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Senate Floor Activity - Wednesday, January 21, 2015


The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 9:30 a.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and the President pro tempore led the Senate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

The Journal

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.

Certain Procedures Dispensed With

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the morning hour being deemed expired, and the times for the recognition of the two leaders being reserved.

Transaction of Morning Business

Pursuant to the order of yesterday, the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.

Legislative Business (Wednesday, January 21)

S. 1 (Sen. Hoeven): To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline .
-- Considered by Senate.
S.Amdt. 2 (Sen. Murkowski): In the nature of a substitute.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 18 (Sen. Fischer): To provide limits on the designation of new federally protected land.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.

S.Amdt. 24 (Sen. Sanders): To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.
-- Amendment SA 24 proposed by Senator Sanders to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 27 (Sen. Wyden): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.
-- Amendment SA 27 proposed by Senator Wyden to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 29 (Sen. Whitehouse): To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.
-- Amendment SA 29, under the order of 1/21/15, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 1. Record Vote Number: 10

S.Amdt. 33 (Sen. Lee): To conform citizen suits under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.
-- Amendment SA 33, under the order of 1/21/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 7

S.Amdt. 41 (Sen. Toomey): To continue cleaning up fields and streams while protecting neighborhoods, generating affordable energy, and creating jobs .
-- Amendment pending in Senate.
-- Amendment SA 41, under the order of 1/21/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 9

S.Amdt. 58 (Sen. Schatz): To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.
-- Amendment SA 58, under the order of 1/21/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 49. Record Vote Number: 12

S.Amdt. 69 (Sen. Durbin): To ensure that the storage and transportation of petroleum coke is regulated in a manner that ensures the protection of public and ecological health.
-- Amendment pending in Senate.
-- Amendment SA 69, under the order of 1/21/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 58. Record Vote Number: 8

S.Amdt. 71 (Sen. Lee): To require a procedure for issuing permits to drill.
-- Amendment SA 71 proposed by Senator Lee to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 72 (Sen. Menendez): To ensure private property cannot be seized through condemnation or eminent domain for the private gain of a foreign-owned business entity.
-- Amendment SA 72 proposed by Senator Menendez to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 78 (Sen. Blunt): To express the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the President entering into bilateral or other international agreements regarding greenhouse gas emissions without proper study of any adverse economic effects, including job losses and harm to the industrial sector, and without the approval of the Senate.
-- Amendment SA 78 proposed by Senator Murkowski for Senator Blunt to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 80 (Sen. Vitter): To provide for the distribution of revenues from certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
-- Amendment SA 80 proposed by Senator Vitter to Amendment SA 2.

S.Amdt. 87 (Sen. Hoeven): To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.
-- Amendment SA 87 proposed by Senator Hoeven to Amendment SA 2.
-- Amendment SA 87, under the order of 1/21/15, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 40. Record Vote Number: 11


Adjournment

Under the authority of the order of today, at 6:58 p.m, the Presiding Officer (Mr. Tillis in the chair) declared the Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.