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continuing to find the path forward for the toxic substances bill to advance through the Senate as of Friday, and the growing number of supporters sounded optimistic they would get issues about the floor schedule
The schedule for the week is complicated by the Yom Kippur — which falls on Wednesday — and the historic joint meeting Thursday for the first papal address in the history of Congress.
Other than advancing a three-month bill to keep transportation programs running past the end of July, there’s little thus far on the schedule for the first week of August.
The Senate schedule still calls for the chamber to be in session through the first week of August, a week longer than the House.
of floor debate on the National Defense Authorization Act when they return Monday, with a key vote to limit debate on the measure occurring Tuesday morning unless there is an agreement to change the schedule
“And look, his fundamental complaint is he doesn’t get to schedule the Senate anymore and he wanted to kill the president’s trade bill, and so he didn’t like the fact that we moved to the trade bill early
Earlier Tuesday, McConnell told reporters that while he’s opposed to keeping the Export-Import Bank running, he planned to schedule floor debate and a vote, which is something he has said previously
[Harry] Reid is having a difficult time in adjusting to not being the one who sets the schedule for the Senate.”
Knowing Reid would no longer control the floor schedule in 2015, staff for Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Reid heir apparent Charles E.
One logistical hurdle Alexander encountered was when to schedule votes amid floor consideration of another consensus measure: replacing Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate to avert cuts to payments
“The fact that it has taken more than three months into the 114th Congress for the Republican majority to schedule a vote on a single judicial nominee is disconcerting, especially because all four
There are two big markups already on the Tuesday schedule — one on foreign policy and one on the domestic side.
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In a sign of how the Senate operates, the schedule has already changed.
“Thank you for keeping this important and historic hearing on the schedule,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell, of Washington, the panel’s top Democrat.
“There is no reason to schedule this speech before Israeli voters go to the polls on March 17 and choose their own leadership. I am disappointed that, as of now, the speech has not been postponed.
The lead Senate sponsor of anti-abortion legislation that was pulled from the House schedule late Wednesday said Thursday it should not move forward without changes to the rape provision.
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday told reporters that in looking ahead to the new year, a bill sponsored by Republican John Hoeven of North Dakota would lead off the floor schedule.
The Senate’s extended schedule will give other such measures that have already passed the House with broad, bipartisan support a final chance to overcome procedural hurdles before the 113th Congress
The aggressive schedule would be a change from recent years that have featured more frequent recess weeks, and Sen.