Schedule for Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:45am on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #105, Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.

At 11:45am, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Stanton nomination; confirmation of Executive Calendar #173, John P. Abizaid, of Nevada, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the cloture motion was withdrawn during Tuesday’s session); and the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #31, Holly A. Brady, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana.

Additional roll call votes are expected throughout Wednesday’s session. Messages will be sent as the confirmation and cloture votes are scheduled.

Wednesday at 11:45am – up to 3 roll call votes:

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #105, Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor;

2.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #173, John P. Abizaid, of Nevada, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (voice vote possible); and

3.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #31, Holly A. Brady, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana.

Cloture petitions are also pending on the following nominations:

1)      Executive Calendar #31, Holly A. Brady, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana

2)      Executive Calendar #30, David Steven Morales, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

3)      Executive Calendar #200 David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior.

If cloture is invoked on the first nominations, there would be up to 2 hours of debate prior to a vote on confirmation. Then there would be a cloture vote on the next nomination. If cloture is invoked on the Bernhardt nomination, there would be up to 30 hours of debate prior to a vote on confirmation.