7:06 p.m. The Senate adjourned.

7:03 Senator Reid did wrapup and the Senate passed the following items by unanimous consent:

H.R. 5134, an Act to extend the National Advisory Committee on Instutional Quality and Integrity and Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year.

S. Res. 544 Designating the year of 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming.

6:52 p.m. Senator Reid spoke about the Tesla battery plant to be built in Nevada.

6:35 p.m. Senator Mikulski spoke about the failure to invoke cloture on S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act.

6:35 p.m. By a roll call vote of 52-39, the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Jeffery Baran to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

By a roll call vote of 54-37, the Senate invoked cloture  on the nomination of Steven G. Burns to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

6:00 p.m Roll call vote began on the cloture motion of the nomination of Jeff Baran to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

5:58 p.m Cloture not invoked 52-40.

5:30 p.m. Roll call vote began on the cloture motion with respect to S.2199, Paycheck Fairness Act.

5:10 p.m.  Senators Boxer and Klobuchar spoke about the paycheck fairness act.

4:10 p.m Senator Whitehouse spoke for the 78th time on climate change.

2:50 p.m.  Senator Wicker spoke on ISIL.

2:15 p.m.  ML Reid and President Pro Tem Leahy spoke in tribute to  the recent passing of Tommy Boggs.  Reid also spoke on S. 2199, paycheck fairness.

The Senate reconvened at 2:00 p.m and is in morning business until 5:30 p.m. There will be 3 roll call votes at 5:30 p.m.:

• Motion to invoke cloture on S. 2199 (paycheck fairness)
• Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Jeffery Baran to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Steven Burns to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

If cloture is invoked on the nominations the votes on confirmation will occur on Tuesday, September 16 at 2:15.