9:15 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will reconvene at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. They will resume consideration of the 2018 Budget Reconciliation Bill (vehicle for tax reform), H.R. 1. There will be two votes at 11:00 a.m. The first will be on the Nelson motion to commit followed by the Baldwin motion to commit.
8:40 p.m. Senator Menendez spoke against the tax bill.
8:25 p.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke against the tax bill.
8:15 p.m. Senator Sullivan spoke in favor of the tax bill.
8:05 p.m. Senator Scott spoke in favor the tax bill.
7:43 p.m. Senator Wyden spoke about tax reform.
7:36 p.m. Senator Cardin spoke about his motion to commit.
7:35 p.m. Senator Nelson spoke about his motion to commit.
7:34 p.m. The Senate rejected the Stabenow motion to commit by a vote of 45-55. Democrats Donnelly, Heitkamp, and Manchin voted no.
7:01 p.m. The Senate began voting on the Stabenow motion to commit.
6:58 p.m. Senator Toomey spoke against Senator Stabenow’s motion.
6:55 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke about her amendment.
6:43 p.m. Senator Rubio spoke supporting the tax bill.
6:34 p.m. Senators Sanders and Toomey spoke about the Sanders amendment about Medicare and Medicaid.
6:30 p.m. Senator Toomey spoke in favor of the tax bill.
6:12 p.m. Senators Merkley and Klobuchar spoke about against tax bill.
5:52 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke in favor of the tax bill.
5:47 p.m. Senator Scott spoke about tax reform.
5:35 p.m Senator Stabenow spoke about her amendment about moving expenses deductions.
5:33 p.m. The motion to commit H.R. 1 was not agreed to by a vote 48-52.
4:32 p.m. The Senate began voting on the King motion to commit H.R. 1.
4:12 p.m. Senators Thune and Portman spoke about tax reform.
3:55 p.m. Senator Sanders spoke about his amendment.
3:33 p.m. Senator Perdue spoke about tax reform.
3:17 p.m. Senator Markey spoke for the motion to recommit.
3:15 p.m. Senator Toomey spoke against the motion to recommit.
3:01 p.m. Senator King spoke for his motion to recommit.
2:59 p.m. Senator Cassidy recognizable Navy Airman Matthew Telastri, who died in the line of duty this year.
2:59 p.m. Senator Enzi secured consent for Senator King to be recognized for a motion to recommit H.R. 1 to the Finance Committee with instructions on the deficit. The vote will occur at 4 p.m.
2:58 p.m. The Casey motion failed on a party-line vote of 48 to 51. Senator McCain did not vote.
2:26 p.m. The Senate began voting on the Casey motion to commit H.R. 1.
2:16 p.m. Senators Hirono and Peters spoke against the tax reform bill.
2:01 p.m. Senator Roberts spoke supporting tax reform.
1:35 p.m. Senators Udall and Booker spoke against the tax reform bill.
1:24 p.m. Senator Collins spoke on her amendments to the tax reform bill.
1:10 p.m. Senator Casey spoke on his motion to commit.
1:02 p.m. Senator Gardner spoke about the tax reform bill.
1:01 p.m. UC that Senator Casey be recognized to offer a motion to recommit, and a vote on that motion occur at 2:15 p.m., after which the Majority Leader will be recognized.
1:00 p.m. By a party line vote of 48-52, the Brown motion to recommit was not agreed to.
12:24 p.m. The Senate is now voting on the Brown motion to commit H.R. 1.
12:14 a.m. Senator Durbin spoke about the tax plan.
12:07 a.m. Senator Wyden spoke about the tax plan.
11:55 a.m. Senator Toomey spoke about the tax plan.
11:52 a.m. Senator Cornyn spoke about the tax plan.
11:41 a.m. Senator Brown spoke about the tax plan and made a motion to commit H.R. 1. There will be a vote on the motion to commit at 12:20 p.m.
11:38 a.m. Senator Toomey spoke about the tax plan.
11:34 a.m. Senator Wyden spoke about the tax plan.
11:26 a.m. Senator Brown spoke against the tax plan.
11:08 a.m. Senator Hatch spoke for the tax plan.
10:55 a.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke against the tax measure.
10:42 a.m. Senator Wyden spoke against the tax plan.
10:32 a.m. Majority Leader McConnell spoke for the GOP tax plan and about North Korea’s nuclear program.
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The Senate will convene at 10:30 a.m. and will resume consideration of the fiscal year 2018 budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1).
This bill is the legislative vehicle for the Republican tax overhaul.
Pending — with about an hour of debate time left — is the Hatch-Murkowski amendment #1618. This is the text of Senate tax bill passed by the Finance Committee.
Roll call votes are expected throughout the day on amendments to the budget-tax bill.
