6:05 p.m. The Senate has adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, July 17th at 10:40 a.m. for a pro forma session only. The Senate will next convene on Tuesday, July 21st at 10:00 a.m. and a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 22 (the vehicle for a highway bill) is expected at 2:15 p.m.

During wrap-up:

S.139, to allow an exclusion under the supplemental security income program, was passed by unanimous consent.

H.R. 3038, extension of federal-aid highway and highway safety bill, had its first reading.

During today’s session, the Senate passed S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act and  S. 192-Older Americans Act.

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6:02 p.m. ML McConnell spoke on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

5:28 p.m. Senator Heitkamp spoke on Vietnam veteran’s of North Dakota and the export/ import bank.

5:21 p.m. The Senate passed S. 192-Older Americans Act-by voice vote.

4:52 p.m. Senator Enzi spoke on coal.

4:27 p.m. Senator Hatch spoke on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

4:16 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke on Planned Parenthood.

3:08 p.m. Senator Whitehouse and Senator Collins spoke about Older Americans Act.

2:59 p.m. Senator Coats spoke about government waste.

2:40 p.m. Senator Alexander and Senator Murray spoke about passage of S. 1177.

2:39 S. 1177, Education reauthourization adoped 81-17.  No votes: Blunt, Booker, Crapo, Cruz, Daines, Flake, Lee, Moran, Murphy, Paul, Risch, Rubio, Sasse, Scott, Shelby,Vitter and Warren.  Senators not voting: Graham and NElson.

2:20 p.m.  Roll call vote begins on final passage of S. 1177.

2:14 p.m. Cloture invoked on S. 1177 by a vote of 79-18.  No votes: Booker, Blunt, Cardin, Crapo, Cruz, Daines, Gillibrand, Lee, Mikulski, Moran, Murphy, Paul, Risch, Sasse, Schumer, Shelby, Vitter, and Warren.

1:47 p.m. The Senate began voting on cloture on S. 1177.

1:41 p.m. Senator Alexander and Senator Corker engaged in a colloquy about violence in Chatanooga, Tennessee.

1:31 p.m. Senator Udall spoke about New Mexicans affected by nuclear testing.

1:24 p.m. Senator Manchin spoke on his substance abuse and addiction amendment.

1:16 p.m. Senator Gardner spoke about dual enrollment programs enabling high school students to earn college credit.

1:15 p.m.  The Senate adopted the Peters amendment #2095 and the subsitute amendment (as amendmend)#2089, by voice vote.

1:13 p.m. The following amendments were agreed to by voice vote: Hatch #2082, Warren #2106, Schatz #2130, Murphy #2186, Nelson #2215 (as modified), Manchin #2222, Bozeman #2231, Baldwin #2188, Capito #2156, Thune #2232, King #2256, Schatz #2240, Warren #2249.

1:07 p.m. Senator Thune spoke on his amendment regarding violent prevention activities.

1:06 p.m. Casey amendment not agreed to 45-52.  Senators not voting: Graham, Nelson, and Rubio.

12:45 p.m. Roll call vote began on the Casey amendment #2242.  (60 vote threshold)

12:43 p.m. Brown amendment agreed to 53-44.  Republicans in favor: Ayotte, Blunt, Capito, Collins, Hoeven, Isakson, and Portman.  Senators not voting: Graham, Nelson, and Rubio.

12:23 p.m. Roll call vote began on the Brown amendment #2100.

12:20 p.m. Burr amendment agreed to 59-39.  Democrats/Independents in favor: Bennet, Boxer, Cantwell, Donnelly, Feinstein, Franken, Heitkamp, King, Klobuchar, McCaskill, Merkley, Murray, Shaheen, Tester, Udall, and Wyden.   Republicans against: Capito, Cassidy, Fischer, Johnson, Kirk, Lee, Portman, Sasse, Toomey, and Vitter.  Senators not voting: Graham and Nelson.

12:03 p.m. Roll call vote began on the Burr amendment #2247.

12:00 p.m. Coons amendment agreed to 68-30. Republicans voting in favor: Ayotte, Blunt, Boozman, Capito, Cotton, Crapo, Cruz, Daines, Gardner, Hoeven, Inhofe, Kirk, McCain, Moran, Risch, Rubio, Sasse, Scott, Sullivan, Toomey, and Vitter.  Senators not voting: Graham and Nelson.

11:42 a.m. Roll call vote began on the Coons amendment #2243.

11:41 a.m. Sanders amendment not agreed to 43-55.  Democrat/Independent voting against: King and Manchin.  Senators not voting: Graham and Nelson.

11:23 a.m. Roll call vote began on the Sanders amendment #2177.

11:21 a.m.  Cruz amendment not agreed to 40-58.  Republicans voting against: Alexander, Ayotte, Capito, Cochran, Collins, Corker, Flake, Gardner, Kirk, Murkowski, Portman, Rounds, and Thune.  Senators not voting: Graham and Nelson.

10:56 a.m. The Senate began voting on Cruz amendment #2180 to S. 1177.

10:30 a.m. Senator Alexander said the education bill appears likely to pass this afternoon.

10:25 a.m. Senator Murray spoke about the education bill.

10:16 a.m. Senator Barrasso spoke about the recent Supreme Court ruling on coal.

10 a.m. Senator Ayotte spoke about the revision of the public school testing system under the reauthorization of the public school education bill.

9:39 a.m. Minority Leader Reid spoke about the education, highway and Export-Import Bank reauthorizations.

9:34 a.m. Majority Leader McConnell spoke about the “Every Child” education bill. He secured consent for a cloture vote to occur on the highway bill (H.R. 22) next Tuesday, July 21, at 2:15 p.m.

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The Senate will come to order at 9:30 am Thursday, July 16, 2015.

At 10:45, the Senate will begin a series of votes in relation to up to 20 amendments to S. 1177, the Education bill:
Cruz #2180, Sanders #2177, Coons, #2243, Burr #2247 (as modified, Brown #2100, Casey #2242, Hatch #2082, Warren #2106, Schatz #2130, Murphy #2186, Nelson #2215 (as modified), Manchin #2222, Bozeman #2231, Baldwin #2188, Capito #2156, Thune #2232, King #2256, Schatz #2240, Warren #2249.

Further votes are expected throughout the day.