Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Passage of the bill which authorizes $50 billion in FY 2009-2013 for U.S. bilateral and multilateral programs to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria; requires the President to establish a new five-year strategy to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, as part of the overall United States health and development agenda; and calls for increased resources for bilateral and multilateral efforts to combat these diseases.

DeMint amendment which reduces the authorization to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries during the next five years to $35 billion. (S.Admt. 5077)

Kyl amendment which limits the period during which appropriations may be made to carry out this Act; and creates a point of order against any appropriation to carry out this Act that exceeds the amount authorized in FY 2013. (S.Admt. 5081)

Gregg-Corker amendment which strikes provision requiring the development of coordinated oversight plans and to establish an independent Inspector General at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. (S.Admt. 5081)

Cornyn amendment which establishes a bipartisan commission to improve oversight and eliminate wasteful government spending under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (S.Admt. 5083)

Reconsideration of the vetoed bill which amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access.

Bunning substitute amendment which reauthorizes the current program through 2013, and continues to fund the development of a malaria vaccine.
(S.Admt. 5073)

Biden motion to table the DeMint amendment which limits the assistance under this Act to the 15 countries targeted in the 2003 Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act. (S.Admt. 5078)

Motion to disagree to the amendment of the House, adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the amendment of the Senate to the bill

Motion to disagree to the amendment of the House, adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the amendment of the Senate to the bill

Confirmation

Confirmation

Motion to close further debate on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to disagree to the amendment of the House adding a new title and inserting a new section to the amendment of the Senate to the bill.

Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consider the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act

Passage of the bill

Motion to close further debate on the bill.

Bingaman amendment which stays pending cases against certain telecommunications companies and provides that such companies may not seek retroactive immunity until 90 days after the date on which the final report of the Inspectors General on the President's Surveillance Program is submitted to Congress (S.Admt. 5066)

Specter Amdt. to limit retroactive immunity for providing assistance to the United States to instances in which a Federal court determines the assistance was provided in connection with an intelligence activity that was constitutional. (S.Admt. 5059)

Dodd amendment to strike title II. (S.Admt. 5064)

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the Reid motion to concur in the amendments of the House striking Titles 6-11 of the Senate amendment to the bill.

Motion to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill.

Murray motion to waive Section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21, the FY 2008 Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to the emergency designation provision for census funding in the bill.

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill which extends expiring provisions under the Medicare program, improves beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhances low-income benefit programs, and maintains access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access.

Confirmation

Whitehouse, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Reid motion to concur in the House amendment (striking section 1 through Title V and inserting certain language to the Senate amendment) with the Reid (for Dodd)-Shelby substitute amendment, as amended. (S.Admt. 4983)

Confirmation

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to concur in the House amendment (striking section 1 through Title V and inserting certain language to the Senate amendment) with the Reid (for Dodd)-Shelby substitute amendment. (S.Admt. 4983)

Bunning Motion to Refer the House Message on H.R. 3221 to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (S.Admt. 4985)

Motion to Waive CBA Re: Bond Amdt. No. 4985; To strike provisions relating to the HOPE for Homeowners Program. (S.Admt. 4985)

Bond modified amendment to clarify that GSEs have no responsibility for funding housing entities under the Affordable Housing program. (S.Admt. 4986)

Override of veto of bill that provides for the continuation of agricultural programs through FY 2012.

Reid motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill

Motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill

Confirmation of the nominee

Motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill which creates renewable energy incentives

Motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill which creates a tax on "windfall profits" of the major oil companies

Boxer, et al., motion to close further debate on the Boxer substitute amendment.

Passage of the bill

Motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators.

Adoption of the conference report

Boxer, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill

Reconsideration of the vetoed bill which provides for the continuation of agricultural programs through FY 2012.

Reid motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with the Reid substitute amendment which provides $165 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; and requires the Secretaries of Defense, State, and Homeland Security to provide a report to Congress, within 120 days of enactment, outlining a strategy to defeat al-Qaeda worldwide. (S.Admt. 4818)

Reid motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with the Reid substitute amendment which provides $165 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; sets time limits on combat deployments and dwell time requirements between combat deployments; prohibits permanent bases in Iraq; extends U.S. legal and enforcement jurisdiction for violent felonies over non-DOD contractors operating in "war zones" and security contractors worldwide; and expresses the sense of Congress that the mission in Iraq should be transitioned to counter-terrorism operations, training, equipping, and supporting Iraqi forces and force protection, with the goal of completing that transition by June 2009.(S.Admt. 4817)

Reid motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with the Reid substitute amendment providing funding for the following: the Webb G.I. Bill, extension of unemployment insurance, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Military Construction, disaster relief, a moratorium through 2009 on Medicaid regulations proposed by the Administration, foreign aid, and science. (S.Admt. 4803)

Confirmation

Gregg motion to instruct conferees to insist that the final conference report limit 2009 non-emergency discretionary appropriations to $1 trillion.

Vitter motion to instruct the conferees to insist that the conference report include a reserve fund that requires the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to adjust budget aggregates and the allocation of the Energy Committee if the Senate considers legislation that allows a Governor, with the concurrence of the State legislature, to petition for increased energy exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf and that allows for revenue sharing for such producing States on new areas of production and new leases made available, if the average price of regular gasoline in the U.S. reaches $5 per gallon.

DeMint motion to instruct conferees to insist that if the final conference report includes section 304 of Budget Resolution (the deficit neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy, preserve the environment and provide for certain settlements), as passed by the Senate, that such section shall include an additional requirement that legislation providing for new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions that would harm the U.S. economy or result in a loss of jobs should not be enacted unless similar mandates are enacted by China and India.

Boxer motion to instruct the conferees that no legislation providing for new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions should be enacted until it effectively addresses imports from China, India and other nations that have no similar emissions programs.

Gregg motion to instruct conferees to reject the revenue levels in both the Senate-passed and the House-passed budget resolutions, and include revenue levels consistent with extension of the tax rates currently in place.

Adoption of the conference report on the bill which provides for the continuation of agricultural programs through FY 2012.

Harkin motion to waive Rule XLIV, paragraph 8, of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to all provisions of the conference report.

Conrad motion to waive section 203 of S. Con. Res. 21, the FY 2008 Budget Resolution, with respect to the conference report.

Motion to table the Graham amendment regarding educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans. (S.Admt. 4763)

Motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Passage of the bill which reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through 2013; ensures that the NFIP has sufficient funds; modernizes the flood mapping program; and reforms the procedures associated with the reimbursement of insurance companies.

Reid Amdt. to increase the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (S.Admt. 4737)

McConnell Amdt. of a perfecting nature. (S.Admt. 4720)

Durbin modified amendment to provide that no changes in flood insurance status for any areas located in the St. Louis District of the Corps of Engineers can go into effect until the remapping process is completed for that entire District. (S.Admt. 4715)

Dodd motion to waive the budget act to permit consideration of the Dodd-Shelby substitute amendment. (S.Admt. 4707)

Landrieu, et al., modified amendment (to the Dodd-Shelby substitute amendment) which strikes the provision in the bill that would require homeowners who live behind a dam or levee to buy flood insurance; and replaces the provision with language that requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study assessing the impact, effectiveness, and feasibility of extending the mandatory purchasing requirements. (S.Admt. 4705)

Vitter-Landrieu amendment (to the Dodd-Shelby substitute amendment) which strikes the provision in the substitute amendment that establishes a 2-year phase in period for rate increases resulting from updates to the flood insurance rate map; and replaces it with a provision that establishes a 5-year phase in period for rate increases resulting from updates to the flood insurance rate map. (S.Admt. 4723)

Vitter-Landrieu amendment (to the Dodd-Shelby substitute amendment) which increases the maximum coverage limits under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968: from $250,000 to $335,000 for residential real property; from $100,000 to $135,000 for contents within a covered structure; and from $500,000 to $670,000 for commercial property. (S.Admt. 4722)

Wicker, et al., amendment (to the Dodd-Shelby substitute amendment) which requires the National Flood Insurance program to provide optional multi-peril coverage that includes flood and windstorm damage. (S.Admt. 4719)

Motion to close further debate on the motion proceed to the bill.

Motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the Rockefeller substitute amendment. (S.Admt. 4627)

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Passage of H.R.493 as Amended; Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

Passage of S.1315 as Amended; Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007

To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States. (S.Admt. 4572)

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Passage of the bill which amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections.

Boxer, et al., motion to close further debate on the Boxer substitute amendment. (S.Admt. 4146)

To create a bipartisan, bicameral special committee to investigate the improper insertion of an earmark for Coconut Road into the conference report of the 2005 highway bill after both chambers of Congress had approved identical versions of the conference report. (S.Admt. 4538)

Boxer, et al., amendment (to the Boxer substitute amendment No. 4146) which requires the Department of Justice to review the allegations of impropriety regarding the Coconut Road earmark and to ascertain if a violation of Federal criminal law has occurred (S.Admt. 4539)

Boxer motion to table the DeMint motion to recommit the bill to the Environment and Public Works Committee with instructions to report back with an amendment striking all new earmarks and all spending increases for existing earmarks

Reid, et al., motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill.

Confirmation

Passage