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Agreement to conduct 6 cloture votes at 11am Tuesday and confirmation votes at TBD on Wednesday (district judges)

At 11:00am tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, there will be a series of up to 6 roll call votes on the following nominations:
  1. Cloture on Executive Calendar #585, Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee;
  2. Cloture on Executive Calendar #586, Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;
  3. Cloture on Executive Calendar #587, Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;
  4. Cloture on Executive Calendar #588, Daniel D. Crabtree, of KS, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas;
  5. Cloture on Executive Calendar #589, Cynthia Ann Bashant, CA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California; and
  6. Cloture on Executive Calendar #590, Jon David Levy, of ME, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

If cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, all post cloture time will be considered expired. At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations.

All votes after the first vote in each series will be 10 minutes in duration. There will be 2 minutes for debate equally divided prior to each vote.

Time to be determined on Wednesday, April 30:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #585, Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee;
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #586, Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #587, Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;
  4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #588, Daniel D. Crabtree, of KS, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas;
  5. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #589, Cynthia Ann Bashant, CA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California; and
  6. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #590, Jon David Levy, of ME, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.