the Senate ~~ CONGRESS 2/14 ~~ the House

The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, February 24, 2014.

The Senate will meet on the following days at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted:

– Friday, February 14th at 10:30am

– Tuesday, February 18th at 10:30am and

– Friday, February 21st at 10:30am.

Following the prayer and pledge, Senator King will be recognized to deliver Washington’s Farewell Address.

Upon conclusion of the reading, the Majority Leader will be recognized and then the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

On Wednesday, February 12^th, cloture was filed on the following items in the order listed:

– Executive Calendar #564 Jeffrey Alker Meyer -to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut

– Executive Calendar #564 #570 James Maxwell Moody, Jr. – to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas

– Executive Calendar #564 #566 James Donato – to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

– Executive Calendar #564 #567 Beth Labson Freeman – to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California and

– Motion to proceed to S.1982, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014.

At 5:00pm on Monday, February 24^th, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #564, the nomination of Jeffrey Alker Meyer to be US District Judge for the District of Connecticut with up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 5:30pm), there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Meyer nomination.

If cloture is invoked on the Meyer nomination, there would be up to 2 hours for post-cloture debate. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate would proceed to a vote confirmation of the nomination, then proceed to the next cloture vote and repeat the process for the remaining nominations in the list above. Following disposition of the Freeman nomination, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S.1982.

While up to 9 roll call votes (5 cloture votes and 4 confirmation votes) are possible Monday evening, we anticipate that after three votes, the remaining will resume sometime Tuesday morning.

Likely votes Monday at 5:30pm:

– Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #564 Jeffrey Alker Meyer -to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut

(up to 2 hours of equally divided debate, likely one hour)

– Confirmation of Meyer nomination

– Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #564 #570 James Maxwell Moody, Jr. – to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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Last Floor Action:2/11
7:03:23 P.M. – The House adjourned.

The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on February 14, 2014.

2:00:20 P.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
2:00:37 P.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Fred Upton to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
2:00:59 P.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend William Gurnee, John Paul II Seminary, Washington, DC.
2:02:09 P.M.		The Chair announced that pursuant to section 2(a) of H. Res. 475, the Journal of the last day’s proceedings was approved.
2:02:13 P.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
2:03:03 P.M.		The House received a communication from Representative Andrews wherein he resigns as a member of the House of Representatives effective on February 18, 2014.
2:04:27 P.M.		The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the section 4(d) of H. Res. 5, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, and section 1(k)(2) of H. Res. 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, the Clerk transmitted to the House a notification that Bryson Morgan has signed an agreement not to be a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress for the purpose of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 until at least three years after he is no longer a member of the board or staff of the Office of Congressional Ethics.
2:04:36 P.M.		The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on February 12, 2014 at 4:03 p.m.: That the Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 540 and that the Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 25.
2:05:10 P.M.		The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on February 14, 2014 at 9:56 a.m.: That the Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 81 and H. Con. Res. 82. The message also stated that the Senate made appointments to the National Commission on Hunger.
2:05:34 P.M.		The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on February 12, 2014 at 11:37 a.m.: That the Senate passed S. 1068. The message also stated that the Senate made appointments to the Board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy and the Board of Visitors of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
2:07:50 P.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to section 2(b) of H. Res. 475.The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on February 18, 2014.