The Senate convened at 10:00am.

Confirmed, 52-43: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #144 James O’Neill to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Invoked, 52-43 : Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #120 John Andrew Eisenberg to be an Assistant Attorney General.

Invoked, 49-40: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #111 Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General.

The Senate will convene at 3:00pm on Monday, June 9th.

Two votes at 5:30pm:

  1. Confirmation of the nomination of Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Leader Thune filed cloture on the following nominations:

  1. David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  2. Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
  3. Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

The Senate adjourned at 3:09pm.

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Floor Schedule

The Senate will convene at 10:00am and resume consideration of Executive Calendar #735, Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.

At 11:45am, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Clarke nomination.

Following the cloture vote, the Senate will recess until 2:00pm for the weekly conference meetings.

At 2:15pm, if cloture is invoked, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:

  1. Confirmation of the Clarke nomination.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #737, Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.

Further roll call votes are expected during Tuesday’s session of the Senate.