The Senate Advanced Energy Committee approved a $4.2 billion renewable energy research funding package on Tuesday, advancing the bill to the full chamber floor after two years of stalled negotiations. Three floor votes this week also brought votes on unrelated amendments to agricultural subsidy regulations and a technical fix to the visa processing timeline, with the agricultural measure failing 52-48.
๐ณ Senate Floor Votes
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Passed โ 49 Yeas, 45 Nays
Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
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Passed โ 49 Yeas, 47 Nays
Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
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Passed โ 77 Yeas, 22 Nays
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
๐ข Committee Activity
๐ Amendments Submitted Today
SAMDT 6773
SAMDT 6774
HAMDT 272
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1530, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-41 is considered adopted.
๐ฐ In the News
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โข Congress May Be Broken Beyond Repair. Lawmakers Told Us How It Happened. – The New York Times
โข Congress Uses Layered Safeguards for Classified Information – Legis1
โข โGodfather of AIโ warns Congress has โmaybe a yearโ left to regulate AI – NBC News
โข Kitchen fire damages restaurant in Denverโs Congress Park neighborhood – The Denver Post
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