VOTES IN SENATE
Bills and resolutions
Senate Rules: enable each newly constituted Senate to determine the Rules of its proceedings at the beginning of each Congress (see S. Res. 396), S197 [25JA] (see S. Res. 619), S7089 [14SE]
———improve process for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds (see S. Res. 440), S1169 [4MR]
———permit Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased (see S. Res. 465), S1874 [23MR]
———provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (see S. Res. 416), S569 [11FE]
———reform filibuster rules to improve daily process (see S. Res. 662), S7618 [28SE]
———request an amendment to the filibuster rule to facilitate consideration of bills and resolutions (see H. Res. 1018), H193 [19JA]
Recorded
9/11 Health and Compensation Act (H.R. 847): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S8669 [9DE]
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213): Baucus amendment (increase transparency regarding U.S. debt instruments held by foreign governments and assess risks to the U.S. of such holdings), S4738 [9JN]
———Baucus motion to table Cornyn amendment (increase transparency regarding U.S. debt instruments held by foreign governments and assess risks to the U.S. of such holdings), S4738 [9JN]
———Baucus motion to table Roberts amendment (exempt pediatric medical devices from the medical device tax), S4733 [9JN]
———Baucus motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Baucus amendment (substitute), S4958 [16JN]
———Brown of Massachusetts motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (offset unemployment compensation by rescinding unobligated stimulus funds), S6065 [21JY]
———Cardin motion to waive points of order relative to Cardin amendment (extend Federal Employees Health Benefits Program eligibility to certain adult dependents), S4733 [9JN]
———cloture motion on House amendment, S5096 [17JN], S5420 [24JN], S5679 [30JN], S6011 [20JY]
———Coburn motion to Senate Rules relative to amendment (require posting of all spending on Senate public website), S6066 [21JY]
———Coburn motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to motion to commit (require posting of all spending on Senate public website), S6065 [21JY]
———DeMint motion to Senate Rules relative to amendment (prohibit funding for Federal lawsuit against Arizona immigration enforcement legislation), S6067 [21JY]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to motion to commit (permanently extend estate tax relief), S6066 [21JY]
———Franken amendment (establish Office of the Homeowner Advocate), S4928 [15JN]
———House amendment, S6067 [21JY]
———Isakson amendment (extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit), S4971 [16JN]
———Reid amendment (extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit), S4971 [16JN]
———Reid motion to table Baucus motion to concur in House amendment, S5306 [23JN]
———Reid motion to table DeMint motion to refer, S5306 [23JN]
———Sanders amendment (repeal certain oil and gas related tax incentives and use savings to fund the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program), S4926 [15JN]
———Sessions motion to waive budget rules relative to Sessions amendment (reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps), S4735 [9JN]
———Thune motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Thune amendment (substitute), S5065 [17JN]
———Vitter amendment (ensure any increase in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund be used for oil spill clean-up), S4927 [15JN]
American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act (H.R. 4213): Brown of Massachusetts motion to waive Budget Act relative to Brown of Massachusetts amendment (provide an employee payroll tax cut), S1152 [4MR]
———Burr motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Burr amendment (Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday), S1152 [4MR]
———cloture motion, S1339 [10MR]
———cloture motion on Baucus amendment (substitute), S1292 [9MR]
———Coburn amendment (require Senate posting of all spending on Senate public website), S1285 [9MR]
———enact, S1339 [10MR]
———McCaskill motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you go rule relative to McCaskill amendment (reduce deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps), S1153 [4MR]
———Murray motion to waive pay-as-you-go rule relative to Murray amendment (summer jobs program funding), S1286 [9MR]
Americans With Disabilities Act (S. Res. 591): anniversary, S6146 [22JY]
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act import restrictions renewal (H.J. Res. 83): approve, S6146 [22JY]
Capitol Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 1299): cloture motion on House amendment, S773 [25FE]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to DeMint amendment (prohibit extension or establishment of national monuments in certain States), S774 [25FE]
———House amendment, S775 [25FE]
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (H.R. 2194): conference report, S5408 [24JN]
Congress (H. Con. Res. 257): adjournment, S2100 [25MR]
Congress (H. Con. Res. 321): adjournment, S7715 [29SE]
Continuing appropriations (H.R. 3081): DeMint amendment (extend expiration date), S7715 [29SE]
———making, S7715 [29SE]
———Thune amendment (across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending), S7714 [29SE]
Continuing Extension Act (H.R. 4851): Baucus motion to table Coburn amendment (finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs by eliminating certain low priority expenditures), S2346 [15AP]
———Baucus motion to table Coburn amendment (finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs through certain tax loophole closures), S2345 [15AP]
———Baucus motion to table Coburn amendment (rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs), S2282 [14AP]
———Baucus motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Baucus amendment (substitute), S2269, S2288 [14AP]
———cloture motion on Baucus amendment (substitute), S2365 [15AP]
———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2200 [12AP]
———enact, S2365 [15AP]
———McCain amendment (express that the value added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery), S2364 [15AP]
Continuing Extension Act (S. 3153): Reid motion to table motion to proceed, S2094 [25MR]
Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act (S. 3816): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7585 [28SE]
Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act (S. 3628): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S6285 [27JY], S7388 [23SE]
Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7246 [21SE], S8683 [9DE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 3081): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7585 [28SE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082): House amendment, S10885 [21DE]
———cloture motion on House amendment, S10853 [21DE]
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (H.R. 5281): cloture motion on House amendment, S10665 [18DE]
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 3992): Reid motion to table motion to proceed, S8668 [9DE]
Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act (H.R. 4899): Burr amendment (expansion of benefits to Filipino veterans who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. residents), S4503 [27MY]
———cloture motion on motion to concur in House amendment, S6190 [22JY]
———cloture motion on substitute amendment, S4483 [27MY]
———Collins amendment (delay imposing fines on certain contractors who have been unable to complete training and obtain certification for lead-based paint removal), S4502 [27MY]
———Cornyn motion to waive budget rules relative to amendment (improve border security through reductions in unobligated appropriations under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), S4480 [27MY]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S.), S4501 [27MY]
———enact, S4507 [27MY]
———Feingold amendment (require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan), S4482 [27MY]
———Inouye amendment (ensure any savings realized on the bid process on major construction projects be used to fund other authorized construction projects), S4503 [27MY]
———Inouye motion to table Coburn amendment (offset included programs by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending), S4482, S4483 [27MY]
———Kyl motion to waive budget rules relative to amendment (expand Operation Streamline to Tucson, AZ, sector to increase prosecution and imprisonment of illegal border crossers), S4479 [27MY]
———McCain motion to waive Budget Act relative to amendment (deploy National Guard to assist U.S.-Mexico border control activities), S4479 [27MY]
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act (H.R. 2965): cloture motion on House amendment, S10667 [18DE]
———House amendment, S10684 [18DE]
Education Jobs Fund and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase (H.R. 1586): cloture motion on House amendment, S6684 [4AU]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to DeMint motion to commit (permanently extend certain small business tax rates), S6764 [5AU]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to DeMint motion to commit (permanently extend current individual tax rates), S6764 [5AU]
———House amendment, S6766 [5AU]
———Murray motion to waive budget rules relative to House amendment, S6685 [4AU]
———Reid motion to table House amendment, S6572 [2AU]
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act (S. 3985): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S8628 [8DE]
EPA rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26): Murkowski motion to proceed, S4836 [10JN]
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 1586): enact, S1808 [22MR]
———Feingold amendment (rescind funds for unobligated transportation earmarks and establish reporting requirements), S1603 [16MR]
———Inhofe motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Inhofe amendment (spending caps for non-security spending), S1722 [18MR]
———Lieberman amendment (reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program vouchers to provide school choice), S1604 [16MR]
———McCain amendment (establish an earmark moratorium for any fiscal year in which there is a deficit), S1723 [18MR]
———Pryor motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Pryor amendment (reduce deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps), S1716 [18MR]
———Rockefeller motion to table DeMint amendment (establish an earmark moratorium), S1602 [16MR]
———Sessions motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Sessions amendment (reduce deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps), S1716 [18MR]
———Vitter motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to amendment (Coastal Impact Assistance Program), S1603 [16MR]
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510): Baucus motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations), S8231 [29NO]
———cloture motion on Harkin amendment (substitute), S8229 [29NO]
———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7929 [17NO]
———Coburn motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to Coburn amendment (establish an earmark moratorium), S8263 [30NO]
———Coburn motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to Coburn amendment (substitute), S8264 [30NO]
———enact, S8267 [30NO]
———Johanns motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and provide offset), S8230 [29NO]
———motion to proceed, S8031 [18NO]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872): Akaka motion to table Burr amendment (ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs), S2003 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Barrasso amendment (condition Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on certification that premiums won't increase more than projected), S1995 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Brownback amendment (ensure taxes on Medicare, wages, and unearned income are indexed for inflation), S2074 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Bunning amendment (allow individuals to opt out of Medicare Part A benefits), S2006 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Coburn amendment (eliminate fraudulent payments for drugs and prohibit Federal coverage of certain drugs for criminals and to induce abortion), S1998 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Collins amendment (waive penalty on hiring previously unemployed individuals), S1999 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Cornyn amendment (give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in their Medicaid programs), S2079 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Cornyn amendment (prohibit reform implementation until Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certifies they will lower national health care costs), S2073 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Cornyn motion to commit (prohibit tax on net investment income), S2001 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Crapo motion to commit (prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels), S1994 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table DeMint motion to commit (provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce), S2076 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Ensign amendment (repeal penalty for failure to comply with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual health insurance mandate), S2076 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Enzi motion to commit (exempt small businesses from taxes and requirements of health care mandates), S1995 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Grassley amendment (eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States), S2074 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Gregg amendment (prohibit use of Medicare trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs and require any savings to be reinvested), S1993 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Hatch amendment (prohibit tax increases on medical devices for soldiers and veterans), S2002 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Hatch motion to commit (Medicare Advantage program funding), S1997 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Hutchison amendment (allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate), S1998 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Hutchison amendment (repeal taxable year limitation on small business tax credit), S2078 [25MR]
———Baucus motion to table Inhofe amendment (prohibit tax increases on pediatric devices and assistive medical devices for individuals with disabilities), S2002 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table McCain amendment (eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States), S1994 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Risch amendment (repeal limitation on itemized medical expense deductions), S2009 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Roberts amendment (prohibit tax increases on medical devices), S2001 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Roberts motion to commit (repeal certain cost control provisions), S2005 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Vitter amendment (allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles), S2011 [24MR]
———Baucus motion to table Vitter amendment (repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), S2004 [24MR]
———Bennett motion to waive Budget Act relative to Bennett amendment (prohibit issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples until a referendum can be held), S2009 [24MR]
———Coburn motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Coburn amendment (clarify when veterans and others may purchase firearms relative to mental competence), S2071 [25MR]
———Durbin motion to table Sessions amendment (require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for any national health care plan), S2072 [25MR]
———enact, S2086 [25MR]
———Ensign motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Ensign amendment (improve access to pro bono health care by providing medical liability protections), S2070 [25MR]
———Grassley motion to waive Budget Act relative to Grassley amendment (require certain Federal employees to purchase health insurance through health insurance exchanges), S1996 [24MR]
———Grassley motion to waive Budget Act relative to Grassley amendment (temporarily extend certain programs), S2008 [24MR]
———Gregg motion to waive to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Gregg amendment (reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians), S2003 [24MR]
———Harkin motion to table Alexander motion to commit (reduce interest rates paid by student borrowers on education loans), S1996 [24MR]
———Harkin motion to table Thune amendment (condition Federal Family Education Loan Program funding on certification that no State will experience a net job loss as a result), S1999 [24MR]
———Hutchison motion to waive Budget Act relative to Hutchison amendment (repeal sunset on marriage penalty relief and make election to deduct sales taxes permanent), S2010 [24MR]
———LeMieux motion to waive Budget Act relative to LeMieux amendment (enroll Members of Congress in Medicaid), S1997 [24MR]
———Murkowski motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Murkowski amendment (inflation adjustment for hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers), S2077 [25MR]
———Reid motion to proceed, S1821 [23MR]
———Roberts motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Roberts amendment (protect Medicare beneficiary access to hospital care in rural areas), S2004 [24MR]
———Thune motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Thune amendment (repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program), S2000 [24MR]
———Vitter motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Vitter amendment (suspension of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relative to deficit reduction), S2075 [25MR]
Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2847): Cardin motion to waive Budget Act and budget rules relative to House amendment, S724 [24FE]
———cloture motion on House amendment, S1501 [15MR]
———cloture motion on Reid amendment to House amendment, S610 [22FE]
———House amendment, S725 [24FE], S1637 [17MR]
———Schumer motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to House amendment, S1635 [17MR]
Impeachment trial of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.: Article I (refusal to recuse himself from a case due to corrupt financial relationship), S8609 [8DE]
———Article II (pattern of corrupt conduct through receipt of things of value and improper structuring of bail bonds), S8609 [8DE]
———Article III (perjury in personal bankruptcy case), S8610 [8DE]
———Article IV (made false statements to Senate and FBI during confirmation as Federal judge), S8610 [8DE]
———motion to disaggregate the Articles of Impeachment, S8608 [8DE]
———Reid motion to disqualify from holding office at any time in the future in the U.S., S8611 [8DE]
Middle Class Tax Relief Act (H.R. 4853): cloture motion on Baucus amendment (substitute), S8529 [4DE]
———cloture motion on Schumer amendment (substitute), S8529 [4DE]
National Mediation Board rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (S. J. Res. 30): motion to proceed, S7383 [23SE]
Nomination of Audrey Goldstein Fleissig to be district judge: confirmed, S4608 [7JN]
Nomination of Barbara Milano Keenan to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S909 [2MR]
———confirmed, S910 [2MR]
Nomination of Ben S. Bernanke to be Federal Reserve Board Chair: cloture motion, S317 [28JA]
———confirmed, S317 [28JA]
Nomination of Benita Y. Pearson to be district judge: confirmed, S10887 [21DE]
Nomination of Beverly Baldwin Martin to be circuit judge: confirmed, S18 [20JA]
Nomination of Brian A. Jackson to be district judge: confirmed, S4911 [15JN]
Nomination of Christopher H. Schroeder to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy: confirmed, S2497 [21AP]
Nomination of Craig Becker to the NLRB: cloture motion, S527 [9FE]
Nomination of David H. Petraeus to be General and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan: confirmed, S5651 [30JN]
Nomination of Denny Chin to be circuit judge: confirmed, S2544 [22AP]
Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Supreme Court Justice: confirmed, S6830 [5AU]
Nomination of Ellen Lipton Hollander to be district judge: confirmed, S10668 [18DE]
Nomination of Gary S. Feinerman to be district judge: confirmed, S5481 [28JN]
Nomination of Gloria M. Navarro to be district judge: confirmed, S3146 [5MY]
Nomination of Jane Branstetter Stranch to be circuit judge: confirmed, S7016 [13SE]
Nomination of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., to be circuit judge: confirmed, S527 [9FE]
Nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for International Affairs: cloture motion, S2413 [19AP]
———confirmed, S2445 [20AP]
Nomination of Lucy Haeran Koh to be district judge: confirmed, S4608 [7JN]
Nomination of M. Patricia Smith to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor: confirmed, S456 [4FE]
Nomination of Marc T. Treadwell to be district judge: confirmed, S5193 [21JN]
Nomination of Marisa J. Demeo to be District of Columbia Superior Court associate judge: confirmed, S2459 [20AP]
Nomination of Mark A. Goldsmith to be district judge: confirmed, S5193 [21JN]
Nomination of Martha N. Johnson to be GSA Administrator: cloture motion, S466 [4FE]
———confirmed, S467 [4FE]
Nomination of Mary H. Murguia to be circuit judge: confirmed, S10987 [22DE]
Nomination of Nancy D. Freudenthal to be district judge: confirmed, S3146 [5MY]
Nomination of O. Rogeriee Thompson to be circuit judge: confirmed, S1652 [17MR]
Nomination of Patricia M. Smith to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor: cloture motion, S386 [1FE]
Nomination of Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., to be circuit judge: confirmed, S10725 [19DE]
Nomination of Rosanna Malouf Peterson to be district judge: confirmed, S186 [25JA]
Nomination of Sharon Johnson Coleman to be district judge: confirmed, S5734 [12JY]
Nomination of Tanya Walton Pratt to be district judge: confirmed, S4910 [15JN]
Nomination of Thomas I. Vanaskie to be circuit judge: confirmed, S2510 [21AP]
Nomination of William J. Martinez to be district judge: confirmed, S10888 [21DE]
Nomination of William M. Conley to be district judge: confirmed, S1153 [4MR]
Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7928 [17NO]
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S. 3991): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S8626 [8DE]
Restoring American Financial Stability Act (H.R. 4173): Brownback motion to instruct conferees (exempt auto dealers from regulation by Consumer Financial Protection Agency), S4138 [24MY]
———enact, S4078 [20MY]
———Hutchison motion to instruct conferees (exempt insurance company affiliates of depository institutions from proprietary trading restrictions), S4138 [24MY]
Restoring American Financial Stability Act (S. 3217): Boxer amendment (prohibit use of taxpayer funds to bailout failing financial institutions), S3147 [5MY]
———Brown of Ohio amendment (address concept of ``too big to fail'' through stricter limits on leverage and liabilities and through improved capital assessment and financial reporting), S3352 [6MY]
———Carper amendment (clarify applicability of certain State enforcement authorities with respect to regulating national banks), S3872 [18MY]
———Chambliss amendment (over-the-counter derivatives markets regulation and market transparency improvement), S3610 [12MY]
———cloture motion on Dodd amendment (substitute), S3964 [19MY], S4043 [20MY]
———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2622 [26AP], S2697 [27AP], S2729 [28AP]
———Corker amendment (clarify applicability of certain State enforcement authorities with respect to regulating national banks), S3872 [18MY]
———Corker amendment (reform regulations for residential mortgage underwriting standards), S3574 [12MY]
———Cornyn amendment (IMF certification that loans to foreign countries whose public debt exceeds its gross domestic product will be repaid), S3810 [17MY]
———Crapo motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Crapo amendment (reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises), S3809 [17MY]
———Dodd amendment (require GAO to conduct a study and offer recommendations on reforming the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises), S3509 [11MY]
———Dodd motion to table Dorgan amendment (prohibit naked credit default swaps), S3894 [18MY]
———Dodd motion to waive Budget Act relative to Dodd amendment (substitute), S4077 [20MY]
———Durbin amendment (promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees), S3705 [13MY]
———Ensign amendment (amend the definition of financial company to impose limits on nondeposit liabilities for certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises), S3351 [6MY]
———Franken amendment (reform the way initial credit ratings are assigned), S3682 [13MY]
———Grassley amendment (preserve independence of Inspectors General of Federal agencies and departments), S3894 [18MY]
———Gregg amendment (prohibit use of taxpayer funds to bailout State and local governments), S3862 [18MY]
———Hutchison amendment (permit community banks to remain under FRS supervision), S3575 [12MY]
———LeMieux amendment (reform the way initial credit ratings are assigned), S3683 [13MY]
———McCain amendment (conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises), S3509 [11MY]
———Merkley amendment (prohibit certain payments to loan originators and require verification by lenders of the ability of consumers to repay loans), S3574 [12MY]
———Reed amendment (establish specific consumer protection liaison for Armed Forces members and their families), S3613 [12MY]
———Sanders amendment (require GAO audit of the FRS Board of Governors and publication of information on financial assistance provided to various entities), S3495 [11MY]
———Sessions amendment (provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions), S3691 [13MY]
———Shelby amendment, S3148 [5MY]
———Shelby amendment (FDIC Division for Consumer Financial Protection establishment), S3327 [6MY]
———Tester amendment (amend the FDIC definition of the term ``assessment base'' to include a financial entity's total assets in determination of deposit insurance premiums), S3299 [6MY]
———Thune amendment (establish sunset for the FDIC Division for Consumer Financial Protection), S3705 [13MY]
———Vitter amendment (reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported), S3495 [11MY]
———Whitehouse amendment (restore State's rights to protect consumers from usury), S3972 [19MY]
Rule imposing mandates on current health plans in order to retain grandfathered status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (S.J. Res. 39): Enzi motion to proceed, S7693 [29SE]
Senate: adjournment, S1820 [23MR]
———motion to request attendance of absent Senators, S2099 [25MR], S2626 [26AP], S3346 [6MY], S6497 [29JY], S7483 [27SE]
Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297): cloture motion, S7158 [16SE]
———cloture motion on Johanns amendment (repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain small business payments to corporations), S7062 [14SE]
———cloture motion on Landrieu amendment (substitute), S6189 [22JY]
———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S5515 [29JN]
———cloture motion on Nelson of Florida amendment (establish exemptions to information reporting requirements for certain small business payments to corporations), S7062 [14SE]
———cloture motion on Reid amendment (substitute), S6473 [29JY], S7062 [14SE]
———enact, S7158 [16SE]
———Grassley motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to Grassley amendment (extend tax incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel), S7149 [16SE]
———Hatch motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to Hatch motion to commit (permanently extend the research and development tax credit), S7150 [16SE]
Statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45): Baucus amendment (exclude Social Security programs from consideration by the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action), S220 [26JA]
———Brownback amendment (establish Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies), S281 [28JA]
———Coburn amendment Division I (GAO investigations to identify duplicative Government programs and recommendations for either consolidation or elimination of such programs), S242 [26JA]
———Coburn amendment Division II (Members of Congress office operations funding), S243 [26JA]
———Coburn amendment Division III (eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending), S243 [26JA]
———Coburn amendment Division IV (rescind certain unspent and uncommitted Federal funds), S244 [26JA]
———Conrad amendment (establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action), S221 [26JA]
———increase, S286 [28JA]
———Reid amendment (comply with pay-as-you-go requirement), S283 [28JA]
———Reid amendment (substitute), S284 [28JA]
———Sessions amendment (establish discretionary spending caps), S282 [28JA]
———Thune amendment (terminate Dept. of the Treasury authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program), S102 [21JA]
Tax Extenders Act (H.R. 4213): Baucus motion to table Bunning amendment (use unspent stimulus funds to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code), S1011 [3MR]
———Baucus motion to table Grassley amendment (reform Medicare sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians), S999 [3MR]
———Baucus motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Baucus amendment (substitute), S1012 [3MR]
———Burr motion to waive Budget Act relative to Burr amendment (provide emergency relief to certain individuals to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment using unobligated stimulus funds), S1009 [3MR]
———Cornyn motion to waive Budget Act relative to Thune amendment (make permanent the increase in tax limitations on expensing of certain depreciable small business assets), S998 [3MR]
———Inouye motion to table Bunning amendment (use funds saved from eliminating unnecessary and duplicate Federal programs to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions), S1011 [3MR]
———Sanders motion to waive Budget Act relative to Sanders amendment (provide emergency relief to certain individuals in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment), S1010 [3MR]
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act (H.R. 4853): Coburn motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (rescind funds from Federal programs to pay for emergency unemployment compensation), S10251 [15DE]
———cloture motion on House amendment, S8846 [13DE]
———DeMint motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (substitute), S10251 [15DE]
———House amendment, S10255 [15DE]
———Reid motion to table Reid motion to refer, S8702 [9DE]
———Sanders motion to suspend Senate Rules relative to amendment (substitute), S10251 [15DE]
Temporary Extension Act (H.R. 4691): Bunning motion to waive Budget Act relative to Bunning amendment (substitute), S933 [2MR]
———enact, S933 [2MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): cloture motion, S10888 [21DE]
———Ensign amendment (clarify definition of rail mobile missiles), S10903 [21DE]
———Inhofe amendment (increase number of certain inspections allowed), S10801 [20DE]
———Kerry motion to table Risch amendment (provide for return of stolen U.S. military equipment), S10903 [21DE]
———Kyl amendment (limit deployment of nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles), S10913 [21DE]
———Kyl amendment (restrict use of warhead covers that interfere with Type One inspections and require telemetric exchanges on deployed ballistic missile systems), S10914 [21DE]
———LeMieux amendment (require parties to enter into negotiations to address disparity between the nonstrategic nuclear weapons stockpiles of the parties), S10802 [20DE]
———McCain amendment (amend preamble to strike language relative to interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms), S10685 [18DE]
———motion to proceed, S10261 [15DE]
———ratification, S10982 [22DE]
———Risch amendment (amend preamble to acknowledge interrelationship between nonstrategic and strategic offensive arms), S10724 [19DE]
———Thune amendment (modify deployed delivery vehicle limits), S10802 [20DE]
———Wicker amendment (require provisions adopted in the Bilateral Consultative Commission affecting substantive rights or obligations be submitted to the Senate for review), S10913 [21DE]
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173): cloture motion on conference report, S5880 [15JY]
———conference report, S5933 [15JY]
———Dodd motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to conference report, S5932 [15JY]
Remarks in House
Senate Rules: request an amendment to the filibuster rule to facilitate consideration of bills and resolutions (H. Res. 1018), H168 [19JA]
———use of filibuster and holds to obstruct legislation, H1003 [2MR]
Remarks in Senate
Correction: Alexander, S7585 [28SE]
———Brown, Sherrod, S3575 [12MY]
———Bunning, S468 [4FE]
———Sessions, S467 [4FE]
Position on missed: Baucus, S7016 [13SE]
———Boxer, S4911 [15JN], S8264 [30NO]
———Brownback, S5689 [30JN], S5781 [13JY]
———Crapo, S1665 [17MR]
———Durbin, S5193 [21JN]
———Hatch, S10736, S10737 [19DE]
———Inhofe, S775 [25FE], S3495 [11MY]
———Isakson, S1164 [4MR], S4437 [26MY]
———Kaufman, S2079 [25MR]
———Kerry, S3147 [5MY], S8051 [18NO]
———Lieberman, S8231 [29NO]
———Lincoln, S8683 [9DE]
———Manchin, S10732 [19DE]
———McCain, S738 [24FE]
———Menendez, S2288 [14AP]
———Pryor, S8231 [29NO]
———Tester, S1607, S1613 [16MR], S8231 [29NO]
———Thune, S562 [11FE]
———Udall, Mark, S35 [20JA], S2079 [25MR], S7017 [13SE]
Senate Rules: enable each newly constituted Senate to determine the Rules of its proceedings at the beginning of each Congress (S. Res. 396), S198-S200 [25JA]
———improve process for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds (S. Res. 440), S1572 [16MR]
———provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (S. Res. 416), S572-S574 [11FE], S924 [2MR]
———reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S7700 [29SE]
———use of filibuster and holds to obstruct legislation, S10351, S10355 [16DE]
Specter, Senator: tribute to casting 10,000th vote, S185-S188, S204 [25JA]
Texts of
S. Res. 396, enable each newly constituted Senate to determine the Rules of its proceedings at the beginning of each Congress, S198 [25JA]
S. Res. 416, provide for cloture to be invoked in the Senate with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate, S571 [11FE]
S. Res. 440, Senate Rules process improvement for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds, S1184 [4MR]
S. Res. 465, permit Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased, S1876 [23MR]
S. Res. 619, enable each newly constituted Senate to determine the Rules of its proceedings at the beginning of each Congress, S7094 [14SE]
S. Res. 662, reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S7638 [28SE]