VOTES IN SENATE related term(s) Senate

Addresses

Filibuster—‘‘Democracy’s Finest Show . . . The Right To Talk Your Head Off’’: Senator Alexander, S7318 [3DE]

Articles and editorials

Filibuster Reform—Avoid the ‘Nuclear Option’, S7317 [3DE]

Let’s Just Say It—The Republicans Are the Problem, S3020 [9MY]

Senate Rule Changes Come With Risk, S7316 [3DE]

Bills and resolutions

Congress: strengthen financial disclosures by Members, officers, and employees, display subject matter of debates, make legislation available before voting, and promote availability of FEC reports (see H.R. 3898), H475 [3FE]

Members of Congress: reduce pay of Members who miss votes because of campaigning for election to another office (see H.R. 6108), H4862 [12JY]

Excerpts

‘‘Good Fight—Hard Lessons From Searchlight to Washington’’: Senator Reid and Mark Warren, S7316 [3DE]

Lists

Quotes from Senators and ‘‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’’ (motion picture) relative to Senate filibuster rules, S7319 [3DE]

Senators who would have voted against the confirmation of Andrew D. Hurwitz as circuit judge if there had been a rollcall vote, S4148 [13JN]

Recorded

African Growth and Opportunity Act addition of South Sudan to list of eligible countries and third country fabric program extension (S. 3326): Coburn amendment (consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government trade programs), S5920 [2AU]

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (S. 3240): Alexander amendment (prohibit entity receiving a business and industry direct or guaranteed loan for a wind energy project from receiving other Federal assistance for the project), S4275 [19JN]

——— Ayotte amendment (value-added grant program funding), S4267 [19JN]

——— Boozman amendment (Dept. of Agriculture The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding through reductions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding), S4346 [20JN]

——— Boxer amendment (EPA use of aerial surveillance of agricultural operations), S4382 [21JN]

——— Brown of Ohio amendment (strengthen rural communities and foster the next generation of farmers and ranchers), S4270 [19JN]

——— Cantwell amendment (encourage the purchase of pulse crop products for school meals programs), S4271 [19JN]

——— Casey amendment (require more frequent dairy reporting and conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing two classes of milk), S4273 [19JN]

——— Chambliss amendment (modify crop insurance eligibility requirements to include compliance with conservation laws), S4354 [20JN]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S3808 [7JN]

——— Coburn amendment (Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program funding), S4336 [20JN]

——— Coburn amendment (limit conservation program payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer), S4338 [20JN]

——— Coburn amendment (limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer), S4356 [20JN]

——— Coburn amendment (prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction), S4385 [21JN]

——— DeMint amendment (Dept. of Agriculture rural broadband telecommunications services programs funding), S4279 [19JN], S4336 [20JN]

——— DeMint amendment (prohibit Dept. of Agriculture loan guarantees), S4281 [19JN]

——— DeMint amendment (prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation in check off programs to provide research and information for a particular commodity or brand), S4281 [19JN]

——— enact, S4397 [21JN]

——— Feinstein amendment (study feasibility of establishing an insurance product that covers food safety recalls), S4276 [19JN]

——— Gillibrand amendment (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding), S4278 [19JN]

——— Grassley amendment (limit payments for marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments), S4269 [19JN]

——— Johanns amendment (EPA use of aerial surveillance of agricultural operations), S4382 [21JN]

——— Johnson of Wisconsin motion to recommit (shift Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program into a separate bill), S4352 [20JN]

——— Kerry amendment (prohibit food aid to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea unless the President issues a national interest waiver), S4339 [20JN]

——— Kyl amendment (prohibit food aid to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), S4339 [20JN]

——— Lee amendment (repeal Forest Legacy Program), S4340 [20JN]

——— Lee amendment (repeal the Conservation Stewardship Program and Conservation Reserve Program), S4344 [20JN]

——— Lee motion to recommit (reduce agriculture programs funding to 2008 levels), S4351 [20JN]

——— Merkley amendment (require the FCIC provide insurance to organic crops similar in terms and conditions provided for other crops), S4335 [20JN]

——— Paul amendment (limit farm subsidy payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer), S4274 [19JN]

——— Reid motion to table Paul amendment (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding), S4125 [13JN]

——— Reid motion to table Shaheen amendment (sugar price support program funding), S4124 [13JN]

——— Rubio amendment (permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract), S4389 [21JN]

——— Sanders amendment (allow States to require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material), S4384 [21JN]

——— Sessions amendment (end State bonus payments for administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), S4272 [19JN]

——— Sessions amendment (prohibit funding to allow categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), S4271 [19JN]

——— Snowe amendment (Federal milk marketing order program reform), S4268 [19JN]

——— Thune amendment (limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer), S4355 [20JN]

——— Toomey amendment (amend consumer confidence reporting requirements for community water systems), S4383 [21JN]

——— Toomey amendment (eliminate Organic Certification Cost Share and Agricultural Management Assistance Program), S4277 [19JN]

——— Toomey amendment (repeal Dept. of Agriculture Biorefinery Assistance Program), S4348 [20JN]

——— Toomey amendment (sugar price support program funding), S4350 [20JN]

——— Udall of Colorado amendment (remove trees killed by bark beetles funding), S4340 [20JN]

——— Vitter amendment (ensure that extras in film and television who bring domesticated household pets do not face unnecessary regulations and prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture), S4353 [20JN]

American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 8): enact, S8585 [31DE]

Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 3364): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S5189 [19JY]

Budget 2012–2022 (S. Con. Res. 42): motion to proceed, S3222 [16MY]

Budget 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112): motion to proceed, S3220 [16MY]

Budget 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 37): motion to proceed, S3221 [16MY]

Budget 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 41): motion to proceed, S3220 [16MY]

Budget 2013–2022 (S. Con. Res. 44): motion to proceed, S3222 [16MY]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 117): cloture motion, S6604 [21SE]

——— making, S6604 [21SE]

——— motion to proceed, S6405 [19SE], S6500 [20SE]

Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: motion to proceed, S6923 [27NO]

——— ratify, S7379 [4DE]

Cybersecurity Act (CSA2012) (S. 3414): cloture motion, S5919 [2AU], S6784 [14NO]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S5450 [26JY]

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act (S. 3369): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S5072 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310): conference report, S8338 [21DE]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254): authorizing, S7392 [4DE]

——— Ayotte amendment (prohibit funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S.), S7192 [29NO]

——— Cardin amendment (ensure sufficient sizing of civilian and contract services workforces), S7282 [30NO]

——— cloture motion, S7336 [3DE]

——— Cornyn amendment (Dept. of Veterans Affairs report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims), S7145 [29NO]

——— Feinstein amendment (limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force), S7193 [29NO]

——— Gillibrand amendment (treatment of autism and other developmental disabilities under TRICARE), S7158 [29NO]

——— Hagan amendment (memorandum of understanding on production of aviation and marine biofuels), S7146 [29NO]

——— Leahy amendment (Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program improvement), S7028 [28NO]

——— McCain amendment (establish no-fly zone in Syria), S7389 [4DE]

——— Menendez amendment (strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon threatening activities), S7283 [30NO]

——— Merkley amendment (develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan), S7152 [29NO]

——— Nelson of Florida motion to waive Budget Act relative to amendment (veterans survivor annuities), S7284 [30NO]

——— Udall of Colorado amendment (exempt from requirements on procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels), S7011 [28NO]

Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 1): Bingaman amendment (approve agreement between the U.S. and Palau in response to Super Typhoon Bopha), S8463 [28DE]

——— cloture motion, S8340 [21DE]

——— Coats amendment (substitute), S8483 [28DE]

——— Coburn amendment (clarify cost-sharing requirements for certain Corps of Engineers activities), S8465 [28DE]

——— Coburn amendment (ensure that Federal disaster assistance is available for the most severe disasters), S8467 [28DE]

——— Coburn amendment (prohibit emergency Federal disaster assistance for commercial fisheries), S8466 [28DE]

——— Coburn amendment (require merit-based and competitive awards of Federal disaster recovery contracts), S8468 [28DE]

——— enact, S8486 [28DE]

——— McCain amendment (Dept. of Agriculture Emergency Forest Restoration Program funding), S8482 [28DE]

——— Merkley motion to waive Budget Act relative to Merkley amendment (extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs), S8482 [28DE]

——— Mikulski motion to waive Budget Act relative to Toomey point of order, S8342 [21DE]

——— Paul amendment (prohibit funding to administer or enforce certain wage-rate requirements relative to any project or program funded under this Act), S8480 [28DE]

——— Paul amendment (supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy through reductions in foreign aid funding), S8481 [28DE]

——— Tester motion to waive Budget Act relative to Tester amendment (Forest Service wildland fire management funding), S8464 [28DE]

EPA rule relative to maximum achievable control technology for certain steam generating units (S.J. Res. 37): motion to proceed, S4334 [20JN]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act (H.R. 658): conference report, S343 [6FE]

FDA Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187): Bingaman amendment (prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market), S3554 [24MY]

——— cloture motion on House amendment, S4449 [25JN]

——— enact, S3568 [24MY]

——— Harkin motion to table Durbin amendment (improve safety of dietary supplements by requiring manufacturers to register supplement products with the FDA and amending labeling requirements), S3563 [24MY]

——— Harkin motion to table Paul amendment (access to dietary supplements, prohibition on FDA employees carrying guns or making certain arrests, and proof of intent for prohibited acts), S3562 [24MY]

——— House amendment, S4626 [26JN]

——— McCain amendment (allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada), S3562 [24MY]

——— Murkowski amendment (prevent approval of genetically-engineered fish unless NOAA concurs with such approval), S3555 [24MY]

——— Sanders amendment (revoke drug exclusivity from certain entities for violations of Federal and State laws regulating pharmaceuticals), S3563 [24MY]

FDIC Transaction Account Guarantee Program (S. 3637): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7724 [11DE]

——— Johnson of South Dakota motion to waive Budget Act relative to Toomey point of order, S8003 [13DE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949): extend, S8461 [28DE]

——— Leahy amendment (substitute), S8427 [27DE]

——— Merkley amendment (disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions), S8428 [27DE]

——— Paul amendment (prohibit unreasonable search or seizure of records of individuals held by a third party), S8428 [27DE]

——— Wyden amendment (Office of the Director of National Intelligence report on privacy impact), S8460 [28DE]

Importance of preventing Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (S.J. Res. 41): express and continue, S6602 [21SE]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (H.R. 3606): cloture motion, S1884 [21MR]

——— cloture motion on Cantwell amendment (reauthorize Eximbank), S1842 [20MR]

——— cloture motion on Reed amendment (substitute), S1840 [20MR]

——— enact, S1977 [22MR]

——— Merkley amendment (registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities), S1976 [22MR]

Middle Class Tax Cut Act (S. 3412): enact, S5355 [25JY]

——— Hatch amendment (extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform), S5353 [25JY]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630): conference report, S892 [17FE]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) (H.R. 4348): conference report, S4759 [29JN]

——— Reid motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to conference report, S4754 [29JN]

——— Reid motion to waive Coats point of order (material not in House or Senate version) on conference report, S4752 [29JN]

——— Reid motion to waive McConnell point of order (public availability) on conference report, S4751 [29JN]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) (S. 1813): Baucus amendment (full funding for Payments in Lieu of Taxes program and Secure Rural Schools and Community-Self Determination Act), S1527 [8MR]

——— Bingaman amendment (remove privatized highways from consideration in apportioning highway funding among States), S1596 [13MR]

——— Boxer amendment (assess need for environmental reviews and approval requirements for certain emergency highway construction projects), S1650 [14MR]

——— Boxer motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule, S1531 [8MR]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S420 [9FE]

——— cloture motion on Reid amendment, S886 [17FE]

——— cloture motion on Reid amendment (substitute), S1410 [6MR]

——— Coats amendment (modify gas tax apportionment formula to ensure that percentage of funds received by a State is same as total gas taxes paid by the State), S1601 [13MR]

——— Coburn amendment (prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs), S1528 [8MR]

——— Collins amendment (provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators), S1528 [8MR]

——— Corker motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Corker amendment (reduce budget discretionary spending limits to offset Highway Trust Fund), S1605 [13MR]

——— DeMint amendment (empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs), S1595 [13MR]

——— DeMint amendment (terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate), S1599 [13MR]

——— enact, S1659 [14MR]

——— Hoeven amendment (congressional approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline), S1530 [8MR]

——— Menendez amendment (encourage alternative energy investments and job creation), S1601 [13MR]

——— Murray motion to table Blunt amendment (protect rights of conscience relative to certain Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requirements for coverage), S1173 [1MR]

——— Nelson of Florida amendment (restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine habitats, beaches, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States), S1529 [8MR]

——— Paul motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Paul amendment (environmental reviews for emergency highway construction projects), S1650 [14MR]

——— Portman amendment (allow States to permit non-highway uses in rest areas along any highway), S1606 [13MR]

——— Portman amendment (allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities), S1604 [13MR]

——— Roberts amendment (approve Keystone XL pipeline, provide for offshore and oil shale energy development, and extend certain tax provisions), S1597 [13MR]

——— Stabenow amendment (extend tax credits for clean energy programs), S1599 [13MR]

——— Vitter amendment (reinstate Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program), S1526 [8MR]

——— Wyden amendment (approve Keystone XL Pipeline permit consistent with current law, prohibit export of oil, and require U.S. iron and steel in construction), S1529 [8MR]

National Flood Insurance Fund financial solvency restoration (S. 1940): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S4400 [21JN]

NLRB rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36): motion to proceed, S2634 [24AP]

Nomination of Adalberto J. Jordan to be circuit judge: confirmed, S558 [13FE], S673 [15FE]

Nomination of Andrew D. Hurwitz to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S3890 [11JN]

Nomination of Brian C. Wimes to be district judge: confirmed, S2586 [23AP]

Nomination of Carol J. Galante to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner: confirmed, S8529 [30DE]

Nomination of Cathy A. Bencivengo to be district judge: confirmed, S420 [9FE]

Nomination of David Nuffer to be district judge: confirmed, S1984 [22MR]

Nomination of Gershwin A. Drain to be district judge: confirm, S5932 [2AU]

Nomination of Gina M. Groh to be district judge: confirmed, S1713 [15MR]

Nomination of Gregg J. Costa to be district judge: confirmed, S2761 [26AP]

Nomination of Jacqueline H. Nguyen to be circuit judge: confirmed, S2912 [7MY]

Nomination of Jeffrey J. Helmick to be district judge: confirmed, S3773 [6JN]

Nomination of Jesse M. Furman to be district judge: confirmed, S888 [17FE]

Nomination of John E. Dowdell to be disrict judge: confirmed, S7736 [11DE]

Nomination of John J. Tharp, Jr., to be district judge: confirmed, S3123 [14MY]

Nomination of John M. Gerrard to be district judge: confirmed, S27 [23JA]

Nomination of John T. Fowlkes, Jr., to be district judge: confirmed, S4804 [10JY]

Nomination of Kevin McNulty to be district judge: confirmed, S5007 [16JY]

Nomination of Lorna G. Schofield to be district judge: confirmed, S8015 [13DE]

Nomination of Margo Kitsy Brodie to be district judge: confirmed, S1041 [27FE]

Nomination of Mari C. Aponte to be Ambassador to El Salvador: cloture motion, S4176 [14JN]

Nomination of Mark E. Walker to be district judge: confirmed, S7663 [6DE]

Nomination of Mary E. Phillips to be district judge: confirmed, S1413 [6MR]

Nomination of Mary Geiger Lewis to be district judge: confirmed, S4230 [18JN]

Nomination of Michael A. Shipp to be district judge: confirmed, S5251 [23JY]

Nomination of Michael P. Shea to be district judge: confirmed, S7448 [5DE]

Nomination of Michael W. Fitzgerald to be district judge: confirmed, S1714 [15MR]

Nomination of Miranda Du to be district judge: confirmed, S2153 [28MR]

Nomination of Paul J. Watford to be circuit judge: confirmed, S3316 [21MY]

Nomination of Paul W. Grimm to be district judge: confirmed, S7335 [3DE]

Nomination of Robert E. Bacharach to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S5651 [30JY]

Nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum to be district judge: confirmed, S4610 [26JN]

Nomination of Ronnie Abrams to be district judge: confirmed, S1984 [22MR]

Nomination of Stephanie D. Thacker to be circuit judge: confirmed, S2313 [16AP]

Nomination of Stephanie M. Rose to be district judge: confirmed, S6037 [10SE]

Nomination of Susie Morgan to be district judge: confirmed, S2153 [28MR]

Nomination of Thomas O. Rice to be district judge: confirmed, S1413 [6MR]

Nomination of Timothy S. Hillman to be district judge: confirmed, S3676 [4JN]

Nomination of William J. Baer to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division: confirmed, S8528 [30DE]

Nominaton of Jeremy C. Stein to FRS Board of Governors: confirmed, S3251 [17MY]

Nominaton of Jerome H. Powell to FRS Board of Governors: confirmed, S3251 [17MY]

Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3220): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S3714 [5JN]

Paying a Fair Share Act (S. 2230): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2313 [16AP]

President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98): motion to proceed, S94 [26JA]

Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act (S. 2204): cloture motion, S2199 [29MR]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2028 [26MR]

Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (H.R. 6156): enact, S7663 [6DE]

Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act (H.R. 2072): Corker amendment (limit financing to transactions subsidized by other countries or for which private sector financing is unavailable or prohibitively expensive), S3156 [15MY]

——— enact, S3158 [15MY]

——— Lee amendment (phase out Eximbank authority and require President to initiate negotiations with other exporting countries to end subsidized export financing programs), S3155 [15MY]

——— Paul amendment (prohibit financing of projects in countries that hold debt instruments of the U.S.), S3156 [15MY]

——— Toomey amendment (make an increase in lending authority contingent upon the Dept. of the Treasury negotiating a phase out of export subsidies), S3158 [15MY]

——— Vitter amendment (prohibit loans or financing fossil fuel projects or manufacturing renewable energy products in foreign countries if similar U.S. projects not funded), S3157 [15MY]

Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (S. 2237): Baucus motion to table Reid amendment (provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses), S4936 [12JY]

——— cloture motion, S4938 [12JY]

——— cloture motion on Landrieu amendment (substitute), S4938 [12JY]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S4804 [10JY], S5008 [16JY]

Sportsmen’s Act (S. 3525): cloture motion, S6830 [15NO]

——— motion to proceed, S6605 [21SE], S6727 [13NO]

——— Tester motion to waive Budget Act and budget rules relative to Tester amendment (substitute), S6890 [26NO]

Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act (S. 2343): Alexander amendment (substitute), S3610 [24MY]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2944 [8MY]

——— enact, S3611 [24MY]

Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act (S. 2038): Brown of Ohio amendment (extend same financial conflict of interest rules to the Senate that apply to congressional committee and Executive Office of the President staff), S309 [2FE]

——— cloture motion on House amendment, S1981 [22MR]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S149 [30JA]

——— Coburn amendment (prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs), S308 [2FE]

——— DeMint amendment (constitutional amendment to limit Congressional terms), S308 [2FE]

——— enact, S310 [2FE]

——— Grassley amendment (require disclosure of political intelligence activities), S309 [2FE]

——— Inhofe amendment (prohibit earmarks), S304 [2FE]

——— Lieberman amendment (extend the same congressional financial disclosure rules to executive branch and independent agencies), S301 [2FE]

——— Paul amendment (prohibit Executive Office of the President appointees or staff from holding certain positions over entities in which they have a financial interest), S300 [2FE]

——— Paul amendment (require Members and employees to certify they have not used material, nonpublic information for personal financial benefit), S300 [2FE]

——— Shelby amendment (extend the same congressional financial disclosure rules to executive branch and independent agencies), S301 [2FE]

——— Toomey amendment (prohibit congressional earmarks), S304 [2FE]

21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789): Akaka amendment (amend Federal Employees’ Compensation Act), S2647 [24AP]

——— Akaka amendment (permit postmasters and other supervisory organizations to participate in the planning and development of changes in work schedules and benefits), S2650 [24AP]

——— Casey amendment (maintain current delivery time for market-dominant products), S2689 [25AP]

——— cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2055 [27MR], S2349 [17AP]

——— Coburn amendment (reduce the postal workforce by creating a mandatory retirement requirement for eligible employees), S2643 [24AP]

——— Corker amendment (substitute), S2649 [24AP]

——— DeMint amendment (provide protections for postal employees with respect to their right not to subsidize union nonrepresentational activities), S2690 [25AP]

——— enact, S2696 [25AP]

——— Lieberman motion to waive Budget Act and pay-as-you-go rule relative to Lieberman amendment (substitute), S2637 [24AP]

——— Manchin amendment (create a moratorium on closure or consolidation of postal facilities), S2684 [25AP]

——— McCain amendment (Commission on Postal Reorganization establishment), S2641 [24AP]

——— Paul amendment (end mailbox use monopoly), S2651 [24AP]

——— Paul amendment (establish pilot program to test alternative methods for the delivery of postal services), S2687 [25AP]

——— Paul amendment (prohibit employees from engaging in collective bargaining), S2688 [25AP]

——— Udall of New Mexico amendment (authorize Postal Service move to a 5-day mail delivery service), S2645 [24AP]

U.S. foreign aid assistance limitations (S. 3576): provide, S6601 [21SE]

Veterans Jobs Corps Act (S. 3457): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S6083 [11SE]

——— Durbin motion to waive Budget Act relative to Murray amendment (substitute), S6404 [19SE]

——— motion to proceed, S6259 [12SE]

Violence Against Women Act (S. 1925): Cornyn amendment (Dept. of Justice Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs, minimum sentencing, and U.S. Marshals Service subpoena authority), S2797 [26AP]

——— Hutchison amendment (substitute), S2797 [26AP]

——— Klobuchar amendment (Dept. of Justice Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs), S2796 [26AP]

——— reauthorize, S2799 [26AP]

Remarks in House

Congress: require that legislation be available for 72 hours on the Internet prior to being voted on by the Senate or House, H910 [17FE]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: require that legislation be available for 72 hours on the Internet prior to being voted on by the Senate or House, S190, S191 [31JA]

Correction: Ayotte, S1606 [13MR]

Grassley, Senator: tribute to casting 11,000th vote, S6765–S6767 [14NO]

Leahy, Senator: tribute to casting 14,000th vote, S5357–S5359 [25JY]

Lugar, Senator: tribute to casting 13,000th vote, S5357–S5359 [25JY]

Position on missed: Alexander, S4760 [29JN]

——— Bennet, S4760 [29JN]

——— Blumenthal, S3619 [24MY], S7032 [28NO]

——— Boxer, S2028 [26MR], S6604 [21SE]

——— Brown, Scott P., S8342 [21DE]

——— Isakson, S202 [31JA]

——— Johnson, Tim, S4382 [21JN]

——— Kerry, S6831 [15NO], S8529 [30DE]

——— Landrieu, S6334 [13SE]

——— Lieberman, S2313 [16AP]

——— McCain, S4668 [27JN]

——— McCaskill, S4199 [14JN], S4358 [20JN]

——— Menendez, S202 [31JA], S3724 [5JN]

——— Merkley, S7398 [4DE]

——— Reed, S6727 [13NO]

——— Toomey, S3890 [11JN]

——— Udall, Mark, S4889 [11JY]

——— Warner, S4125 [13JN], S6083 [11SE]

Senate Rules: improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations (S. Res. 10), S3017 [9MY]

——— permit Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased (S. Res. 9), S7672 [6DE]

——— reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S3016–S3022 [9MY], S3708 [5JN], S5094 [18JY], S6612–S6614 [21SE], S6878–S6884 [26NO], S6911–S6918, S6937 [27NO], S6987–S6993, S7031 [28NO], S7165 [29NO], S7313–S7316 [3DE], S7364, S7365 [4DE], S7411–S7414 [5DE], S7664, S7665, S7670–S7672, S7675 [6DE], S7718–S7722, S7724–S7728 [11DE], S7788 [12DE], S8027 [13DE], S8252, S8269–S8273 [20DE], S8616–S8620, S8623–S8625 [1JA], S8647–S8661 [2JA]

Statements

Filibuster and Its Consequences: Robert C. Byrd (2010), S7317 [3DE]