Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Castro nomination (Secretary of HUD)
At 12:02pm, the Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #906, Julian, Castro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban;
Confirmed: 71-26
The next votes are expected to be voice votes:
- Executive Calendar #797, Darci L. Vetter, of Nebraska, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador
- Executive Calendar ##904 William D. Adams, of Maine to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities for a term of four years
- Motion to proceed to S.2363, the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act
