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49 Democrats - 49 Republicans - 1 Independent 1 Independent Democrat - 0 Vacancies
(Vice President votes to break ties)
Senate Agenda - July 14, 2008: Senate will begin consideration of S. 2731, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act.
Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 6304, FISA Amendments Act.
Highlights:
July 9, 2008: The Senate passed H.R. 6304, FISA Amendments Act (69-28 roll call vote).
February 12, 2008: By a vote of 68-29, the Senate passed S. 2248, RESTORE Act (FISA Amendments Act).
November 8, 2007: By a vote of 79-14, the Senate voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act. The House on November 6, voted 361-54 to override President Bush's veto. Both votes were in excess of the 2/3 majority needed to override a presidential veto. The votes marked the first of five vetoes issued by President Bush to be successfully overridden by Congress. Also See: About Presidential Vetoes
November 1, 2007: Facing an almost certain presidential veto, the Senate passed H.R. 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act by a vote of 64-30. The House had previously passed the bill in a 265-142 vote, short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn a veto by Bush. Also See: Bush Vetoes Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Program
October 24, 2007: The Senate voted not to move forward with consideration of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act - or DREAM Act -- a bill that would have allowed certain children of illegal immigrants to remain in the country and obtain legal resident status.
June 28, 2007: By a vote of 46-53, 14 votes short of the 60 needed, the Senate failed to proceed to a final vote on S. 1639 - the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill of 2007 -- virtually ending any chance of the enactment of immigration reform during this session of Congress.
June 7, 2007: A motion to end debate on the bill S. 1348 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill of 2007 failed by a decisive vote of 33 - 63, thus blocking the bill from advancing to a final Senate vote. The action makes it unlikely that immigration reform legislation will be passed by the 110th Congress.
April 26, 2007: By vote of 51-46, the U.S. Senate added its approval to the bill H.R. 1591, including a provision setting a non-binding date of March 31, 2008 for the final withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq. President Bush has vowed to veto the bill.
April 11, 2007 - The Senate passed two more stem cell research enhancement bills, one President Bush vowed to veto, the other he vowed to sign. [Read more...]
March 29, 2007: By a 51-37 vote, the Senate approved H.R. 1591, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations. The Senate version of the bill included a provision requiring the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008. The House-passed version of the bill provided the the withdrawal of all U.S. troops by Sept. 1, 2008. President Bush has stated he will veto the bill if this provision remains in the final version. Since presidential vetoes are still an all-or-nothing affair, Bush's veto would also kill provisions of the bill backed by Democrats, most notably a $2.10 per hour increase to the federal minimum wage, frozen at $5.15 since 1997.
March 20, 2007: By a vote of 92-2, the Senate passed S. 214, Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act. [See: About the U.S. Attorneys]
March 15, 2007: By a vote of 48-50, the Senate failed to pass S.J.Res. 9 - A joint resolution requiring the President of the United States to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq within 120 days with the goal of redeploying by March 31, 2008, all U.S. combat forces from Iraq, except for a limited number essential for protecting U.S. and coalition personnel and infrastructure, training and equipping Iraqi forces, and conducting targeted counter-terrorism operations.
March 13, 2007: By a vote of 60-38, the Senate passed S. 4 - A bill to make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively and to improve homeland security. President Bush has indicated he would veto the bill if a provision allowing TSA airport security screeners to join labor unions remains in the bill.
Nov. 16, 2006 - In an 85-12 vote, the Senate passed H.R. 5682 -- the United States-India Energy Security Cooperation Act of 2006. [More details...]
Sept. 28, 2006: By a vote of 65-34, the Senate passed S. 3930, Military Commissions Act, authorizing military tribunals to try detainees held in the war on terror and establishing guidelines for interrogations and prosecutions of terrorism suspects.
Senate passed H.R. 9, Voting Rights Reauthorization Act and H.R. 4472, Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act.
June 28, 2006 - Senate confirmed the nomination of Henry M. Paulson, Jr., to be Secretary of the Treasury.
May 25, 2006 - The Senate passed its version of the Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611), by a vote of 62-36.
March 2, 2006 - By a vote of 89-10, the Senate passed H.R. 3199 (USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 ) - A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism.
Senate confirmed the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to be Chief Justice of the United States.
Senate passed S. 397, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. (Also: Gun Maker Protection Bill Gains Support in Senate)
Senate passed H.R. 2360, Homeland Security Appropriations.
Senate passed S. 1307, CAFTA Implementation Act.
Senate passed H.R. 2361, Interior Appropriations.
Senate passed H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act.
Senate confirmed the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Senate passed S. Res. 39, apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.
Senate confirmed the nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Senate passed H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act.
Senate confirmed the nomination of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Senate agreed to conference report to accompany H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Senate passed H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Senate passed S. 686, for the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
Senate passed S. 256, Bankruptcy Reform Act.
Senate passed S. 306, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
Senate confirmed the nomination of Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
State of the Union Address - Feb. 2, 2005
Senate confirmed the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales, of Texas, to be Attorney General.
Senate has confirmed the nominations of Condoleezza Rice, of California, to be Secretary of State, Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Senate passed H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act and H.R. 4759, United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
Senate rejects motion to consider S.J. Res. 40, Constitutional Amendment on Marriage. The amendment would ban states from legalizing same-sex marriages. (See: Bush Backs Gay Marriage Ban Amendment)
Senate passed H.R. 4613, Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
Senate passed S. 15, Project Bioshield Act.
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