Wrap Up for Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Roll Call Votes

1.       On the resolution of ratification for Executive Calendar #5, Treaty Document #116-1,  Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia; agreed to: 91-2.

2.       Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #441, Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva; invoked: 50-43.

3.       Confirmation of Executive Calendar #441, Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva; confirmed: 50-44.

4.       Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #141, H.R.3055: legislative vehicle for Commerce and Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations; agreed to: 92-2.

Legislative Business

Passed by voice vote Calendar #232, S.1590: Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2019.

Adopted S.Res.373: expressing support for the month of September 2019 as “Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month” in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.

Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.J.Res.59, expressing the sense of Congress on the precipitous withdrawal of United states Armed Forces from Syria and Afghanistan, and Turkey’s unprovoked incursion into Syria (McConnell-Burr-Graham-Inhofe-Risch).

No additional Executive Business