Today in the U.S. Senate
The Senate will convene at 3 p.m. and proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado. The senate will vote on cloture motions filed on Thursday, July 14, at 5:30 p.m.
Nina Nin-Yuen Wang
Yesterday in the U.S. Senate
The Senate did not meet on Friday, July 15
The Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday and adjourned at 3:46 p.m. 2 record votes were taken.
- Confirmed (50-41) a Yea-And-Nay on the Nomination of Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- All Democrats/Independents voted Yea.
- All Republicans voted Nay except:
- Blunt [R-MO]
- Burr [R-NC]
- Collins [R-ME]
- Cornyn [R-TX]
- Graham [R-SC]
- Tillis [R-NC]
- These Senators did not vote:
- Blumenthal [D-CT]
- Cramer [R-ND]
- Hagerty [R-TN]
- Leahy [D-VT]
- Lujan [D-NM]
- Markey [D-MA]
- Sanders [I-VT]
- Sasse [R-NE]
- Schumer [D-NY]
- Agreed to (58-33) a Yea-And-Nay on Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Julianna Michelle Childs to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- All Democrats/Independents voted Yea.
- All Republicans voted Nay except:
- Blackburn [R-TN]
- Burr [R-NC]
- Capito [R-WV]
- Collins [R-ME]
- Cornyn [R-TX]
- Graham [R-SC]
- Grassley [R-IA]
- Murkowski [R-AK]
- Romney [R-UT]
- Rounds [R-SD]
- Scott [R-SC]
- Tillis [R-NC]
- Young [R-IN]
- These Senators did not vote:
- Blumenthal [D-CT]
- Cramer [R-ND]
- Hagerty [R-TN]
- Leahy [D-VT]
- Lujan [D-NM]
- Markey [D-MA]
- Portman [R-OH]
- Sasse [R-NE]
- Schumer [D-NY]
Legislative Business Conducted Without Recorded Votes
- S.3373, Protecting Our Gold Star Families Education Act (Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]). This bill moves the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant program into the Pell Grant program, thereby expanding access to Pell Grants for individuals whose parent or guardian died as a result of performing military service for the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.
- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- S.Res.710, (Sen. Roger F. Wicker [R-MS]). A resolution congratulating the University of Mississippi Rebels baseball team for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I baseball championship.
- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
- S.Res.711, (Sen. Richard J. Durbin [D-IL]). A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.
- Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Executive Business Conducted Without Recorded Votes
- PN1467: Margaret C. Whitman, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1674: Michael Cottman Morgan, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1693: Alexander Mark Laskaris, of the District of Columbia, to be an Ambassador to the Republic of Chad
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1753: Michael J. Adler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1754: John T. Godfrey, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1967: Stephen Henley Locher, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.
- PN1968: Nancy L. Maldonado, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
Bills & Resolutions
13 Bills & 5 Resolutions were introduced.
11 by Republicans, 6 by Democrats, and 1 by an Independent.
Here are a few:
- S.J.Res.56, (Sen. Bernie Sanders [I-VT]). A joint resolution directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
- S.4534, (Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand [D-NY]). A bill to increase the supply of, and lower rents for, affordable housing and to assess calculations of area median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing assistance, and for other purposes.
- S.4536, (Sen. Mitt Romney [R-UT]). A bill to study how the Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes are affected by drought and to require a feasibility study on drought solutions, and for other purposes.
- S.4538, (Sen. Josh Hawley [R-MO]). A bill to amend section 248 of title 18, United States Code, to provide adequate penalties and remedies for attacks on facilities providing counseling about abortion alternatives and attacks on places of religious worship.
