The Senate convened for a pro forma session at 10:00 a.m., with Senator Isakson presiding. No business was conducted.

The Senate convened for a pro forma session at 10:00 a.m., with Senator  Barrasso presiding. No business was conducted.

The Senate convened for a pro forma session at 1:00 p.m., with Senator Crapo presiding. No business was conducted.

The Senate convened for a pro forma session at 1:00 p.m., with Senator Crapo presiding. No business was conducted.

9:05 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will reconvene for pro forma sessions only as follows:

• Friday, July 15 at 11:30am
• Tuesday, July 19 at 1:00pm
• Friday, July 22 at 1:00pm
• Tuesday, July 26 at 10:00am
• Friday, July 29 at 10:00am
• Tuesday, August 2 at 10:00am
• Friday, August 5 at 7:45am
• Tuesday, August 9 at 12:55pm
• Friday, August 12 at 8:00am
• Tuesday, August 16 at 9:00am
• Friday, August 19 at 3:00pm
• Tuesday, August 23 at 4:00pm
• Friday, August 26 at 10:00am
• Tuesday, August 30 at 9:00am
• Friday, September 2 at 10:00am

The Senate will convene for regular session on Tuesday, September 6 at 3:00 p.m. when they will resume consideration of H.R. 2577 (MilCon, VA, Zika). At 5:30 the Senate will vote on the two cloture motions that were filed today:

• Motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2577 and, if cloture not invoked,
• Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, DOD appropriations.

During wrap up the following treaties, nominations and bills were agreed to by unanimous consent:

• Treaty Doc 114-10 Extradition treaty with the Dominican Republic
• Treaty Doc 113-6-Extradition treaty with Chile
• Julius Horwich to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional affairs for Dept. of Education
• Thomas Scott Darling to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Blair Anderson to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
•  Anne Hall, of Maine, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Lithuania.
• Lawrence Robert Silverman, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Kuwait.
• Carol Z. Perez, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile.
• Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Greece.
• Douglas Alan Silliman, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iraq.
• Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ukraine.
•  S. 1935: to require the Secretary of Commerce to undertake certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization and resiliency.
• H.R.4904: Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016.
•   S.3282: National Sea Grant.
•  S.2854: Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, with a Burr substitute amendment.
• Calendar #423, S.2614: Kevin and Avonte’s Law of 2016, with a Grassley-Schumer substitute amendment.
• S.3283: designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, CO, as the “PFC James Dunn VA Clinic”.
•  H.R.3700: Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act.
•  H.R.5722: to establish the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission.
•  S.Res.486: commemorating “Cruise Travel Professional Month” in October 2016 with a Rubio amendment.
•  Calendar #565, S.Res.515: visit of Prime Minister of Singapore
•  Calendar #566, S.Con.Res.41: expressing the sense of Congress on the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with committee-reported amendments.
•  S.Con.Res.46: expressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to continue to reaffirm its commitment to comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically prescribed needs.
• H.Con.Res.142: supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation of Congress with respect to that bid.
•  S.Res.521: expressing support for the designation of September 2016 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
•  S.Res.349: congratulating the Farm Credit System on the celebration of its 100th anniversary.
•  Calendar #385, S. 1443: Indian Employment Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2015.
• Calendar #403, S. 818: to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections.
•  Calendar #380, S.817: to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
• Calendar #571, S.3028: redesignation of the Olympia Wilderness as the Daniel Evans Wilderness.
• Passed the following Postal Naming bills, en bloc:
• H.R. 2607 (New York) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the “Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 3931 (Arkansas) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the “Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office”.
• H.R. 3953 (Florida) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4122 Madison Street, Elfers, Florida, as the “Private First Class Felton Roger Fussell Memorial Post Office”.
• H.R. 4010 (Arizona) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the “Ed Pastor Post Office”.
• H.R. 4425 (Minnesota) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Powerhouse Road in Collegeville, Minnesota, as the “Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office”.
• H.R. 4747 (Georgia) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the “Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4761 (California) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, California, as the “Louis Van Iersel Post Office”.
• H.R. 4777 (Alabama) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the “Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4877 (Texas) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3130 Grants Lake Boulevard in Sugar Land, Texas, as the “LCpl Garrett W. Gamble, USMC Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4925 (Ohio) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, in Findlay, Ohio, as the “Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4975 (Nebraska) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A. Nelson Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4987 (Florida) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3957 2nd Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the “Sergeant First Class William ‘Kelly’ Lacey Post Office”.
• H.R. 5028 (Michigan) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10721 E Jefferson Ave in Detroit, Michigan, as the “Mary E. McCoy Post Office Building”.
•  S.Res.538: designating September 2016 as “National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month”.
•  S.Res.539: condemning the horrific acts of violence and hatred in Dallas, Texas, on July 7, 2016, and expressing support and prayers for all those impacted by the tragedy.
•  S. Res.540: commending the officers of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service for their work in fighting ebola.
•  S. Res.541: recognizing the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park in the State of Hawaii, and designating August 1, 2016, as “Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks Day”.
•  S.Res.542: recognizing the 70th anniversary and the importance of the Lanham Act by designating July 2016 as “National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month”.
•  S.Res.543: Commemorating the past success of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams and supporting the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
• S.Res.544: expressing the Sense of the Senate regarding compliance enforcement of Russian violations of the Open Skies Treaty.
• S.Res.545: supporting the designation of July 15, 2016, as “Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day”.
• S. Res.546: honoring the centennial of the United States Grain Standards Act.
• S.Res.547: recognizing the 75th anniversary of the American Tree Farm System.
• S.Res.548: celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Viking Mission Landing on the surface of Mars.
• S.Con.Res.50: House adjournment resolution.

5:48 p.m. Senator Cotton recognized a foster mother in Arkansas.

5:24 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke about one of the fallen Dallas police officers.

5:08 p.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke about the Iran Nuclear agreement.

4:53 p.m. Senator Coats gave his waste of the week speech.

4:45 p.m. Senator Rubio spoke about the algae bloom crisis in Florida.

4:28 p.m. Senator Peters spoke about Flint water crisis.

4:14 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke about the shooting of the Dallas police officers and the Iran Nuclear Deal.

4:06 p.m. Senator Casey spoke about ISIS and cutting off financial networks that support terrorism.

4:00 p.m. Senator Cassidy spoke about H.R. 4904-software licensing.  The bill then passed by unanimous consent.

3:54 p.m. Senator Reid spoke about Senator Scott’s speech.

3:33 p.m. Senator Scott discussed police relations with African Americans.

3:05 p.m. Senator Carper spoke about the Department of Homeland Security, Zika and ISIS.

2:50 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on Zika.

2:37 p.m. Senator Johnson spoke on whistle blower retaliation.

2:36 p.m. S. 1935, the Waterfront Community Revitalization Act, was passed by unanimous consent.

2:34 p.m. The Senate did not agree to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2577 by a vote 52 to 44. ML McConnell then filed cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2577 THUD and H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations.

1:56 p.m. The Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2577, THUD, by voice vote. The Senate agreed to the motion to reconsider the motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2577 by voice vote.

1:41 p.m. Senator Barrasso and Senator Wicker spoke on the zika virus funding.

1:25 p.m. Senator Fischer spoke on the Judgement Fund Transparency Act.

1:06 p.m. Senator McCain spoke on the previous vote, in favor of the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations.

1:05 p.m. Upon Reconsideration the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations, was not invoked by a vote of 52 to 42.

12:43 p.m. The Sullivan Motion to Instruct Conferees re: maintaining sufficient forces for worldwide military operations, was agreed to by a vote of 85 to 12. The Senate approved the motion to reconsider the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations, by voice vote.

12:24 p.m. The Shaheen Motion to Instruct Conferees re: Afghan visas, was agreed to by a vote of 84 to 12.

12:00 p.m. The motion to invoke cloture on compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943 was agreed to by a vote of 90-7. Dems voting no: Gillibrand, Leahy, Markey, Reid (NV), Sanders and Warren. Republicans voting no: Paul. Not voting: Franken, Klobuchar and Lee.

11:32 a.m. Senator McCain spoke on the upcoming votes.

11:27 a.m. Senator Shaheen spoke about the motion to instruct the conferees for the NDAA.

11:16 a.m. Senator McCain spoke about Senator Sullivan’s motion.

11:01 a.m. Senator Perdue spoke about the defense appropriations bill.

10:49 a.m. Senator Tillis also spoke on the defense apppropriations bill.

10:44 a.m. Senator Daines also spoke about the defense appropriations bill.

10:40 a.m. Senator Sullivan spoke about the defense appropriations bill.

10:37 a.m. Senator Ernst spoke about the defense appropriations bill.

10:27 a.m. Senator Bennet also spoke about Senator Bill Armstrong.

10:22 a.m. Senator Gardner spoke about the recently deceased Senator Bill Armstrong from Colorado.

10:16 a.m. Senator Heller spoke about veterans.

9:52 a.m. Senator Reid spoke about funding, defense, Zika and Ebola

9:30 a.m. Senator McConnell spoke about Zika, funding and defense authorization.

The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. ML McConnell will be recognized to make a compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943, NDAA.

There will be 4 roll call votes beginning at 11:30 a.m.:

1. Motion to invoke cloture on the compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943, NDAA. 
2. If cloture is invoked then, Shaheen motion to instruct conferees re: Afghan visas.
3. Sullivan motion to instruct conferees re: maintaining sufficient forces for worldwide military operations. 
4. Motion to invoke cloture upon reconsideration on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations. 

• A fifth vote is expected after lunch on the motion to invoke cloture upon reconsideration on the conference report to accompany  H.R. 2577, MilCon-VA Appropriations

8:07 p.m. The Senate has adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14th under the provisions of S. Res. 534, as a mark of respect for the late Senator William L. Armstrong of Colorado. ML McConnell will be recognized to make a compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943, NDAA.

There will be 4 roll call votes beginning at 11:30 a.m.:

1. Motion to invoke cloture on the compound motion to go to conference on S. 2943, NDAA. 
2. If cloture is invoked then, Shaheen motion to instruct conferees re: Afghan visas.
3. Sullivan motion to instruct conferees re: maintaining sufficient forces for worldwide military operations. 
4. Motion to invoke cloture upon reconsideration on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, Defense Appropriations. 

A fifth vote is expected after lunch on the motion to invoke cloture upon reconsideration on the conference report to accompany  H.R. 2577, MilCon-VA Appropriations. 

During wrap-up:

• Nominations, executive calendar no. 659 – 678 and all the nominations on the secretary’s desk were confirmed en bloc.
• S.2893, Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016, including the Blunt amendment, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S.3207 was passed by unanimous consent.
• S.1555, Awarding the Congressional Gold Medal, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S. Res. 532, Celebrating the 140^th Anniversary of the State of Colorado, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S. Res. 533, Designating July 26^th, 2016, U.S. Intelligence Professionals Day, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S. Res. 534, Relative to the death of former Senator William L. Armstrong, was passed by unanimous consent.
• 1^st reading en bloc
  • H.R. 10
  • H.R. 4465
  • H.R. 4487
  • H.R. 4901

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6:57 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke on the allegations that the FBI has facilitated ransom payments to terrorist groups.

6:53 p.m. Senator Flake spoke on Venue Act.

6:52 p.m. The conference report to accompany S. 524 was adopted by a vote of 92-2.

6:11 p.m. Senator Markey spoke on CARA.

5:57 p.m. Senator Carper spoke on Iran sanctions.

5:46 p.m. Senator Baldwin spoke on CARA.

5:41 p.m. Senator Capito spoke on CARA. The Senate is expected to vote on the conference report to accompany S. 524, CARA,  at approximately 6:15 p.m. 

5:30 p.m. Senator Coons spoke on Iran sanctions.

5:18 p.m. H.R. 5588, compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities, was passed by unanimous consent and Senator Murkowski spoke on CARA.

4:56 p.m. Senator Boxer spoke on Senator Scott’s floor speech and gun control.

4:40 p.m. Senator Scott shared personal stories about police interactions.

4:19 p.m. Senator Portman spoke about opioid abuse.

4:15 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke about criminal justice reform.

4:02 p.m. Senator Booker spoke about criminal justice reform.

3:51 p.m. Senator Drubin spoke about criminal justice reform.

3:38 p.m. Senator Lee spoke on sentencing reform within the federal criminal justice system.

3:26 p.m. Senator Reid spoke on the pending nominations.

3:20 p.m. Senator Hirono asked for unamimous consent to confirm 9 nominations. Senator Tillis objected.

3:19 p.m. Senator Warren continued to speak on the pending nominations and yielded the floor to Senator Hirono.

3:14 p.m. Senator Warren also spoke on pending nominations and asked unamimous consent to confirm 13 nominations. Senator Tillis objected.

3:04 p.m. Senator Schumer spoke on pending nominations and asked unanimous consent to confirm 22 nominations. Senator Tillis objected.

2:25 p.m. The Senate voted in favor of considering Dr. Carla D. Hayden as nomination of the Librarian of Congress. Ayes are 74, nays are 18. President Obama was notified immediately.

2:25 p.m. Senator Cardin spoke on Dr. Carla D. Hayden of Maryland, nomination for Librarian of Congress.

2:17 p.m. Senators Mikulski and Blunt spoke in favor of the Hayden nomination.

2:16 p.m. Senator McConnell announced that there would be 15 minutes of debate on the nomination of Carla Hayden to be the Librarian of Congress followed by a vote on the nomination.

2:15 p.m. The motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 636 was agreed to by a vote of 89-4.

1:51 p.m. Senator Thune spoke on FAA Bill.

1:45 p.m. Senator Cantwell spoke on FAA Bill.

1:33 p.m. Senator Moran spoke on FAA Bill.

1:15 p.m. Senator Franken spoke on recent police shootings and Zika.

12:52 p.m. Senator Leahy spoke on PELL grants and CARA.

12:51 p.m. S. 3055, to provide a dental insurance plan to veterans, was passed by unanimous consent.

12:36 p.m. Senator Blunt spoke about the appropriations process and PELL grants.

12:19 p.m. Senator Wyden spoke on Opioid Bill.

12:04 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on “Back the Blue” Act and CARA.

11:54 a.m. Senator Nelson spoke on FAA Bill.

11:40 a.m. Senator Portman spoke on CARA and Senator Enzi spoke on the budget.

11:39 a.m. Cloture was invoked on the conference report to accompany  S.524 by a vote of 90-2. Voting no: Senators Lee and Sasse. Not voting: Cochran, Inhofe, Roberts, Rounds, Sessions, Shelby, Vitter and Wicker.

11:03 a.m. The Senate is currently voting on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany S.524, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

10:51 a.m. Senator Lee spoke on James Wallner, the exenotime director of the Senate Steering Committee who is going to work at the Heritage Foundation as VP of research.

10:45 a.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke on the CARA bill.

10:27 a.m. Senator  Sessions spoke on about the TPP.

10:21 a.m. Senator Klobuchar spoke on the CARA bill.

10:09 a.m. Senator Schumer spoke against the CARA bill.

10:01 a.m. Senator Durbin spoke about opioid abuse and the CARA bill.

10:00 a.m. The Senate resumed consideration of the Conference Report to accompany s. 524 (CARA bill).

9:43 a.m. Senator Reid spoke about the CARA bill, Zika funding and the Supreme Court vacancy.

9:30 a.m. The Senate convened and Senator McConnell spoke about the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, the CARA bill, the airport security bill, and Zika funding.

The Senate convenes at 9:30 AM and following Leader remarks the Senate will resume consideration of the Conference Report to accompany S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016).

At 11:00 AM, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to accompany S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act)

At 1:45 PM, the Senate will vote on the motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 636 (FAA bill).

8:25 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. When the Senate convenes at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, following Leader remarks the Senate will resume consideration of the Conference Report to accompany S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016). At 11:00 AM, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to accompany S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act) At 1:45 PM, the Senate will vote on the motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 636 (FAA bill).

In wrap up the Senate confirmed the following nomination by voice vote:
Cal. #652, Carole Schwartz Rendon to be US Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
The Senate resumed a Legislative Session.
S. 2650 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic games or the Paralympic games). Agreed to by unanimous consent.
S. Res. 513 (National Lobster Day). Agreed to by unanimous consent.
S. Res. 528 (Commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on the 80th anniversary of the Unified Development of the Tennessee River System). Agreed to by unanimous consent.
In today’s session the Senate held one roll call vote on the Motion to invoke cloture on the compound motion to go to conference on S.2012 (Energy Policy Modernization Act). Yeas and nays ordered. Cloture was invoked by a vote of 84-3. Adoption of the compound motion to go to conference on S.2012 (Energy Policy Modernization Act). The compound motion was agreed to by voice vote.

6:30 p.m. Senator Shaheen spoke on climate change.

6:20 p.m. Senator Hendrich spoke on climate change.

6:00 p.m. Senator Cassidy spoke on Zika funding.

6:00 p.m. Leader McConnell set up a cloture vote on the conference report to S. 524 for Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. If cloture is invoked the Senate will move to HR 636, the FAA bill with a vote on the FFAA legislation at 1:45 p.m.

5:40 p.m. Senator Franken spoke on climate change.

5:30 Senator Gardner spoke on climate change.

5:18 Senator Schatz spoke on climate change.

5:00 Senator Durbin spoke on climate change.

Senator Reid spoke on Zika funding.

Senator Tillis spoke on funding for national security.

Senator Daines spoke on funding for national security.

4:45 p.m. Senator Ernst spoke on funding for national security.

4:35 Senator Sullivan spoke on the increase of troops in Iraq.

4:00 p.m. Senator Boxer spoke on climate change.

4:04 p.m. Senator Alexander spoke on science funding.

4:03 p.m. ML McConnell asked that the chair lay before the Senate the Conference Report to accompany S. 524, an Act to authorize the AG to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.

4:02 p.m. By a roll call vote of 84-3, the Senate invoked cloture on the compound motion to go to conference on S.2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act. The Senate then voice voted the motion. The following senators were appointed as conferees: Murkowski, Barrasso, Risch, Cornyn, Cantwell, Wyden, Sanders

3:19 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke about the energy modernization bill.

3:07 p.m. Senator Reid spoke about zika funding.

2:50 p.m. Senator Tillis spoke about supporting the military.

2:45 p.m. Senator Daines spoke about supporting the military.

2:40 p.m. Senator Ernst spoke about supporting the military.

2:35 p.m Senator Sullivan spoke about national security and supporting the military.

2:20 p.m. Senator Boxer spoke about global warming and violence in the United States.

2:19 p.m. The Senate resumed session.

12:53 p.m.  The Senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.

12:39 p.m. Senator Thune spoke on terrorism.

12:20 p.m. Senator Murphy spoke on gun violence and the need for reform.

12:15 p.m. Senator Hatch spoke on the conference report to accompany the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

12:10 p.m. Senator Klobuchar spoke on the conference report to accompany the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

12:00 p.m. Leader McConnell called up the House amendment to S. 2012, the modernization of energy policy. he moved the Senate disagree to the amendment and agree to the request for a conference. He then filed cloture on the motion and set up a cloture vote at 3:30 today.

11:40 a.m. Senator Ayotte paid tribute to the fallen officers in Dallas and then spoke in favor of the conference report to accompany the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

11:30 a.m. Senator Schumer spoke on the conference report to accompany the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act

11:10 a.m. Senator Nelson spoke on the Zika virus and funding.

10:35 a.m. Senator Enzi spoke on private pensions and federal spending.

10:30 a.m. Senator Durbin spoke on the Zika virus and funding.

10:11 a.m. Senator Reid spoke on CARA and the zika virus.

10:03 a.m. ML McConnell spoke on the shooting in Dallas and CARA.

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The Senate will convene at 10:00 a.m. and resume consideration of of the conference report to accompany the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524). From 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. the Senate will recess for weekly policy lunches.

Votes are expected after lunches today.

7:13 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on climate change.

6:48 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about climate change.

6:40 p.m. ML McConnell did wrap-up.  The Senate passed S. Res. 525 designating August 16, 2016 as National Airborne day.
The Senate passed S.Con.Res. 44, designating the sunflower as the flower of military caregivers.

6:28 p.m. Senator Scott spoke about a need for unity in the United States and the violence of last week.

6:18 p.m. Senator Schumer spoke on climate change.

6:01 p.m. Senator Sullivan spoke about the military.

5:45 p.m. Senator Kaine spoke on climate change.

5:42 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on climate change.

5:33 p.m. Senator Warren spoke on climate change.

5:24 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on climate change.

5:17 p.m. Senator Udall spoke on climate change.

5:03 p.m. Senator Coons spoke on climate change.

5:00 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on climate change.

4:50 p.m. Senator Cardin spoke on climate change.

4:40 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke about the deadly protest in Dallas last week.

4:40 p.m. The Senate resumed the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5293 (DOD Appropriations).

4:25 p.m. Senator Reid spoke about the Koch brothers and their role in blocking action on climate change.

4:15 p.m. Leader McConnell asked unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to and pass the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2577 (MilCon-VA Appropriations). Reid objected.

4:10 p.m. Senator Reid asked unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to and pass H.R. 5243; that all after the enacting clause be stricken; that the substitute amendment, which is the text of the Blunt-Murray amendment ($1.1 billion in Zika funding) be agreed to; that there be 1 hour of debate followed by a vote on passage of the bill, as amended. McConnell objected.

4:00 p.m. Leader McConnell filed cloture on the Conference Report to accompany S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016). He also called up H.R. 1270 (An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The bill was read for the second time. Further consideration of the bill was objected to. The bill was placed on the Calendar.

The Senate will convene at 4:00 PM on Monday, July 11, 2016. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293 (DOD Appropriations). There will be no roll call votes during Monday’s session. The next roll call vote is expected around noon on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

The Senate has adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 11th, 2016 to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 5293, the Defense Appropriations bill. The next roll call vote will occur before lunch on Tuesday, July 12th.

Legislation passed during wrap-up:

• S.2340 – MEGABYTE Act
• S.Res. 340 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the so-called Islamic State of Iraq in Al-Sham is committing genocide, was passed by unanimous consent.
• H.R. 4960 – Renaming the post office in Aurora, IL, was passed by unanimous consent.
• H.R. 4372 – Renaming the post office in Bergen, NY, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S. Res. 522 – Designating July 30th as National Whistle-blower Appreciation Day, was passed by unanimous consent.
• S. Res. 523 – Relating to the death of Eli Weisel.

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11:10 p.m. By a roll call vote of 50-44, the Senate did NOT invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 5293, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

10:45 p.m. The Senate voted 63-30 on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 764 (Senate passage of the GMO agreement)

10:45 p.m. Amendment #4936 to the House amendment to S.764 was not agreed to by a voice vote.

10:44 p.m. The motion to table the McConnell amendment to the House message to accompany S.764, was not agreed to by a vote of 30 to 63.  Senator Schumer later changed his vote by unanimous consent.  This would make the vote 31 to 62.

10:22 p.m. The Senate is now voting on the motion to table the McConnell amendment to the House message to accompany S.764.

10:17 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about the GMO bill.

10:03 p.m. Senator Reid spoke about the GMO bill and Republican leadership. ML McConnell gave a rebuttal.

9:59 p.m. ML McConnell spoke about the GMO bill.

9:35 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke about the GMO bill.

9:27 p.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke about the GMO bill.

9:10 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about the GMO bill.

8:52 p.m. Senator Nelson spoke about the GMO bill.

8:34 p.m. Senator Kaine spoke on the shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.

7:26 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about the GMO bill.

7:16 p.m. Senator Toomey spoke about the opiod crisis.

7:04 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about the GMO bill.

6:55 p.m. Senator Tillis spoke about the GMO bill.

6:48 p.m. Senator Hoeven spoke about the GMO bill.

6:44 p.m. ML McConnell offered a UC to have votes beginning at 7:00 pm and Sen. Merkley objected, offering a modification.  Sen. Roberts objected to the Merkley modification.

6:21 p.m. Senator Enzi spoke about budget cutting.

6:17 p.m. Senator Daines spoke on GMOs.

6:07 p.m. Senator Capito spoke about Zika, and the opioid crisis.

5:48 p.m. Senator Alexander spoke about a mental health bill and the Zika crisis.

5:38 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke about ISIS, national security.

5:20 p.m. Senator Carper spoke about the genetic modification bill.

4:55 p.m. Senator Roberts spoke about the genetic modification bill.

4:47 p.m. Senator Leahy spoke on the GMO labeling bill.

4:24 p.m. Senator Sanders spoke on the GMO labeling bill.

4:22 p.m. Senator Rubio spoke on Zika.

4:11 p.m. Senator Coats spoke on government spending waste.

3:59 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke on postpartum depression.

3:54 p.m. Senator Boozman paid tribute to Arkansas National Guard member Sgt. Sylvester Kline.

3:47 p.m. Senator Hatch paid tribute to Eli Weisel.

3:34 p.m. Senator Murphy spoke on opiods.

3:19 p.m. Senator Tillis spoke on Zika and GMOs.

3:08 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke on the Supreme Court nominations and the Zika bill.

3:05 p.m. Senator Warren asked for unamimous consent to confirm 5 nominations. Senator Cornyn objected and discussed GMOS.

3:00 p.m. Senator Warren then asked unamimous consent for 13 nominations. 3:01 p.m. Senator Cornyn objected and continued to speak on Zika.

2:54 p.m. Senator Warren spoke about the Supreme Court and asked unanimous consent to confirm 17 nominations. 2:58 p.m. Senator Cornyn objected.

2:40 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on sanctuary cities and former Sec. Of State Clinton.

2:23 p.m. Senator Markey spoke on energy

2:08 p.m. Senator Gardner spoke about former Sec. Of State Clinton.

2:03 p.m. Senator Donnelly spoke on opiod abuse.

1:50 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke about genetically engineered salmon.

1:35 p.m. Senator Manchin spoke about heroin and opioid addiction and CARA.

1:23 p.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke on the GMO labeling bill.

12:53 p.m. Senator Portman spoke about heroin and opioid addiction and CARA.

12:40 p.m. Senator Barrasso spoke about Obamacare.

12:26 p.m. Senator Thune spoke on the Clinton investigation.

12:12 p.m. Senator Thune spoke on Chairman Wheeler and disclosing non-public information.

12:10 p.m. Senator Cotton spoke on the arkanstonian of the week.

12:00 p.m. Senator Heitkamp spoke on GMO labeling bill.

11:55 a.m. Senator Cotton spoke on MARVA workshops.

10:58 a.m. Senator Cardin spoke on treaties.

10:28 a.m. Senator Leahy spoke about gun control and about genetic modification.

10:12 a.m. Senator Durbin spoke about gun control initiatives.

9:53 a.m. Senator Grassley spoke about defense audits.

9:43 a.m. Minority Leader Reid criticized what he called Republican posturing on legislation. He said the drug addiction bill lacks the necessary funds and spoke against provisions in the Zika measure.

9:33 a.m. Majority Leader McConnell called upon Democratic to support the bill containing funds to combat the Zika virus. He also spoke in favor of passage of the House-Senate conference report on the drug addiction bill and the biotechnology bill now subject to post-cloture debate.

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The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. and will resume post-cloture consideration of the motion to concur on the House amendment to S.764, the vehicle for the bill on the labeling of genetically-modified products.

If all post-cloture time is used, it will expire at 10:22 p.m., whereupon a vote could occur on the motion to proceed to the genetic modification bill.

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**NOTE: At 3:15 p.m., Senators Casey and Isakson will hold a pen and pad press conference in the press gallery (S-316). Topic: their bill to shut off funds for terrorism.

8:00 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 7 and will resume post-cloture consideration of the motion to concur on the House amendment to S.764-the vehicle for the GMO labeling bill. The following resolutions were agreed to during wrap up:

• S.Res. 506 expressing the Sense of the Senate in support of  NATO summit.
• S. Con. Res. 38 reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act.
• S.Res. 482 Urging EU to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization
• S. Res. 504 recognizing 70th anniversary of the Fulbright Program

6:41 p.m. Senator Whitehouse gave his weekly climate change speech.

6:22 p.m. Senator Rubio spoke about the blue-green algae problem in Florida.

5:41 p.m. Senators Klobuchar, Collins and Carper spoke about the cost of Alzheimer’s care.

5:30 p.m. Senator Thune spoke about the threats from ISIS.

5:22 p.m. Senator Capito spoke about the MilCon Zika bill.

4:36 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about GMO labeling.

4:23 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on the FBI report on Secretary Clinton.

4:22 p.m. Cloture was invoked (65-32) on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 764 (bill on genetically modified organisms) with a Roberts substitute amendment (#4935). There are now 30 hours of debate on the motion to concur.

Senators voting in favor: 47 Republicans, 18 Democrats (Baldwin, Bennet, Carper, Casey, Coons, Donnelly, Feinstein, Franken, Heitkamp, Kaine, Klobuchar, Manchin, McCaskill, Menendez, Peters, Shaheen, Stabenow, and Warner).

Senators voting against: 25 Democrats, 5 Republicans (Collins, Murkowski, Paul, Sasse and Sullivan) and 2 Independents.

Senators not voting: Brown, Graham and Lee.

3:58 p.m. Roll call vote began on cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 764 (bill on genetically modified organisms) with a Roberts substitute amendment (#4935).

3:55 p.m. DL Reid discussed the pending vote on the GMO bill.

3:55 p.m. Cloture was not invoked (55-42) on the motion to proceed to S. 2193, “Kate’s law”.

Senators voting in favor: 52 Republicans, 3 Democrats (Donnelly, Heitkamp, Manchin).

Senators voting against: 40 Democrats, 2 Independents.

Senators not voting: Brown, Graham and Lee.

3:37 p.m. Roll call vote began on cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2193 (Kate’s Law), regarding sentences for certain immigrant offenders.

3:35 p.m. Cloture was not invoked (53-44) on the motion to proceed to S. 3100, the Sanctuary Cities bill.

Senators voting in favor: 51 Republicans, 2 Democrats (Donnelly and Manchin).

Senators voting against: 41 Democrats, 2 Independents, and 1 Republican (Kirk).

Senators not voting: Brown, Graham and Lee.

3:17 p.m. Roll call vote began on cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3100, the Sanctuary Cities bill.

3:15 p.m. The Martinotti nomination was confirmed 92-5.

Senators voting in favor: 47 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and 2 Independents.

Senators voting against: Blunt, Crapo, Risch, Sasse and Sullivan.

Senators not voting: Brown, Graham and Lee.

2:47 p.m. The Senate is now voting on the nomination of Brian R. Martinotti.

2:28 p.m. Senators Booker and Menendez spoke in favor of the nomination of Brian R. Martinotti to be the U.S. District Judge for the District of NJ.

2:15 p.m. Senator Toomey spoke on Kate’s Law and sanctuary cities.

12:48 p.m. The Senate recessed for weekly party lunches.

12:38 p.m. Senator Sasse spoke about the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton.

12:17 p.m. Senator Boxer spoke about Sanctuary Cities and also about the GMO labeling bill.

11:48 a.m. Senator Tester spoke on GMO labeling bill.

11:22 a.m. Senator Cruz spoke on Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, Iran and Kate’s Law.

11:11 a.m. Senator Durbin spoke on Judge Abner Mikva.

10:38 a.m. Senator Stabenow spoke about the genetic modification bill.

10:30 a.m. Senator Robert spoke about the bill on genetically modified products.

10:22 a.m. Senator Durbin criticized the sanctuary cities bill and the “Kate’s Law” to mandate minimum sentences for certain immigrant offenders.

10:10 a.m. Minority Leader Reid criticized the spending cuts for Planned Parenthood and other programs that are contained in the bill that would pay to fight the Zika virus.

10:02 a.m. Majority Leader McConnell praised the Senate’s passage of the Puerto Rico debt measure and called on Democratic to reverse their opposition to the bill containing money to combat the Zika virus. He previewed other measures slated for action during this work period: the sanctuary cities bill; “Kate’s Law;” the bill on labeling of genetically modified products; the Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2007.

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The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to the sanctuary cities bill (S. 3100).

The Senate will recess for the weekly caucus luncheons from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m.

At 2:15 p.m., the Senate will consider the nomination of Brian Martinotti to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, with a confirmation vote expected at 2:45 p.m.

Following disposition of the Martinotti nomination, the pending cloture motions will ripen in the order listed below.

If cloture is invoked on any of these items, there will be up to thirty hours of post-cloture debate prior to adoption of the given motion, whereupon the next cloture vote will occur. If cloture is not invoked on any of these items, the Senate will immediately proceed to the next cloture vote.

o    Cloture on the motion to proceed to the sanctuary cities bill (S. 3100);

o    Cloture on the motion to proceed to Kate’s Law (S. 2193), on sentences for certain immigrant offenders;

o    Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 764 (bill on genetically modified organisms) with a Roberts substitute amendment (#4935);

o    Cloture on the motion to proceed to Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 5293).