The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 4:30
p.m., the Chaplain offered a prayer, and Mr. Hatch 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 Thursday, January 22, 2015, the
Journal of the proceedings of the Senate was deemed approved to date.
Certain Procedures Dispensed With
Pursuant to the order of Thursday, January 22, 2015,
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 Thursday, January 22, 2015,
the Senate proceeded to a period for the transaction of morning business.
Legislative Business (Monday, January 26)
S. 1 (Sen. Hoeven):
To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline
.
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Considered by Senate.
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Cloture on the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 39.
Record Vote Number:
30
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Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not
invoked (Record Vote No. 30) entered in Senate.
S.Amdt. 2 (Sen. Murkowski):
In the nature of a substitute.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
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Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 39. Record Vote
Number:
29
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Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on
amendment SA 2 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 29) entered in Senate.
S.Amdt. 15 (Sen. Cruz):
To promote economic growth and job creation by
increasing exports.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 67 (Sen. Sullivan):
To restrict the authority of the Environmental
Protection Agency to arm agency personnel.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 73 (Sen. Moran):
To delist the lesser prairie-chicken as a
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 75 (Sen. Cardin):
To provide communities that rely on drinking water
from a source that may be affected by a tar sands spill from the Keystone
XL pipeline an analysis of the potential risks to public health and the
environment from a leak or rupture of the pipeline.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 80 (Sen. Vitter):
To provide for the distribution of revenues from
certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 98 (Sen. Murkowski):
To express the sense of Congress relating to
adaptation projects in the United States Arctic region and rural
communities.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 103 (Sen. Flake):
To require the evaluation and consolidation of
duplicative green building programs.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Amdt. 132 (Sen. Daines):
To express the sense of Congress regarding the
designation of National Monuments.
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Amendment pending in Senate.
S.Res. 41 (Sen. Hoeven):
A resolution congratulating the North Dakota State
University football team for winning the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and
with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Adjournment
Under the authority of the order of today, at 7:29 p.m,
the Presiding Officer (Mr. Lankford in the chair) declared the
Senate adjourned, under its order of today, until 11 a.m. tomorrow
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