January

The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly Democratic caucus luncheon.

This morning Senator Reid introduced the Bingaman Lands bill, S.22, and began the Rule 14 process.

At 1 p.m., in the House Chamber, there will be a Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral ballots. All Senators are invited and should gather in the Senate Chamber at 12:45 p.m., to proceed as a body to the House Chamber.

The Senate will recess from 3:30pm until 4:45pm to allow for a special Democratic caucus meeting.

The next roll call vote is expected to occur at approximately 2:00pm Sunday.

The motion to proceed to S.22, Land bill, is pending.

At 2:45pm there will be a special Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the Stimulus.

Resume motion to proceed to S.22, the Lands bill, post cloture. Time during any adjournment or period of morning business counts post cloture.

The Senate adopted the motion to proceed to S.22 and Senator Reid filed cloture on the bill.

Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.22, the Lands bill.

The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly party luncheons.

2:30pm filling deadline for 1st degree amendments.

Reid moves to proceed to S.181, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and files cloture on the motion.

The filing deadline for second degree amendments to S.22 is 10:00am.

12:00 o'clock resume S.22, the Public Lands bill.

The following amendments were agreed to in the Managers' package:
Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #23
Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #24

At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on passage of S.J. Res. 5.

2:00pm swearing in of Senator-appointee Roland Burris (IL)

The Senate adopted the motion to proceed to S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act.

The following amendments are pending to S.181:
Hutchison #25 (Republican alternative)

4: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.181, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act;
Invoked: 72-23

5: Passage of S.J.Res. 5, Joint Resolution of disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008;
Not Passed: 42-52

There will be no further roll call votes today.

Following Leader remarks, Senator Salazar will give his farewell speech.

11:00am swearing in of Senator-appointee Kaufman (DE)

The Senate will recess from 12:45 until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons to meet.

S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

There will be no further roll call votes today.

Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

There will be no further roll call votes today.

The Senate reached an agreement to with respect to the order of names listed in S. Res.18.

4:00pm Executive Session to consider the nomination of Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of Treasury.

6:00pm Roll Call Vote on confirmation of the nomination.

Following the vote, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program.

S.328, DTV postpone with a Rockefeller/Hutchison substitute amendment

S.Res.21, Legal Counsel Resolution

12:30pm Senator-appointee Gillibrand will be sworn in. Following the swearing in, the Senate will stand in recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.

Grassley amendment #41: , (Strike legal immigrant coverage);
Failed by Voice Vote

19: Martinez amendment #65: (Mexico City)
Not Agreed To: 37-60

20: Baucus Motion to Table Cornyn amendment #67: (Redirect Funding),
Tabled:64-33

21: Roberts amendment #75: (Federal Matching);
Not Agreed To, 36-60

22: Kyl amendment #46: (Crowd Out)
Not Agreed To: 42-56

23: Murkowski amendment #77: (Best Practices)
Not Agreed to: 47-51

The Senate confirmed the following Executive nominations:
James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State;
Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State-Management and Resources;
Robert Nabors, Deputy Director of OMB;
Christina Romer, Member Council of Economic Advisors;
Cal #6,7&8, military promotions;
Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence;
All nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy.

The following amendments are pending to HR2, as amended by Baucus substitute amendment which is text of S.275:
Coburn #49 (Improper Payments)
Coburn #50 (Improper Payments)
DeMint #85 (Tax Deduction)
Coburn #86 (Private Insurance)

27: On the DeMint amendment #85: , Not Agreed to: 40-58

28: Coburn amendment #86: , Not Agreed To:36-62

Coburn amendment #50: - Agreed to by Voice Vote

Coburn amendment #49: - Not Agreed to by Voice Vote

29: Bingaman amendment #63: , as modified; Agreed to: 55-43

30: Hutchinson amendment #93: , Not Agreed to: 17-81

31: Final passage of H.R.2, as amended, Passed: 66-32