5:23 p.m. Senator Peters spoke on the Affordable Care Act.
4:39 p.m. Senators Alexander and Enzi spoke on the Affordable Care Act.
4:23 p.m. Senator King spoke on the Affordable Care Act.
4:11 p.m. Senator Flake spoke on government waste.
3:33 p.m. Senator Leahy spoke on the budget resolution.
3:32 p.m. The motion to waive the budget act with respect to the Sanders amdt is not agreed to 49-49. (3/5 needed).
Senators voting in favor: 46 Democrats, 2 Independents (King and Sanders), 1 Republican (Collins).
Senators voting against: 49 Republicans.
Senators not voting: 2 Republicans: Sessions and Tillis.
3:05 p.m. Roll call vote began on the motion to waive the budget act with respect to the Sanders amdt.
3:03 p.m. Senators Sanders and Enzi spoke on the Sanders amendment.
3:02 p.m. The motion to waive the budget act with respect to the Flake Amdt is not agreed to 31-67. (3/5 needed).
Senators voting in favor: Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Corker, Cotton, Crapo, Cruz, Daines, Ernst, Fischer, Flake, Gardner, Graham, Heller, Hoeven, Inhofe, Johnson, Lankford, Lee, McCain, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, Risch, Rubio, Sasse, Scott, Sullivan, Thune, Toomey, and Young.
Senators voting against: 46 Democrats, 19 Republicans, 2 Independents (King and Sanders).
Senators not voting: 2 Republicans: Sessions and Tillis.
2:31 p.m. The Senate is now voting on the the motion to waive the budget act in regards to Flake amendment #52 to S. Con. Res. 3.
2:32 p.m. Senator Sanders raised a budget point of order against amendment #52 and Senator Flake asked for a motion to waive.
2: 30 p.m. Senator Flake spoke on his amendment #52.
2:02 p.m. Senator Sanders spoke on his amendment #19.
1:01 p.m. The Senate recessed until 2 p.m.
1 p.m. Senator Enzi brought up Senator Flake’s amendment (#20).
12:46 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke about health care.
12:45 p.m. Senator Enzi spoke about health care.
12:36 p.m. Senator Barrasso spoke about the health care law.
12:28 p.m. Senator Thune spoke about the health care law.
12:27 p.m. The Senate resumed consideration of the Budget Resolution. The Senate agreed to recess for caucus meetings from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
12:13 p.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke about the consideration of presidential nominations. He spoke about the health care law.
12:03 p.m. Majority Leader McConnell spoke about the nomination of Senator Sessions to be attorney general. He also spoke about the health care law.
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The Senate will convene at 12:00 p.m. and resume consideration of S.Con.Res. 3, the budget resolution.
We anticipate the standard Tuesday recess to accommodate the party luncheons from approximately 12:30-2:15 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on the Flake amendment #52 (Social Security and Medicare); followed by a vote on the Sanders amendment #19 (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid).