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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A resolution relating to the death of Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 26. (text: CR 2/24/2016 S1003)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A concurrent resolution providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S161)
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its Associated Forces
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Veto message indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S147)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S63)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. (text of veto message: CR 01/11/2016 S28-29)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units".
Veto message received in Senate. Ordered held at the desk. (text of veto message: CR 01/11/2016 S28-29)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit the Paris climate change agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8166-8167)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone".
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the unveiling of the marble bust of Vice President Richard Cheney on December 3, 2015.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
A resolution designating the week beginning November 8, 2015, as "National Pregnancy Center Week" to recognize the vital role that community-supported pregnancy centers (also known as pregnancy care and pregnancy resource centers) play in saving lives and serving women and men faced with difficult pregnancy decisions.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7917)
A resolution relative to the death of Fred Thompson, former United States Senator for the State of Tennessee.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7697)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283.
A resolution condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, students, and teachers) in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
A resolution designating October 30, 2015, as a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.