6:48 p.m. The Senate adjourned.
6:47 p.m. Passed by UC in wrap-up: S. 457 and S.2824
6:46 p.m. ML McConnell announced two votes beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday on the motion to waive the budget act and adoption of the NDAA.
6:16 p.m. Senators Inhofe and Hoeven spoke about the NDAA.
6:15 p.m. Cloture was invoked on the Conference Report to accompany S.1790, NDAA by a vote of 76 to 6.
Senators voting NO: 4 Republicans: Braun, Enzi, Lee and Paul; 2 Democrats: Carper and Gillibrand.
Senators not voting: 9 Democrats: Bennet, Booker, Duckworth, Harris, Klobuchar, Markey, Merkley, Warren and Wyden; 8 Republicans: Cassidy, Daines, Graham, Isakson, Kennedy, Perdue, Sasse and Toomey; 1 Independent: Sanders.
5:32 p.m. Roll call vote began on the motion to invoke cloture on the Conference Report to accompany S. 1790, NDAA.
5:18 p.m. Senator King received unanimous consent to change his vote to YES on the roll call vote to confirm the nomination of Stephen Hahn to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services (taken Dec. 12, 2019).
5:05 p.m. Senators Burr and Warner spoke about the Intel Authorization Act for FY 18, 19, and 20.
4:31 p.m. Majority Leader McConnell filed cloture on the following:
- exec. cal. #382 Matthew Walden McFarland to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- exec. cal. #465 Anuraag Singhal to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
- exec. cal. #466 Karen Spencer Marston to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- exec. cal. #480 Daniel Mack Traynor to be U.S. District Judge for the District of North Dakota
- exec. cal. #481 Jodi W. Dishman to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma
- exec. cal. #490 John M. Gallagher to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- exec. cal. #536 Bernard Maurice Jones II to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma
- exec. cal. #354 Mary Kay Vyskocil to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
- exec. cal. #383 Kea Whetzal Riggs to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico
- exec. cal. #234 Robert J. Colville to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- exec. cal. #349 Lewis J. Liman to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
- exec. cal. #356 Gary Richard Brown to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
- exec. cal. #357 Stephanie Dawkins Davies to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
4:12 p.m. Senator Stabenow paid tribute to Doug Conley, Democratic Policy and Communications staff member.
3:03 p.m. The Senate at 3 p.m. and resumed consideration of the conference report on the defense authorization for fiscal year 2020 (S.1790). Senator Grassley spoke about the cost of medical treatment and prescription drugs.
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3:00 p.m. The Senate will convene. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the conference report accompanying S.1790, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on cloture on the NDAA conference report.
