Legislative Business Agreed to S.Res.7, to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the 115th Congress. Agreed to S.Res.8, to constitute the minority party's...

Roll Call Votes Motion to proceed to S.Con.Res.3, FY2017 budget; agreed to: 51-48. No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

No Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.1, notifying the President that a quorum of each House has assembled. Adopted S.Res.2, notifying the House that a quorum of the Senate has assembled. Adopted S.Res.3, fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate. Agreed to S.Con.Res.1,...

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2028, CR; agreed to: 61-38 Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2028, CR; agreed to: 63-36 Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in...

Roll Call Votes Adoption of the Conference Report to accompany S.2943, NDAA; adopted: 92-7. Legislative Business Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.3516, VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act (McCain).   No Executive Business

Roll Call Votes Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.34, Cures; agreed to: 94-5 Motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to accompany S.2943, NDAA; invoked: 92-7. Legislative Business Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of...