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Wrap Up for Thursday, September 29, 2016

No Roll Call Votes   Legislative Business Passed Calendar #573, H.R.3004 – to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission.   Passed H.R.5944 – to amend Title 49, United States Code, with respect to certain grant assurances, and for other purposes.   Passed H.R.5883 –…

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Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Roll Call Votes Passage of S.2040, JASTA, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding (veto override); passed: 97-1. Motion to invoke cloture, upon reconsideration, on substitute amendment #5082 (short-term CR) to H.R.5325; invoked: 77-21. Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.5325, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017; invoked: 77-21. Passage of H.R.5325, as amended (CR…

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Wrap Up for Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on McConnell substitute amendment #5082 (short-term CR) to H.R.5325; not invoked: 45-55. Motion to invoke cloture on H.R.5325, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017; not invoked: 40-59.   No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

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Wrap Up for Monday, September 26, 2016

No Roll Call Votes   Legislative Business Passed Calendar #636, S.1886, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 and for other purposes.   Adopted S.Res.573, designating October 8, 2016, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day”.   Adopted S.Res.574, Hispanic Heritage Month.   Adopted S.Res.575, National Retirement Security Week.  …

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Wrap Up for Thursday, September 22, 2016

No Roll Call Votes   Legislative Business Passed Calendar #415, S.1878 – Advancing Hope Act of 2016, with committee-reported amendment and Sanders amendment.   Passed S.2683 – Disabled Veteran Leave/FAA   No Executive Business

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Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Roll Call Votes Motion to table the motion to discharge Foreign Relations Committee from further consideration of S.J.Res.39; tabled: 71-27.   No Legislative Business   No Executive Business

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Wrap Up for Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Roll Call Votes Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.5325, the legislative vehicle for the short-term CR; invoked: 89-7.   Legislative Business Passed H.R.5252, to designate the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at 1400 Lower Island Road in Tornillo, Texas, as the “Marcelino Serna Port of Entry”.…

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Wrap Up for Monday, September 19, 2016

Roll Call Votes Passage of H.R.5985, VA Expiring Authorities Act; passed: 89-0.   Legislative Business Passed by voice vote H.R.5936, Veterans Care Agreement and West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016.   Passed Calendar #572, H.R.1475, Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2015.   No Executive Business

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Wrap Up for Thursday, September 15, 2016

Roll Call Votes Passage of S.2848, Water Resources Development Act, as amended; passed 95-3. On confirmation of Executive Calendar #698, Susan S. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office; confirmed 93-0.   Legislative Business   By voice vote, passed H.R.2494, an act to support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen the capacity…

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Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Roll Call Votes Motion to waive the Lee budget point of order with respect to Inhofe-Boxer substitute amendment #4979, as amended; waived 85-12. Motion to invoke cloture on S.2848, WRDA, as amended; invoked 94-3.   Legislative Business By voice vote, adopted Inhofe-Boxer substitute amendment #4979, as amended.   Adopted S.Res.559, designating the week of September…

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