US Congress Senate Resolution 581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-1)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-27 - Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6143)
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

No Vote No Recess Resolution

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-27	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6143)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-resolution/581/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/sres581/BILLS-114sres581is.pdf