SRES 581 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

No Vote No Recess Resolution

Introduced Sep 27, 2016 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard Blumenthal D-CT

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Latest action · Sep 27, 2016 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6143)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2016
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

No Vote No Recess Resolution

Prohibits the Senate, between September 27, 2016, and the end of the 114th Congress, from adjourning, remaining adjourned, or recessing for more than two days and convening solely in a pro forma session unless, by the beginning of the adjournment or the pro forma session, it has taken action on any presidential nomination for a position as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by:

  • holding a hearing and a vote on the nomination in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and
  • holding a confirmation vote on it in the full Senate.

Prescribes procedures for Senate adjournments and recesses during such period.

Prohibits the Presiding Officer from entertaining a request to suspend the operation of this resolution by unanimous consent or motion.

States that nothing in this resolution shall be construed in a manner that is inconsistent with S. Res. 296 (108th Congress) or any other Senate emergency procedures or practices.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2016 to Sep 28, 2016; 42 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalSep 27, 2016
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NVHarry ReidOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-RIJack ReedOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-INJoe DonnellyOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-MTJon TesterOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2016
D-ORRon WydenOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-VATim KaineOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-NMTom UdallOriginalSep 27, 2016
D-FLBill NelsonSep 28, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateRules and Administration Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2016Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 27, 2016Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6143)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateText printed S6143—Sep 27, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution prohibiting the Senate from adjourning, recessing, or convening in a pro forma session unless the Senate has provided a hearing and a vote on the pending nomination to the position of justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Vote No Recess Resolution

Subjects

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2016Introduced in Senate

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