Schedule for Tuesday, January 23, 2018
The Senate stands adjourned until
12:00 noon on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
Following Leader remarks, the
Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #594, Jerome H. Powell,
of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. Roll call votes are possible during Tuesday’s session.
As a reminder, during Monday’s
session Senator McConnell filed cloture on the following nominations:
1.
Executive Calendar #594,
Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
2.
Executive Calendar #597, Alex
Michael Azar II, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
3.
Executive Calendar #620,
Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be Ambassador at Large for International
Religious Freedom
Each nomination is subject to
a cloture vote and then, if cloture is invoked, up to 30 hours of post-cloture
debate prior to a vote on confirmation. Upon disposition of the first
nomination, there would be a cloture vote on the next nomination in the series
and then, if cloture is invoked, up to 30 hours of debate.
