Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings **live commentary thread**

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Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #716 Donald Lee Moak to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2022

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #713 William Zollars to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2022

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #651 Vincent F. DeMarco to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York for the term of four years

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #642 Peter M. McCoy, Jr. to be U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina for the term of four years.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #702 Sethuraman Panchanathan to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of six years.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Wilson passes CLOTURE 51-42:

NAYs ---42
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 7
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
Murray (D-WA)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Sullivan (R-AK)

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Wilson confirmed 52-48:

NAYs ---48
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

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Tomorrow: CLOTURE on Cal. #718 Vought to be OMB Director

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Vought passes CLOTURE 47-44:

NAYs ---44
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 9
Burr (R-NC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Markey (D-MA)
McSally (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Tillis (R-NC)
Udall (D-NM)

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Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Calendar #504 Joseph Bruce Hamilton to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2022.
Calendar #505 Jessie Hill Roberson to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2023.
Calendar #506 Thomas A. Summers to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2020.
Calendar #719 Joyce Louise Connery to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2024.
Calendar #720 Thomas A. Summers to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2025.
Calendar #754 Owen McCurdy Cypher to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan for the term of four years.
Calendar #755 Thomas L. Foster to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Virginia for the term of four years.
Calendar #756 Tyreece L. Miller to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years.


Vote Scheduled: at 5:30 pm on Monday, July 20th, the Senate will proceed to a vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #718 Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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Vought confirmed 51-45:

NAYs ---45
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Jones (D-AL)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Murray (D-WA)
Schatz (D-HI)

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Hardy to WD PA passes CLOTURE 60-32:

NAYs ---32
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 8
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Kaine (D-VA)
Leahy (D-VT)
McSally (R-AZ)
Romney (R-UT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sinema (D-AZ)

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Next list:

Cal. #647 Joseph to WD LA
Cal. #641 Wade to be an Assistant HUD Secretary
Cal. #705 Kaplan to the NLRB
Cal. #707 McFerran to the NLRB

Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Cal. #567 Jaquith to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Cal. #629 Laurer to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

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Hardy confirmed 65-30:

NAYs ---30
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 5
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Tillis (R-NC)

Added to the list:

Cal. #770 Derek Kan to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

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Joseph passes CLOTURE 55-42:

NAYs ---42
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Sinema (D-AZ)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Sanders (I-VT)

Wade passes CLOTURE 57-40:

NAYs ---40
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Sanders (I-VT)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Joseph and Wade were confirmed by the same votes as above

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Kan passes CLOTURE 76-22:

NAYs ---22
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 2
Cruz (R-TX)
Markey (D-MA)

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Kaplan passes CLOTURE on a party line vote of 52-46:

Not Voting - 2
Cruz (R-TX)
Markey (D-MA)

And confirmed by the same vote.

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McFerran passes CLOTURE 56-41:

NAYs ---41
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gardner (R-CO)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Loeffler (R-GA)
McConnell (R-KY)
McSally (R-AZ)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Burr (R-NC)
Cruz (R-TX)
Moran (R-KS)

McFerran confirmed 53-42:

NAYs ---42
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gardner (R-CO)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Loeffler (R-GA)
McConnell (R-KY)
McSally (R-AZ)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 5
Blunt (R-MO)
Burr (R-NC)
Cruz (R-TX)
Manchin (D-WV)
Moran (R-KS)

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Kan confirmed 71-21:

NAYs ---21
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 8
Booker (D-NJ)
Burr (R-NC)
Harris (D-CA)
Markey (D-MA)
Moran (R-KS)
Perdue (R-GA)
Tester (D-MT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1288933641977057299?s=19

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Menezes passes CLOTURE 78-14:

NAYs ---14
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 8
Burr (R-NC)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Leahy (D-VT)
Moran (R-KS)
Sanders (I-VT)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)

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Menezes confirmed 79-16:

NAYs ---16
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Ernst (R-IA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Harris (D-CA)
Hirono (D-HI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Rosen (D-NV)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 5
Cardin (D-MD)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Tillis (R-NC)
Warner (D-VA)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Leader McConnell has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #645 John Peter Cronan to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Cronan passes CLOTURE 55-42:

NAYs ---42
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3
Alexander (R-TN)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Duckworth (D-IL)

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Cronan confirmed by the same vote

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Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #833 Hester Peirce to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2025. (Reappointment)

Confirmed by voice: Executive Calendar #834 Caroline A. Crenshaw to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2024.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #810 Christopher C. Miller to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Confirmed by voice vote: Sung Y. Kim, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador of the U.S. to the Republic of Indonesia.

Confirmed by voice vote: Natalie E. Brown, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Republic of Uganda.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #793 Sandra E. Clark, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to Burkina Faso.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #794 Joseph Manso, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #795 Henry T. Wooster, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #796 Jason Myung-lk Chung, to be U.S. Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.

Confirmed: Cal.#797, Career Member of Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be the Deputy Representative of the U.S. to the UN, with rank & status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary & the Deputy Representative of U.S. in the Security Council of UN

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #798 William Ellison Grayson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Republic of Estonia.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #802 William W. Popp, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Republic of Guatemala.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #803 J. Steven Dowd to be U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #804 Ramsey Coats Day to be an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Confirmed by voice vote: Exec. Cal. #806 Mills, Jr., a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Representative of the U.S. to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the UN, during his tenure of service as Deputy Representative of U.S. to UN

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #807 Jenny A. McGee to be an Associate Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #819 Michael N. Nemelka to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere), with the rank of Ambassador.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #704 Richard Giacolone to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #817 Alina I. Marshall to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #818 Christian N. Weiler to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.

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Next List, to begin votes September 8th:

Ludwig to ED WI
Wiegand to WD PA
Jarbou to WD MI
Cullen to WD VA
Gujarati to ED NY

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Ludwig passes CLOTURE 83-6:

NAYs ---6
Hirono (D-HI)
Markey (D-MA)
Schatz (D-HI)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

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Cardin (D-MD)
Graham (R-SC)
Harris (D-CA)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Perdue (R-GA)
Sanders (I-VT)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tillis (R-NC)