1.Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1008, A. Marvin
Quattlebaum, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fourth Circuit; confirmed: 62-28.
2.Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1009,
Julius Ness Richardson, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Fourth Circuit; invoke: 80-10.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.607: reaffirming the vital and indispensable role the free
press serves.
Adopted S.Res.608: designating August 16, 2018, as “National Airborne
Day”.
Adopted S.Res.609: relative to the death of Paul Laxalt, former Senator
for the State of Nevada.