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By unanimous consent, #Senate has passed S.1838, affirming U.S. support of democracy in Hong Kong, and S. 2710, banning the export of certain munitions to the Hong Kong police.
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By unanimous consent, the #Senate confirmed All nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force.
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By a vote of 52-44, the #Senate confirmed Angel Kelley to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
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By Unanimous Consent, the Senate passed S. Res. 742, Designating September 25, 2022, as National Lobster Day.
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By a vote of 50-42, the #Senate confirmed Veronica S. Rossman to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
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The #Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the omnibus 70-25. GOP in favor: Blunt, Boozman, Capito, Collins, Cornyn, Cotton, Graham, Grassley, Hyde-Smith, McConnell, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, Romney, Rounds, Rubio, Shelby, Thune, Tuberville, Wicker & Young.
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By a vote of 49-45, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Embry J. Kidd to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. Senator Manchin voted no. Braun, Daines, Fetterman, Hagerty, Rubio, and Vance did not vote.
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The #Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 54, to terminate the president's emergency declaration regarding a border wall, 54-41. GOP voting in favor: .Alexander.Blunt.Collins.Lee.Moran.Murkowski.Paul.Portman.Romney.Toomey.Wicker.
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By a vote of 50-49, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Jennifer Sung, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. Senator Lummis did not vote. Next vote: 2:15 p.m.
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By a vote of 51-44, the #Senate invoked cloture on Veronica S. Rossman to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
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The #Senate confirmed the nomination of Eunice Lee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit on a party line tally of 50-47. Senators not voting: Blackburn, Graham and Rubio.
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The #Senate just confirmed Victoria Nuland to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs by voice vote.
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By a vote of 46-24, the #Senate confirmed Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong to be US District Judge for the Central District of California.
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By a vote of 52-45, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Tana Lin to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington. Senators Collins, Graham, and Murkowski voted AYE.
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By a vote of 95-1, the #Senate Adopted the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification for (Treaty Doc. 117-3) the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, as amended.
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By a vote of 52-45, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General. GOP senator voting No: Senator Murkowski. Senators not voting: Duckworth, Murray, and Sanders.
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By a vote of 51-48, the Senate invoked cloture on Executive Calendar #338 Myrna Perez to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. Senators Graham and Murkowski voted AYE. Senator Feinstein did not vote.
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By a vote of 48-31, the #Senate confirmed Atul Atmaram Gawande to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
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By a vote of 42-25, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Holly A. Thomas to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. This was a party line vote and the last vote of the YEAR!.
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By a vote of 50-49, the #Senate passed S.J.Res.11, Fischer Trucking Emissions CRA. Senator Manchin joined Republicans and voted in favor. Senator Feinstein did not vote.
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By a vote of 72-24, the #Senate confirmed Scott A. Nathan to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation.
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By a vote of 62-37, the #Senate invoked cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 8404, Respect for Marriage Act. GOP voting in favor: Senators Blunt, Burr, Capito, Collins, Ernst, Lummis, Murkowski, Portman, Romney, Sullivan, Tillis & Young. Not voting: Senator Sasse.
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By a vote of 48-25, the #Senate confirmed Linda Lopez to be US District Judge for the Southern District of CA. Senators Collins and Murkowski voted YES.
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ML Schumer has filed cloture on nomination of Marcia Fudge, of Ohio, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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ML Schumer filed cloture on Executive Calendar #259 Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
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By a vote of 48-46, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Steven Dettelbach to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Senators Collins & Portman voted in favor. Senators not voting: Blumenthal, Leahy, Lujan, Risch, Sasse, & Schumer.
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The #Senate confirmed the nomination of Gabriel Sanchez to be a circuit court judge for the 9th Circuit, 52-47. GOP in favor: Collins, Graham & Murkowski. Not voting: Schatz.
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By a vote of 60-36, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Bridget Meehan Brennan to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Next up: Cloture vote on Charles Fleming to be US District Judge for the Northern OH.
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#Senate update: ML Schumer just filed cloture on the nomination of Holly Thomas to the 9th circuit.
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By a vote of 56-42, the #Senate confirmed Charles Fleming to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio. Republicans voting AYE: Senators Collins, Graham, McConnell, Murkowski, Portman, Rounds & Tillis.
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By a vote of 61-38, the #Senate invoked cloture on the motion to concur in the House amend to S.1301, vehicle for the Debt Limit, w/a further amend (needed 60). GOP yes votes: Blunt Barrasso Capito Collins Cornyn McConnell Murkowski Portman Rounds Shelby & Thune.
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By a vote of 47-25 the #Senate invoked cloture on Jinsook Ohta to be US District Judge for the Southern District of California.
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That 30 hours turned into 30 seconds, the veto override vote is happening NOW.
The #Senate invoked cloture on the veto message of the defense authorization, 80-12. Voting against: .Booker, Braun, Hawley, Kennedy, Lee, Markey, Merkley, Paul, Sanders, Van Hollen, Warren & Wyden. There are now up to 30 hours of debate.
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By a vote of 52-42, the #Senate invoked cloture on David Estudillo to be US District Judge for the Western District of Washington. Senators Collins, Ernst, Graham and Grassley joined Democrats and voted YES. Not voting: Senators Braun, Kaine, Murkowski, Rounds, Schatz & Young.
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By a vote of 59-38, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Amber Faye McReynolds to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service.
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By a vote of 47-30, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Linda Lopez to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
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The #Senate confirmed Sean Staples to be an Associate Judge on the DC Superior Court, 59-38. Now voting on cloture on John Howard to be an Associate Judge of the DC Court of Appeals. This is the last vote in this series. We are hearing rumors of 7! further votes this evening.
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Passed by voice vote - H.R.4984 - D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act.
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By a vote of 56-40 the #senate confirmed the nomination of Arati Prabhakar to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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By a vote of 53-47, the #Senate agreed to the motion to discharge from the Judiciary Committee the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Republican Senators voting YES: Collins, Murkowski & Romney.
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The vote total has been corrected: By a vote of 52-41, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Gustavo Gelpi to be US Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. Senators Collins, Graham, Murkowski & Scott of FL voted YES.
By a vote of 51-42, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Gustavo A. Gelpi to be US Circuit Judge for the First Circuit. Senators Collins, Graham and Murkowski voted YES.
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#senate vote on HJ Res 36, the CRA on the methane rule was NOT agreed to 49-51. Collins, Graham and McCain joined all Dems/IND against.
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ML Schumer filed cloture on Executive Calendar #250 Eunice C. Lee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. Under regular order, the cloture vote will occur one hour after the Senate convenes on Thursday, August 5th.
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#Senate convenes at 10:30AM Wednesday. Under regular order:.11:30AM - cloture on the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be Associate AG. (if cloture is invoked) Approx 2:15PM - confirmation of Vanita Gupta to be Associate AG. Additional votes are possible on Wednesday.
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The #Senate confirmed Nani Coloretti to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management & Budget, 57-41. Now voting on confirmation of Eliot Kang to be an Assistant Secretary of State for International Security & Non-Proliferation. We expect this to be the last vote of the night.
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Senators Capito, Cassidy, Collins, Cornyn, Ernst, Grassley, Kennedy, McConnell, Moran, Mullin, Murkowski, Romney, Rounds, Sullivan, Thune, Tillis, Wicker, Young voted in favor . Senators Sanders voted against.
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By a vote of 51-49, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Sparkle L. Sooknanan to be US District Judge for the District of Columbia. Party line.
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The #Senate passed by unanimous consent: S. 3600, Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022.
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The #Senate invoked cloture, 83-16: on the nomination of Zahid N. Quraishi, to be US District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
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The Press Gallery had some special visitors today! Special thanks to the Senate Employee Assistance Program for stopping by with therapy dogs.
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The #Senate passed S. 914, the Drinking Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Act 89-2. Voting no: Cruz & Lee. Not voting: Cantwell (D), Cardin, Cramer (R), Moran (R), Paul (R), Rounds (R), Shelby (R), Tillis (R) & Van Hollen (D). We anticipate the next vote to be Monday May 10th.
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ML Schumer filed cloture on Executive Calendar #253 Lauren J. King to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
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ML Schumer filed cloture on the nomination of Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Interior.
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By a vote of 50-48, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Rebecca L. Pennell to be District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington. Senator Manchin voted No. Senators not voting: Braun and Cruz.
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The #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management & Budget on a party line vote of 53-47. There are now up to 30 hours of post cloture debate before a confirmation vote. IF all time is used, that would mean 7:00pm Thursday.
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#Senate passed by Unanimous Consent, S.623 - Sunshine Protection Act, as amended (to make Daylight Saving Time permanent) ☀️.
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The #Senate agreed to S. Con Res 14, the budget resolution on a party line vote of 50-49 with Senator Rounds the lone absentee. We expect one further vote this morning on a motion to discharge S.1 regarding voting rights from the Rules Committee.
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Vote 1/4: By a vote of 62-35, the #Senate confirmed David Ruiz to be a District Judge for Northern Ohio. GOP voting AYE: Blunt Burr Collins Cornyn Graham Grassley McConnell Murkowski Portman Rounds Tillis & Toomey. Now preceding to 3 cloture votes on DC Superior Court nominees.
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ML Schumer filed cloture on Executive Calendar #567 Jessica Rosenworcel to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2020. (Reappointment).
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Voting No- Blackburn, Boozman, Bruan, Crapo, Hagerty, Hawley, Lee, Lummis, Marshall, Paul, and Tuberville.
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The Senate passed H.R. 82 re: Social Security, 76-20. Now voting on passage of the CR. We expect this to be the last vote of the night/morning as well as the week, month, year and the 118th Congress. #HAPPYHOLIDAYS.
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By a vote of 47-24, the #Senate confirmed Jinsook Ohta to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
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The #Senate confirmed the nomination of Charles Brown to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 83-11. Voting no: Braun, Cruz, Hawley, Johnson, Lee, Lummis, Marshall, Rubio, Schmitt, Vance & Tuberville.
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The #Senate achieved the 2/3 necessary to override the @realDonaldTrump veto and pass the NDAA by a tally of 81-13. Voting no:.Booker (D).Braun (R).Cotton (R).Cruz (R).Hawley (R).Kennedy (R).Lee (R).Markey (D).Merkley (D).Paul (R).Sanders (I).Warren (D).Wyden (D).
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Vote 2/4: The #Senate confirmed Elizabeth Prelogar to be Solicitor General, 53-36. Breakdown to follow. 2 further votes: Now voting on cloture on the nomination of Beth Robinson to be a Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, then a cloture vote on Toby Heytens to the 4th circuit.
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The #Senate confirmed the nomination of Charles F. Sams III as National Park Service Director by voice vote.
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The #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Cecilia Rouse to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, 94-5. Voting no: Cotton, Lummis, Paul, Scott of Florida and Tuberville. Not voting: Blackburn. We expect a confirmation vote on the Rouse nomination at approx 5:45 pm.
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The #Senate passed by unanimous consent:. S.475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. S.Res 269 Designating June 19, 2021 as Juneteenth Independence Day, in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in Southwestern states.
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The #Senate has convened. There are 2 votes beginning at 5:30: .1. Confirmation of Beth Robinson to be US Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. 2. Confirmation of Toby Heytens to be US Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
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#Senate will convene at 3 p.m. Cloture votes at 5:30 p.m.:.1.Nomination of Marcia Fudge, secretary of Housing and Urban Development.2.Nomination of Merrick Garland, attorney general. Cloture has also been filed on the nomination of Michael Regan, administrator of E.P.A.
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By a vote of 73-27, the #Senate invoked cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. Dems/Ind. voted against - Carper and Manchin. We expect the next vote to be at approx 6:30 p.m.
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By a vote of 51-44, The #Senate confirmed Bernadette M. Meehan to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile.
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Senator Durbin filed cloture on Executive Calendar #968 Julianna Michelle Childs to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Military Promotions Confirmed by Unanimous Consent: All nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
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By a vote of 73-23, the Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to H.R.82, Social Security Fairness Act. Not voting: Senators Capito, Manchin, Rubio and Vance. This was the last vote of the day.
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Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on Executive Calendar #27 Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General.
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