Senator Reid asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and confirm the nomination of David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Senator Grassley objected. var addthis_options = “facebook,twitter,email,print,bitly,more”; var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true,”data_ga_property”:”UA-7132269-4″,”data_ga_social”:true,”data_track_addressbar”:false,”data_track_textcopy”:false};
Senator Reid does not expect any roll call votes until Thursday, January 3. We will reconvene later this afternoon (Tuesday) and we expect some action on the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill.
The Senate has reached an agreement to consider the fiscal cliff legislation. The Senate will now proceed to the consideration of H.R.8 and the substitute amendment, which is the fiscal cliff language, will be agreed to. There will now be up to 10 minutes for debate prior to a vote on H.R.8, as amended. No…
The Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. A caucus meeting is still expected this evening.
The Senate has reconvened and is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no further roll call votes today. Roll call votes are possible tomorrow. We will convene at 11am and hope to have more information regarding the schedule then.
The Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair.
There will now be up to 60 minutes for debate prior to a series of 2 roll call votes. Upon the use or yielding back of time (approximately 2:05pm), the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the following nominations: - Confirmation of Executive Calendar #909, William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be…
The Senate stands in recess until 2pm. At 2pm there will be up to 8 minutes of debate prior to a series of 2 stacked roll call votes in relation to the following amendments: - Coburn #3382 (merit based recovery contracts) - Coburn #3383(strike certain studies – Army Corps) Both of these votes…
11:27am The Senate began a roll call vote on Coburn amendment #3368 (cost sharing-Army Corps); Not Agreed to: 44-51
The following amendments were agreed to by voice vote. Cardin #3393 Grassley #3348 Feinstein #3421 as modified Harkin #3426 Landrieu #3415 Leahy #3403 Coburn #3369 Coburn #3370 – Division I Senator McCain will not offer #3384. The Senate is now voting on Bingaman amendment #3344 (Palau).