7:34 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018. Senators Rubio and Blumenthal spoke on the government shutdown.
6:26 p.m. Senator Duckworth spoke about the shutdown.
5:49 p.m. Senator Schatz spoke about the shutdown.
5:35 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke about the government shutdown.
5:23 p.m. Senator McCaskill spoke about the shutdown. She spoke about civil rights pioneer Frankie Friedman.
5:10 p.m. Senator Carper spoke about the shutdown.
4:59 p.m. Senator Manchin spoke about the shutdown.
4:39 p.m. Senator Sullivan spoke about the government shutdown.
4:22 p.m. Senator Daines spoke about the government shutdown.
4:21 p.m. Senator Cardin objected to Senator McConnell’s request.
4:20 p.m. Majority Leader McConnell sought consent for passage of his amendment to H.R. 1301, to provide full funding of defense programs.
4:19 p.m. Senator McConnell objected to Senator Cardin’s request.
4:18 p.m. Senator Cardin sought consent for passage of S. 2274, concerning pay for furloughed federal workers.
4:16 p.m. Senator Wyden objected to Senator McConnell’s request.
4:13 p.m. Senator McConnell sought consent to have cloture invoked for the measure to reauthorize CHIP and extend federal spending to reopen the government, and to pass the spending measure.
4:11 p.m. Senator Stabenow sought consent for passage of H.R. 1301, with a permanent extension of CHIP, a 5-year extension of community health centers and other provisions.
3:42 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke about children’s health and prompted a quorum call.
3:35 p.m. Senator Wyden spoke about the shutdown
3:22 p.m. Senator Brown spoke about the shutdown.
3:11 p.m. Senator Casey spoke about the shutdown.
2:40 p.m. Senator King spoke about the shutdown.
2:35 p.m. Senator Tester spoke about the government shutdown.
2:27 p.m. Senator Heller spoke about the government shutdown.
2:02 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke about the government shutdown.
1:15 p.m. Senator Inhofe spoke on the government shutdown.
1 p.m. Senator Leahy spoke about his experiences in negotiation with different presidents.
12:51 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about about possible grounds for a federal spending deal.
12:38 p.m. Senator Alexander spoke about possible grounds for agreement on federal spending and other issues.
12:28 p.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke about the federal spending negotiations.
12:10 p.m. Majority Leader McConnell spoke about the federal government shutdown.
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The Senate will convene at noon.
The Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R. 195 (the short-term measure to continue federal spending and reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program).
Roll call votes are expected during today’s session.
NOTE: A motion has been filed to reconsider the vote by which the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the spending measure.
A cloture petition has been on the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R. 195 with a further amendment (a resolution to continue spending until to February 8, with the CHIP reauthorization).
The amendment tree has been filled.
Unless there is an agreement to the contrary, that vote on that cloture motion would occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Monday.
Filing deadline for first-degree amendments is 1 p.m. on Sunday. The filing deadline for second-degree amendments is one hour prior to the cloture vote, if cloture is invoked.
These measures are currently pending to the measure to continue spending (H.R. 195):
- McConnell perfecting amendment (#1917) of a to change the expiration of the continuing resolution from from February 16 to February 8;
- McConnell motion (#1918) to refer the House message accompanying H.R. 195 with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment.
