Wrap Up for Saturday, August 7, 2021

Roll Call Votes

1. Motion to invoke cloture on Sinema-Portman substitute amendment #2137 to H.R.3684; invoked: 67-27.

2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #250, Eunice Lee, of New York, to be US Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; confirmed: 50-47.

Legislative Business

Adopted S.Res.343, Former Senator Gravel

Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

·       S.2670: to provide for redistricting reform, and for other purposes.

·       S.2671: to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

Executive Calendar #249, Bryan Todd Newland, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Executive Calendar #271, Carlos Del Toro, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy.

Executive Calendar #166, Christopher Paul Maier, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.