7:14 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, September 9th at 10:00 a.m. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to resume consideration of the nomination of Maria A. Lanahan to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
At approximately 11:45 a.m. the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Lanahan nomination, followed by the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robert Law to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security.
Following the vote on the Law nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for weekly caucus lunches.
At approximately 2:15 p.m., if cloture is invoked on the Law nomination, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Law nomination followed by the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kyle Christopher Dudek to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
If cloture is invoked on the Dudek nomination, there would be up to 2 hours of debate followed by a roll call vote on confirmation of the Dudek nomination.
Additional roll call votes are possible during Tuesday’s session.
During wrap-up:
- S. Res. 371 Annunciation Catholic Church and School, with Klobuchar amendment; adopted by unanimous consent.
- H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal, with Cramer amendment, adopted by unanimous consent.
- A point of order was raised that the following nominations were not properly reported out of Committee, the point of order was then sustained, and the nominations were returned to committee:
- Executive Calendar #176 David Charles Waterman, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #183 Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #257 David Metcalf, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #258 Bart McKay Davis, of Idaho, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #316 Kurt Alme, of Montana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #317 Nicholas Chase, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #318 Lesley Murphy, of Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #319 Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #320 Erik Siebert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.
- Executive Calendar #321 Kurt Wall, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
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6:54 p.m. Senator Moran spoke on the beginning of the Italian Campaign in 1943 and his resolution to establish September 9th as National World War II Italian Campaign Remembrance Day.
6:47 p.m. Majority Leader Thune sent Executive Resolution #377 to the desk for consideration, authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar, and asked unanimous consent for its consideration. ML Thune began the process to place the Executive Resolution on the calendar by objecting to his own request. Objection having been heard, it will lie over one calendar day.
6:46 p.m. By a vote 50-43, the Senate confirmed Edward L. Artau to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. It was a party line vote with Senators Blunt Rochester, McCormick, Murkowski, Ossoff, Risch, Van Hollen, and Wyden not voting.
5:30 p.m. The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Edward L. Artau to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
5:17 p.m. Senator Fischer spoke on the NDAA.
4:25 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke about judicial nominations. He then asked unanimous consent for the Senate to confirm the following nominations en bloc:
- David Waterman, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa.
- Ronald A Parsons Jr. of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years.
- David Metcalf, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for a term of four years.
- Bart McKay Davis, of Idaho, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho for the term of four years.
- Kurt Alme, of Montana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, for the term of four years.
- Nicholas Chase, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota for a term of four years.
- Lesley Murphy, of Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska for the term of four years.
- Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota for a term of four years.
- Erik Sieberg, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for a term of four years.
- Kurt Wall, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for hte Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
Minority Leader Schumer objected to Senator Grassley’s request. Senator Grassley then asked for unanimous consent for the Senate to confirm the nominations of David Waterman, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa and Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota for a term of four years, by unanimous consent en bloc. Minority Leader Schumer objected to Senator Grassley’s request. Senator Grassley then asked unanimous consent that no point of order lie with respect to the following U.S. Attorney General nominees reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote pursuant to the explicit agreement between the offices of chairman and ranking member, whether those nominations are offered individually or pursuant to a resolution: David Waterman, Ronald Parsons, David Metcalf, Bart Davis, Curt Alme, Nicholas Chase, Leslie Murphy, Daniel Rosen, Erik Sieberg, and Kurt Wall. Minority Leader Schumer objected.
4:05 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about President Trump and crime in democrat run cities.
3:51 p.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke on the recent jobs report and judicial nominations.
3:38 p.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on the Senate confirmation process.
3:00 p.m. The Senate convened.
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The Senate will convene today at 3:00 p.m. Following Leader Remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the Edward L. Artau to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
At 5:30 p.m. the Senate will vote on confirmation of Edward L. Artau to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
