The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #908, Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, post-cloture.

11:45am the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Heinzelman nomination. Following the nomination, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #968, Julianna Michelle Childs, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

At 1:45pm, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Childs nomination. If cloture is invoked, the vote on confirmation is expected to occur next week.

Cloture was filed on the following:

  1. Executive Calendar #908 Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  2. Executive Calendar #968 Julianna Michelle Childs, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Senator Durbin filed cloture on the following nominations: 

  1. Executive Calendar #1035 Nina Nin-Yuen Wang to be US District Judge for the District of Colorado.
  2. Executive Calendar #988 Nancy Maldonado to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.

Confirmed, 50-41: Executive Calendar #908, Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice Courtney Elwood.

Invoked, 58-33: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #968, Julianna Michelle Childs to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The Senate confirmed the following nominations by voice vote:

  1. Alexander Mark Laskaris to be US Ambassador Extraordinary to the Republic of Chad.
  2. Margaret C. Whitman to be US Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya.
  3. Michael J. Adler to be US Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan.
  4. John T. Godfrey to be US Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan.
  5. Stephen Henley Locher to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
  6. Michael Cottman Morgan to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

The Senate will convene at 3:00pm on Monday, July18, 2022. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Nina Nin-Yuen Wang to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado.

At approximately 5:30pm, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Wang nomination.

By unanimous consent, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of the following nominations at time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader.

  • Cathy Ann Harris to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
  • Bernadette M. Meehan to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.
  • Julianna Michelle Childs to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The Senate adjourned at 3:46pm.

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Floor Schedule

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Thursday, April 30th. Following Leader Remarks, the Senate will be in a period of Morning Business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each.

At approximately 11:30am, the Senate is expected to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.Res.690, an executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of (49) certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.  If cloture is invoked on S.Res.690, all post-cloture time will be considered expired and the Senate will vote on adoption of the resolution at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, no earlier than Friday, May 1st.

At approximately 1:45pm, a roll call vote on the motion to discharge S.J.Res 184, A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Schiff) is expected.

Additional votes are possible during Thursday’s session of the Senate. A whip alert will be sent when more information is available.