Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Roll Call Votes

1.      Motion to proceed to S.Con.Res.41, Paul Budget resolution; not agreed to: 39-56.

2.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #787 Byron B. Conway, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; confirmed: 58-37.

3.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #787 Byron B. Conway, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; confirmed: 58-37.

4.      Passage of H.R.9747, Continuing Resolution (60-vote threshold); passed: 78-18.

Legislative Business

Passed the following bills:

Cal.#473, S.275 Rural Broadband Protection

Cal.#474, S.1570 Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement

Cal.#480, S.3475  Strengthening the Commercial Driver’s License Information System Act

S.5292, CG Icebreaker

Cal. #410 S.4293, Eugene E. Siler Jr. Courthouse

Cal. #498, S.3698, Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

S.4489, Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building"

H.R.4190, Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

H.R.7189, Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act

H.R.7777, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024

S.5284, Stopping Prison Contraband

Agreed to H.Con.Res.127 Use of Emancipation Hall

Adopted the following resolutions:

Cal. #522, S.Res.837 - Dr. Ralph de la Torre

S.Res.808 James Foley with Shaheen amdts

S.Res.876 National Principals Month

S.Res.877 Community Policing Week

S.Res.878 James Earl Jones

S.Res.879 Toys for Tots

S.Res.880 Lights on Afterschool

S.Res.881 Day of the Deployed

S.Res.882 Clean Energy Week

S.Res.883 Big Brothers Big Sisters 120th Anniversary

S.Res.884 Gold Star Families Remembrance Week

S.Res.885 Energy Efficiency Day

S.Res.886 Bat Week

S.Res.887 4-H Week

S.Res.888 Senator Sasser

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

Exec. Cal. #772 - Ann C. Fisher, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2030. (Reappointment)

Exec. Cal. #773 - Ashley Jay Elizabeth Poling, of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring November 22, 2030. (Reappointment)

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

Exec. Cal.#713 - Jeffrey Samuel Arbeit, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years

Exec. Cal.#715 - Benjamin A. Guider III, of Louisiana, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years

PN587 — Foreign Service -- There are 2 nominations, beginning with John R. Bass II, and ending with Brian A. Nichols