Congress Last Week

House

The House was out of session last week.

Senate

Vote	Date	Issue	Question	Result	Description
00104	30-Jun	PN604	On the Nomination	Confirmed	Confirmation David H. Petraeus, of New Hampshire, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
00103	29-Jun	S.Res. 116	On the Resolution	Agreed to	S. Res. 116 as Amended; A resolution to provide for expedited Senate consideration of certain nominations subject to advice and consent.
00102	29-Jun	S.Res. 116	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 521	Rejected	Coburn Amdt. No. 521; To prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs.
00101	29-Jun	S. 679	On Passage of the Bill	Passed	S. 679 as Amended; A bill to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.
00100	29-Jun	S. 679	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 511	Rejected	DeMint Amdt. No. 511; To enhance accountability and transparency among various Executive agencies.
00099	29-Jun	S. 679	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 501	Rejected	DeMint Amdt. No. 501; To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, and to rescind related appropriated amounts.
00098	28-Jun	S. 679	On the Motion	Agreed to	Motion to Instruct the Sgt At Arms to Request the Presence of Absentee Senators; A bill to reduce the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation.

Conrad ready to present Dems' budget as soon as next week
The Senate Budget Committee Chairman said Democrats have a plan that would reduce the deficit by more than $4 trillion over 10 years.

McConnell calls balanced-budget amendment to floor
Sen. McConnell said he would push for a vote on the legislation when the Senate returns from recess.

Senate to add procedural change to accommodate streamlining bill
The Senate is now working on a resolution that would change its standing rules to streamline the confirmation process for some executive nominees.

Senate cancels July 4 recess
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Thursday morning that he will cancel the July 4 recess.

Cornyn: Senate has been 'treading water' during Biden talks
Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) said Thursday he doubted the Senate would accomplish much in the way of reaching a deficit-reduction deal even after canceling

Battle lines harden for Obama, Senate GOP as time for debt deal runs short
The fight over raising the debt ceiling turned more bitter Thursday and began to bleed into other issues.