Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. Res. 50 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 57) entered in Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A resolution amending rule XXXI of the Standing Rules of the Senate to limit the time during which a nomination shall be confirmed or rejected, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7597)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
A resolution recognizing the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each candidate for nomination or election to the office of President or Vice President to include in the financial disclosure reports the candidate is required to file under such Act a statement regarding whether or not the Secretary of the Treasury is in the process of auditing any of the candidate's individual Federal income tax returns.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
To establish requirements for committees of the Senate and the Senate to consider and hold votes on nominations of individuals for appointments by the President, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should not confirm a nominee to the United States Supreme Court whose professional record or statements display opposition to the Second Amendment freedoms of law-abiding gun owners, including the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms as affirmed in the District of Columbia et al. v. Heller and McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. cases.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
A resolution honoring the lives of the 33 crew members aboard the El Faro.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7425; text as passed Senate: CR S7414-7415)
A resolution amending rule XXXI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, to provide for timely consideration of nominations.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2052)
A resolution amending rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise the number of affirmative votes required to end debate on nominations.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S783-785; text of measure as introduced: CR S783)
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3393) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4935) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements to the child tax credit.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3370.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3304.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
To designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse".
Received in the Senate.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3309) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
To amend title 14, United States Code, to modify the process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.