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Month January 2015

Wrap Up for Friday, January 30, 2015

Roll Call Votes Legislative Business Adopted S.Res.35, 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland Adopted S.Res.59, National Stalking Awareness Month Adopted S.Res.60, National Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Month Executive Business

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Cloture filed on MTP to HR 240, DHS appropriations

This morning Senator McConnell moved to proceed to Calendar #5, H.R.240, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and filed cloture on the motion.   By consent, the cloture vote will occur at 2:30pm on Tuesday, February 3. If cloture is invoked, all post-cloture…

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Schedule for Friday, January 30, 2015

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:30am on Friday, January 30, 2015. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. During Thursday’s session, an agreement was reached that at 4:30pm on Monday, February 2, the…

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Wrap Up for Thursday, January 29, 2015

Roll Call Votes Barrasso amendment #245 (tribal treaties); agreed to by voice vote. Daines amendment #246 (SoS Land and Water Conservation Fund); not agreed to: 47-51. Burr amendment #92, as modified (Land and Water Conservation Fund); not agreed to: 59-39. Udall amendment #77 (renewable electricity standards); not agreed to: 45-53. Cloture on S.1, Keystone; invoked:…

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Last vote of the week

Passage of S.1 will be the last vote of the week. the next roll call vote will be at 5:30pm on Monday, February 2, on Calendar #6, H.R.203, Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act.

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Roll Call Vote on Passage of S.1, as amended (Keystone)

3:47pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on passage of S.1, as amended, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. This will be the last vote of the week. the next roll call vote will be at 5:30pm on Monday, February 2, on Calendar #6, H.R.203, Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act.

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Roll Call Vote on Markey amendment #178 (oil spill liability trust fund)

3:30pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Markey amendment #178 (oil spill liability trust fund) Not agreed to: 44-54 Next: Passage of S.1, as amended, a bill to approve the Keystone pipeline

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Roll Call Vote on Markey amendment #178

3:10pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Markey amendment #141 (delay effective date); Not Agreed To:36-62 Next: Markey amendment #178 (oil spill liability trust fund) Cantwell amendment #131 (U.S. environmental laws) Boxer amendment #130 (permit savings clause) Passage of S.1, as amended, a bill to approve the Keystone pipeline

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Boxer amendment agreed to by voice vote

The Boxer amendment #130 (permit savings clause) was not agreed to by voice vote.

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Roll Call Vote on Booker amendment #155 (new circumstances)

2:36pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on Booker amendment #155 (new circumstances); Not Agreed To: 41-56 The remaining votes in this series will be 10 minute votes. There will be 2 minutes for debate equally divided between each vote.   Next: Markey amendment #141 (delay effective date) Markey amendment #178 (oil…

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