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A nocturnal law librarian [Disclaimer: Unofficial/individual account; the Law Library tweets from @LawLibCongress & @Congressdotgov #FF]

[Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress]

The Senate convened at noon and has resumed consideration of the House message to accompany S.1383, the legislative vehicle for the SAVE Act.

At approx 1pm, the Senate is expected to vote on cloture on the nomination of Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

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The #Senate adjourned at 10:46 pm and will reconvene at 10 am Thurs

Expect 2 votes at 11 am
Cloture on Cheryl Mason
Confirm Tyler Clarkson

Expect 4 votes at 2:15 pm
Confirm Gadyaces Serralta
Confirm Mason
Cloture on Andrea Lucas
Cloture on Matthew Kozma

More votes possible

[Senate Periodicals @SenatePPG]

Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for 24 hours and 19 minutes. This is now the longest floor speech in Senate history, breaking Senator Strom Thurmond’s 1957 record (24 hours, 18 minutes).

https://t.co/R43isAiNsU

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

Senate just reached agreement on votes for Cabinet nominees tonight & avoid weekend sessions.Senators will vote at 6:15p (instead of 11p) to confirm Douglas Burgum as Interior Sec, followed by votes to advance nominations of Chris Wright as Energy Sec & Doug Collins to be VA Sec.

[Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress]

The #Senate has convened..,

Two votes at 11:30 a.m.:
1)Confirmation of Kristi Noem as Secretary of @DHSgov
2)Cloture on nomination of Scott Bessent to be Secretary of @USTreasury

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

Senate WILL be in session tomorrow/Friday at 9:30am and will vote at 10am on whether to advance the Laken Riley Act to a final passage vote. 60 votes will be needed. @cspan 2

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Discussions are ongoing with respect to H.R.82 (Social Security Fairness Act), the Continuing Resolution, and the Capozzi and Clegg nominations.

Additional votes are expected this evening.

[House Press Gallery @HouseDailyPress]

The Chair declared the House adjourned at 6:13 PM. The House returns on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 10:00 AM in a pro forma session.

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

House returns from recess at 4:45pm to debate & then vote on the latest version of the CR to avert a gov't shutdown at midnight. 2/3rds vote will be needed for passage. Bill includes gov't funding for 3 months as well as disaster relief and farm aid,but not a debt limit increase.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Where things stand:
House GOP plan:
Votes on:
- 3-month government funding bill
- $100 billion disaster package 
- $10 billion farm aid

Punt debt limit to next year

Vote under suspension tonight or by rule tomorrow, per sources

Jeffries says they’re talking

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There will be no further votes tonight.

[House Press Gallery @HouseDailyPress]

The Chair declared the House adjourned at 10:31 PM.

The House meets Thursday, December 19 at 9:00 AM for legislative business.

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

Democratic leadership on tomorrow’s House voting schedule: ????

[Senate Periodicals @SenatePPG]

The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00 AM Thursday, December 12th, 2024.

[House Press Gallery @HouseDailyPress]

At 6:17 PM, the Chair declared the House adjourned.

The House meets Thursday, December 12 at 9:00 AM for legislative business.

[House Press Gallery @HouseDailyPress]

The Chair declared the House adjourned at 6:47 PM.

The House meets Wednesday, November 20 at 10:00 AM for Morning Hour debate and 12:00 PM for legislative business.

[U.S. Senate History @SenateHistory]

New Blog post! View historical images of the Library of Congress when it was housed in the U.S. Capitol and learn about the space that was once considered among the Capitol's architectural gems https://t.co/GlHy0FzRc3 #SenateStories

[Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress]

The #Senate convened for a pro forma session at 6:30 a.m. @SenJeffMerkley presided and no business was conducted.
Remaining pro forma schedule:
Tues June 25 @ 11:30am
Fri June 28 @ 12 noon
Tues July 2 @ 12 noon
Fri July 5 @ 9:00am
Senate returns Monday July 8 at 3:00 p.m.

[House Press Gallery @HouseDailyPress]

The House adjourned at 3:25 PM.

The House returns on Friday, May 24, at 11:00 AM in a pro forma session.

[Senate Periodicals @SenatePPG]

The Senate stands adjourned until 3:00pm on Monday, May 20, 2024.

At 5:30pm Monday the Senate will vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #460 Seth Robert Aframe, of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, vice Jeffrey R. Howard, retired.