A list of Thursday night’s amendment votes

An amendment proposed by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) to prohibit the approval of certain farmer program loans agreed to by voice vote. 

AN amendment proposed by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.)  to require a report on plans to implement reductions to certain salaries and expenses accounts agreed to by voice vote. 

An amendment proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) to reestablish the maximum aggregate amount permitted to be provided by the taxpayers to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed 41-53 with one senator voting present. That vote required an affirmitive 60-vote threshold.

An amendment proposed by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to extend loan limits for programs of the government-sponsored enterprises, the Federal Housing Administration, and the Veterans Affairs Administration, and for other purposes was narrowly agreed to 60-38. The vote was held open for more than 20 minutes as Democrats scrambled for the winning vote, which was eventually provided by Kohl.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-N.Y.) amendment to increase funding for the emergency conservation program and the emergency watershed protection program was agreed to 58-41.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J) amendment to provide adequate funding for Economic Development Administration disaster relief grants pursuant to the agreement on disaster relief funding included in the Budget Control Act of 2011 was agreed to by a voice vote.

An amendment offered by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) to provide an additional $4,476,000, with an offset, for the Office of  Trade Representative to investigate trade violations committed by other countries and to enforce the trade laws of the United States and international trade agreements, which will fund the Office at the level requested in the President’s budget and in H.R. 2596, as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives was agreed to by a voice vote.

A Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) amendment to prohibit the use of funds to allow categorical eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program was defeated 41-58.

A Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) amendment to prohibit the use of funds to provide direct payments to persons or legal entities with an average adjusted gross income in excess of $1,000,000 was adopted 84-15.

A Coburn amendment to end payments to slumlords who are endangering the lives of children and needy families was not agreed to 59-40.

A Coburn amendment to end lending schemes that force taxpayers to repay the loans of delinquent developers and bailout failed or poorly planned local projects failed 73-26.

Ayotte amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the prosecution of enemy combatants in Article III courts of the United States failed 47-52.

The following amendments were agreed to by unanimous consent prior to adjournment:

A Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) amendment to strike a section relating to the approval of projects that include beam rail elements and terminal sections.  

A Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) amendment to provide additional flexibility for the closing or relocation of Rural Development offices.  

A Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) amendment to direct the National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force to assess the risk infectious salmon anemia poses to wild Pacific salmon and the coastal economies which rely on them.  

A Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) amendment to improve the transparency and accountability of the FDA in order to encourage regulatory certainty and innovation on behalf of America’s patients.

A Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) amendment to set aside certain funding for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating plants that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

The Senate also agreed to an amendment offered by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Kay Bailey Huchison (R-Texas) as well as S. Res. 304, 305, 306 and 307 but those were not available at time of publication.