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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

The Senate convened at 10:00am.

Invoked, 51-50: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #263 Loren L. AliKhan to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. Vice President Kamala Harris casts the 32nd tie-breaking vote in the Senate – the most ever cast by a Vice President.

Confirmed, 51-50 (with the Vice President voting in the affirmative): Confirmation of Executive Calendar #263 Loren L. AliKhan to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

The Senate confirmed the following military nominations en bloc by voice vote:

Executive Calendar #46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 113, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 325, 326, 327, 330, 331, 332, 336, 337, 339, 340, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422

Excepting: Col. David J. Berkland, Col. Benjamin R. Jonsson, Col. John W. Sannes, Col. Andrew O. Saslav, Capt. Brian J. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, Brig. Gen. Paul D. Moga and Brig. Gen. Lawrence G. Ferguson.

Cloture Invoked, 63-37: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Elizabeth H. Richard a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.

At 12:30pm, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #317 Nathalie Rayes to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.

Further votes are expected during Wednesday’s session of the Senate , but are not yet scheduled.

On Monday, December 4, 2023, Leader Schumer filed cloture on:

  1. Motion to proceed to H.R. 815, the legislative vehicle for the national security supplemental appropriations.

On Tuesday, December 5th, 2023, Leader Schumer filed cloture on:

  1. Richard E.N. Federico, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

The Senate adjourned at 7:00pm.

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Floor Schedule

The Senate stands in recess until Monday, April 13, 2026, other than for pro forma sessions only, with no business conducted, on the following dates and times:

  1. Monday, March 30th at 10:30am
  2. Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00am
  3. Monday, April 6th at 1:00pm
  4. Thursday, April 9th at 12:00pm

When the Senate next convenes at 3:00pm on Monday, April 13th, following Leader remarks, it will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the nomination of John Thomas Shepherd to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

5:30pm Monday, April 13th the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Shepherd nomination.

Cloture was filed on the following nominations:

  1. The nomination of John Thomas Shepherd to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
  2. The nomination of Christopher R. Wolfe to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.

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