Senate Health Care Law Repeal Amendment

Mar 22, 2013

U.S. Senate

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) debated an amendment to the 2014 fiscal year budget that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.

 

•  

  R. Cruz, R-Texas

  11:29:26 AM (02:29:10)

  54 seconds
  Mr. CRUZ. Mr. President, tomorrow is the 3-year anniversary of the passage of ObamaCare. ObamaCare is hurting. It is hurting seniors,
  it is hurting Hispanics, it is hurting African Americans, it is hurting single moms, and it is hurting the economy. It should be repealed.
  Yesterday over 70 Members of this body voted to remove one of the most pernicious taxes in ObamaCare, the tax on medical device providers. I happily voted for the amendment, but I would point out this is a wealthy industry which can afford to hire lobbyists.
  We should be responsive not only to wealthy corporate lobbyists but to the people and small businesses that are being hurt by ObamaCare and to the workers who are being hurt by ObamaCare. We should be responsive to the American people. For that reason, this amendment would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to defund ObamaCare and repeal ObamaCare.
• 

  Thomas Harkin, D-Iowa

  11:30:27 AM (02:30:11)

  1 minute
  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, this will be the 36th time we have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. I know the Senators on the other side want to revote to repeal it. That is fine. I wish to warn you, due to the way this amendment is drafted, it also repeals what we put in that bill on education; to wit, we put in money to increase Pell grants. We put in money to increase funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We put in money also to help the community colleges, $2 billion.
  We also included the more generous income-based repayment system to ensure people don't need to pay more than 10 percent of their discretionary income to pay back their student loans. All of that is wiped out in the Senator's amendment.
  Again, maybe it is just a drafting error. But I think Senators should know you are not just voting to get rid of the Affordable Care Act. That is fine if you want to do that. I don't think Senators on the other side of the aisle who are here wish to vote to decrease Pell grants and to decrease funding for universities.

• Mr. CRUZ

  Mr. CRUZ. I ask for the yeas and nays.

• The PRESIDING OFFICER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

• Mr. DURBIN

  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. LAUTENBERG) is necessarily absent.

• The PRESIDING OFFICER

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 54, as follows:
  [Rollcall Vote No. 51 Leg.] 

  
  
  YEAS--45
  Alexander
  Ayotte
  Barrasso
  Blunt
  Boozman
  Burr
  Chambliss
  Coats
  Coburn
  Cochran
  Collins
  Corker
  Cornyn
  Crapo
  Cruz
  Enzi
  Fischer
  Flake
  Graham
  Grassley
  Hatch
  Heller
  Hoeven
  Inhofe
  Isakson
  Johanns
  Johnson (WI)
  Kirk
  Lee
  McCain
  McConnell
  Moran
  Murkowski
  Paul
  Portman
  Risch
  Roberts
  Rubio
  Scott
  Sessions
  Shelby
  Thune
  Toomey
  Vitter
  Wicker
  
  NAYS--54
  Baldwin
  Baucus
  Begich
  Bennet
  Blumenthal
  Boxer
  Brown
  Cantwell
  Cardin
  Carper
  Casey
  Coons
  Cowan
  Donnelly
  Durbin
  Feinstein
  Franken
  Gillibrand
  Hagan
  Harkin
  Heinrich
  Heitkamp
  Hirono
  Johnson (SD)
  Kaine
  King
  Klobuchar
  Landrieu
  Leahy
  Levin
  Manchin
  McCaskill
  Menendez
  Merkley
  Mikulski
  Murphy
  Murray
  Nelson
  Pryor
  Reed
  Reid
  Rockefeller
  Sanders
  Schatz
  Schumer
  Shaheen
  Stabenow
  Tester
  Udall (CO)
  Udall (NM)
  Warner
  Warren
  Whitehouse
  Wyden
  
  NOT VOTING--1
  Lautenberg
  
  The amendment (No. 202) was rejected.

  
  

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ANNIVERSARY -- (Senate - March 22, 2013)---

 MORNING BUSINESS -- (Senate - March 22, 2013)

Congressional Record article 46 of 56

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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, three years ago tomorrow, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. This landmark law will extend health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans when the reforms are fully implemented next year. Getting to this point has been an arduous process. But in the end, this achievement proved that real reform is possible, and that the voices of so many Americans who over the years have called on their leaders to act have finally been heard.
Since its passage, Americans have seen the immediate benefits of the Affordable Care Act and 3 years later, those improvements continue. Seniors on Medicare who have high-cost prescriptions are continuing to receive help when trapped within the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole. The Affordable Care Act completely closes the coverage gap by 2020, and the new law makes it easier for seniors to afford prescription drugs in the meantime. In 2010, more than 7,000 Vermonters received a $250 rebate
to help cover the cost of their prescription drugs when they hit the doughnut hole. Last year alone, nearly 6,400 Vermonters with Medicare received a 50-percent discount on their covered brand-name prescriptions, resulting in an average savings of $765 per person. Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, more than 5,000 young adults in Vermont have gained health insurance coverage under these reforms, which allow young adults to stay on their parents' plans
until their 26th birthdays. The improvements we are seeing in Vermont go on and on: in 2011 and 2012, 71 million Americans and 151,000 Vermonters with private insurance gained access to and received preventative screening coverage with no deductible or copay, including more than 80,000 Medicare beneficiaries. These are just a few of the dozens of consumer protections included in the law that are benefiting Vermonters and all Americans every day, and in many ways.
The law goes into full swing next year as even more consumer protections are implemented and millions more Americans gain access to health insurance coverage. Beginning in January, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny coverage to individuals with preexisting health conditions or to charge higher premiums based on health status or gender. Unfortunately, estimates show that 44,000 Vermonters currently do not have health insurance, but with the Medicaid expansion contained in the
Affordable Care Act, 84 percent of these Vermonters will qualify for Medicaid or a premium tax credit. Also important to Vermonters, to assist Vermont with our State's work on implementing Vermont's State-based health insurance exchange--or marketplace--Vermont has received more than $125,000,000
in grants for research and for information technology development, as well as almost $3,480,000 for maternal health programs. These tangible initiatives help at-risk families gain the support they need to improve their children's health and ability to learn, and they help prevent child abuse.
I was proud as well to work with Senator Grassley and others to include strong anti-fraud provisions in the law that already have helped prevent and detect fraudulent activities that in the past have cost American taxpayers multiple millions of dollars each year. Thanks in part to these efforts, $4.2 billion was returned to taxpayers last year alone.
In only 3 years, Vermonters across our State have seen the many benefits of health care reform unfold in their lives. I see and hear about these improvements and pocketbook savings in visits to every corner of our State. At home in Middlesex and throughout Vermont, whether I am in the grocery store, at the gas pump, or at church, I am constantly reminded of how important access to quality affordable health care is to individuals and families. I applaud Vermont's efforts to expand the Affordable
Care Act's reach even further to help every resident secure health insurance. I am proud that the Affordable Care Act offers Vermont the foundation it needs to reach this goal, and I look forward to working to see that it is met.
Regrettably, opponents of the Affordable Care Act continue to misleadingly attack the law in an attempt to undermine its implementation. The moment President Obama signed this bill into law, opponents sought to continue their political battle by challenging the landmark legislation in the courts. With the legal challenges now nearly resolved, we are now seeing amendments filed to every bill we consider on the floor, aimed at repealing or gutting the Affordable Care Act. In fact, on the budget
resolution we are considering today, dozens of amendments have been filed in an effort to block the Affordable Care Act's implementation, to undermine its success in making lives better across the land, or to repeal the law completely. This is unfortunate, it is shortsighted, and it is cynical. Even more shameful is the budget resolution considered and
passed by the House this week. The House-passed budget would make drastic changes to the Medicaid Program causing 14 to 20 million Americans to lose health coverage; it would replace Medicare with a voucher scheme costing seniors at least $6000 more per year; and would completely repeal all the consumer protections included in the Affordable Care Act.
The Affordable Care Act is not perfect, but in the true interests of the [Page: S2321]
people we represent we should be working together to ensure its success. We can make improvements where necessary, but we must allow full implementation to continue. Already the Affordable Care Act has changed so many lives for the better, and we must not turn our backs on the millions more who will have access to health care next year because of these reforms.
The Affordable Care Act is a tremendous achievement that will improve the lives of Americans for generations to come. This anniversary is a time to renew our commitment to completing this important work on behalf of the American people, who are counting on us to do the right thing. With each year that we move forward to implement the features of this landmark health care reform law, the stories of families not being able to gain access to affordable coverage are becoming fewer and fewer and are
being replaced by stories of the success of these reforms, one family at a time, all across Vermont and all across America. I look forward to continuing to work with Vermont and with the administration as the law moves forward in its fourth year.

Senate Session

Mar 22, 2013

20 hours, 23 minutes 

U.S. Senate

The U.S. Senate convenes to resume consideration of S Con Res 8, the budget resolution for fiscal 2014, offered by Budget Committee Chairman Senator Patty Murray (D-WA).

*******NOTE: The vote count on the left is correct for the entire 2013 Senate from January.

   U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113^th Congress - 1^st Session (2013)

Vote	Date	Issue	Question	Result	Description
00092	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Resolution	Agreed to	S. Con. Res. 8; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
00091	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 139	Agreed to	Inhofe Amdt. No. 139; To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
00090	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 154	Agreed to	Portman Amdt. No. 154; To require the Congressional Budget Office to include macroeconomic feedback scoring of tax legislation.
00089	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 709	Agreed to	Coburn Amdt. No. 709; No Statement of Purpose on File.
00088	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 416	Rejected	Coburn Amdt. No. 416; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to eliminate non-defense related spending by the Department of Defense.
00087	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Motion S.Amdt. 673	Rejected	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Lee Amdt. No. 673; To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm.
00086	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 702	Rejected	Cruz Amdt. No. 702; To create a point of order against any legislation that would provide taxpayer funds to the United Nations while any member nation forces citizens or residents of that nation to undergo involuntary abortions.
00085	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 471	Rejected	Cruz Amdt. No. 471; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce foreign assistance to Egypt and increase funding for an east coast missile defense shield.
00084	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 338	Rejected	Vitter Amdt. No. 338; To end the mobile phone welfare program.
00083	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 526	Rejected	Vitter Amdt. No. 526; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure election integrity by requiring a valid government-issued photographic ID for voting in federal elections.
00082	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 382	Rejected	Paul Amdt. No. 382; To provide funding to the Department of Transportation for interstate bridge infrastructure projects and to reduce the Federal deficit by decreasing the amounts available for foreign assistance and loan guarantee programs administered by the Department of Energy.
00081	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 318	Rejected	Crapo Amdt. No. 318; To amend the reconciliation instructions to include instructions to the Committee on Finance to achieve the Budget's stated goal of $275 billion in mandatory health care savings.
00080	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 136	Agreed to	Ayotte Amdt. No. 136; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the prohibition on funding of the Medium Extended Air Defense System.
00079	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 340	Rejected	Shelby Amdt. No. 340; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation that requires financial regulators to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analyses on all proposed rules.
00078	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 152	Rejected	Portman Amdt. No. 152; To provide reconciliation instructions to reduce the deficit by $63,860,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
00077	23-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 614	Rejected	Sessions Amdt. No. 614; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve savings by prohibiting illegal immigrants or illegal immigrants granted legal status from qualifying for federally subsidized health care.
00076	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 359	Rejected	Inhofe Amdt. No. 359; To reduce spending and decrease the risk of drastic energy price increases by prohibiting further greenhouse gas regulations for the purposes of addressing climate change.
00075	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 597	Rejected	Scott Amdt. No. 597; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the prohibition of taxpayer dollars and resources being used to automatically deduct union dues from the pay of Federal employees.
00074	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 213	Rejected	Johnson (WI) Amdt. No. 213; To force Congress to ensure the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare programs.
00073	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 373	Rejected	Lee Amdt. No. 373; To provide a point of order against budgets spending more on net interest payments on the debt than on national defense, and to ensure the United States government funds its military at higher levels than the militaries of foreign holders of its debt.
00072	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 514	Rejected	Coats Amdt. No. 514; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable prompt action relating to the Presidential exemption for the rule of the Environmental Protection Agency commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxins Standard for affected electric utility steam generating units that need additional time to install the major emissions control equipment, construct replacement generation, or implement other mitigation measures in order to ensure the reliability of the grid.
00071	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 535	Rejected	Toomey Amdt. No. 535; To repeal the tax increase on catastrophic medical expenses created by Obamacare.
00070	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 689	Agreed to	Vitter Amdt. No. 689; To end "Too Big To Fail" subsidies or funding advantage for Wall Street mega-banks (over $500 billion in total assets).
00069	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 263	Rejected	Paul Amdt. No. 263; In the nature of a substitute.
00068	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Motion S.Amdt. 697	Rejected	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Burr Amdt. No. 697; To create a point of order against legislation that would raise taxes on veterans, and for other purposes.
00067	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 307	Rejected	Thune Amdt. No. 307; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently eliminate the Federal estate tax.
00066	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 693	Agreed to	Warner Amdt. No. 693; To repeal or reduce the estate tax, but only if done in a fiscally responsible way.
00065	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 138	Agreed to	Isakson Amdt. No. 138; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to establishing a biennial budget and appropriations process.
00064	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Motion S.Amdt. 292	Rejected	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Rubio Amdt. No. 292; To express the sense of the Senate to enact Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.
00063	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 515	Rejected	Alexander Amdt. No. 515; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund related to the education of low-income children, which may include allowing funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to follow children from low-income families to the school children attend.
00062	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 656	Agreed to	Enzi Amdt. No. 656; Of a perfecting nature.
00061	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 494	Agreed to	Hoeven Amdt. No. 494; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote investment and job growth in United States manufacturing, oil and gas production, and refining sectors through the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
00060	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 622	Rejected	Boxer Amdt. No. 622; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting the interests of the United States in making a decision relating to the Keystone XL pipeline.
00059	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Motion S.Amdt. 261	Rejected	Motion to Waive CBA Re: Blunt Amdt. No. 261; To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.
00058	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 646	Rejected	Whitehouse Amdt. No. 646; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that all revenue from a fee on carbon pollution is returned to the American people.
00057	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 409	Agreed to	Coburn Amdt. No. 409; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to sunset the provision of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that increases payments to hospitals in a few States by reducing payments to the majority of States through the Medicare hospital wage index.
00056	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 651	Rejected	Menendez Amdt. No. 651; To call for a comprehensive approach for wage index reform.
00055	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 630	Rejected	Fischer Amdt. No. 630; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, including primary and preventive care, in a manner consistent with protecting rights of conscience.
00054	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 438	Agreed to	Shaheen Amdt. No. 438; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect women's access to health care, including primary and preventative health care, family planning and birth control, and employer-provided contraceptive coverage, such as was provided under the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148).
00053	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 222	Rejected	Crapo Amdt. No. 222; To establish a deficit neutral reserve fund to repeal the tax increases enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that were imposed on low- and middle-income Americans.
00052	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 439	Agreed to	Murray Amdt. No. 439; To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief to provide tax relief for low and middle income families.
00051	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 202	Rejected	Cruz Amdt. No. 202; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to encourage patient-centered reforms to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs, promoting economic growth.
00050	22-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 158	Rejected	Ayotte Amdt. No. 158; To prohibit the consideration of a budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above 5.5 percent, the administration's prediction for the unemployment rate without the stimulus.
00049	21-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 156	Rejected	Grassley Amdt. No. 156; To protect Americans from a $1,000,000,000,000 tax increase and provide for pro-growth revenue-neutral comprehensive tax reform.
00048	21-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 432	Agreed to	Stabenow Amdt. No. 432; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicare's guaranteed benefits and to prohibit replacing guaranteed benefits with the House passed budget plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.
00047	21-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297	Agreed to	Hatch Amdt. No. 297; To promote innovation, preserve high-paying jobs, and encourage economic growth for manufacturers of lifesaving medical devices and cutting edge medical therapies.
00046	21-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 433	Rejected	Murray Amdt. No. 433; To amend the resolution.
00045	21-Mar	S.Con.Res. 8	On the Motion to Recommit	Rejected	Sessions Motion to Recommit S.Con.Res. 8 to the Committee on the Budget; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
00044	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On Passage of the Bill	Passed	H.R. 933 As Amended; Amend the title to read: "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."
00043	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Cloture Motion	Agreed to	Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 933; Amend the title to read: "An Act making consolidated appropriations and further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013."
00042	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 26	Agreed to	Mikulski Amdt. No. 26 As Modified, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.
00041	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 115	Rejected	Toomey Amdt. No. 115 As Modified; To increase by $25,000,000 the amount appropriated for Operation and Maintenance for the Department of Defense for programs, projects, and activities in the continental United States, and to provide an offset.
00040	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 93	Rejected	Coburn Amdt. No. 93; To transfer appropriations from the National Heritage Partnership Program to fund the resumption of public tours of the White House and visitor services and maintenance at national parks and monuments.
00039	20-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 69	Rejected	Coburn Amdt. No. 69; To prohibit Urban Area Security Initiative grant recipients from funding projects that do not improve homeland security.
00038	18-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 26	Agreed to	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Mikulski Amdt. No. 26; In the nature of a substitute.
00037	14-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 66	Rejected	Coburn Amdt. No. 66; To temporarily freeze the hiring of nonessential Federal employees.
00036	14-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 53	Rejected	Harkin Amdt. No. 53; Of a perfecting nature.
00035	13-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 33	Rejected	Motion to Table McCain Amdt. No. 33; To strike certain authorities relating to the use for grants of funds of the Office of Economic Assistance of the Department of Defense.
00034	13-Mar	H.R. 933	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 30	Rejected	Cruz Amdt. No. 30; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
00033	11-Mar	PN7	On the Nomination	Confirmed	Confirmation Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit
00032	07-Mar	PN48	On the Nomination	Confirmed	Confirmation John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
00031	07-Mar	PN48	On the Cloture Motion	Agreed to	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the CIA
00030	06-Mar	PN2	On the Cloture Motion	Rejected	Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge
00029	05-Mar	S.Res. 64	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25	Rejected	Paul Amdt. No. 25; To strike supplemental staff funding available only to a limited number of Senators in a time of sequestration.
00028	04-Mar	PN15	On the Nomination	Confirmed	Confirmation Katherine Polk Failla, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge