Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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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.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 8, 2019)] [House] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ]...
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)
A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
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.
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 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)
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.
A resolution to provide for expedited Senate consideration of certain nominations subject to advice and consent.
Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay. 89 - 8. Record Vote Number: 103. (text: CR S4208-4209)
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of persons appointed to the military service academies from Puerto Rico from nominations made by the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
A resolution to improve the debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations in the Senate.
Returned to the Calendar. Under Over, Under the Rule.
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain power panels specifically designed for wind turbine generators to transfer electric power to and from a utility power grid at 2100 kW at 600 volts with a nominal full load of 2190 amps.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A resolution acknowledging the 25th anniversary of the nomination of Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro as the first woman selected by a major political party to run for the Office of the Vice President.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7653)
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 734) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the withholding of information relating to corruption in Iraq.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thanking John R. Bolton, President George W. Bush's nominee to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, for his long-standing history of confronting corruption at the United Nations and urging him to continue his hard work and dedication to the implementation of measures that will restore credibility of this international organization.
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the "Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post Office".
Held at the desk.
A resolution to amend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to the consideration of nominations requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 180.
A resolution to authorize the printing of a revised edition of the Nomination and Election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14930)
Concerning writer, political philosopher, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Wei Jingsheng.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that reductions in military retired pay for purposes of the Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that title shall be computed based upon the same methodology as applies to reductions in retired pay under the Survivor Benefit Plan for spouse coverage.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.