The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the motion to discharge the nomination of Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, from the Banking Committee.
10:30am, the Senate will vote on the motion to discharge the Gordon nomination.
Following the 10:30am vote Schumer will move to proceed to Executive Session in order to consider Executive Calendar #860 Ketanji Brown Jackson to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from the Committee on the Judiciary. Expect a roll call vote on that motion.
The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.
Additional roll call votes are possible during Tuesday’s session.
Leader Schumer announced he will file cloture on the the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States today. The cloture vote on the nomination will occur on Thursday, April 7, 2022.
If cloture is invoked, there will be 30 hours of post-cloture debate, followed by a vote on confirmation of the nomination.
Agreed to by a vote of 51-50 with Vice President Harris voting in the affirmative: Motion to discharge from Banking Committee PN1523 Julia Ruth Gordon to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Agreed to, 53-47: Motion to proceed to Executive Session in order to consider the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. R’s voting Yea: Collins, Murkowski and Romney.
Leader Schumer filed cloture on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The cloture vote will occur Thursday, April 7, 2022. If cloture is invoked, there will be 30 hours of post-cloture debate, followed by the confirmation vote.
Not agreed to, 47-52: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.4373 (Legislative vehicle for COVID funding). Leader Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote.
Wrap Up
Legislative Business
Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.4008 – Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022.
Passed Calendar #277, S.2123 – Pray Safe Act.
Passed H.R.5681 – Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act.
Executive Business
The Senate confirmed the following:
Executive Calendar #659 – Katherine Vidal, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
The Senate will convene at 10:00 am on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
At 11:45am, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #783, James C. O’Brien to be Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador.
There are no other votes scheduled at this time.
The Senate adjourned at 7:22 PM.
