7:44 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will next convene on Tuesday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m. Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Christopher Fonzone to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, post-cloture.
At 11:45 a.m. 2 votes:
- Confirmation of the Fonzone nomination.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Kiran Ahuja to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The Senate will recess following the cloture vote on the Ahuja nomination until 2:15 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m. vote:
- Confirmation of the Ahuja nomination.
After disposition of the Ahuja nomination, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.2093, For the People Act.
At 5:30 p.m. vote:
- Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2093, For the People Act.
7:33 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on voting rights.
6:48 p.m. Senator Sullivan spoke against the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to the Bureau of Land Management.
6:26 p.m. Senator Graham spoke on military justice reform.
6:26 p.m. Senator Graham spoke on military justice reform.
6:21 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke on military justice reform.
6:10 p.m. Senator Gillibrand asked unanimous consent for the Senate to take-up and vote on S.1520. Senator Reed objected.
6:09 p.m. Cloture was invoked on the Fonzone nomination, 52-35.
Republican senators voting yes: Blunt, Burr, Collins, Cornyn, Hagerty, and Murkowski.
Senators not voting: Booker, Braun, Brown, Casey, Cramer, Daines, Hoeven, Inhofe, Paul, Risch, Rounds, Sasse, and Young.
5:34 p.m. The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Christopher Fonzone to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
5:24 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke about voting rights.
5:07 p.m. Senator Cardin spoke on Juneteenth and voting rights.
4:58 p.m. Senator Hagerty spoke on voting rights.
4:46 p.m. Senator Tuberville spoke about the tragic car crash in Alabama over the weekend. He also spoke about voting rights and Critical Race Theory.
4:43 p.m. ML Schumer filed cloture on the following nominations:
- exec. cal. #172 Deborah L. Boardman, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland
- exec. cal. #128 Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, of Illinois, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
4:17 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on Juneteenth and voting rights.
4:06 p.m. Senators Shaheen and Collins spoke about diabetes.
3:46 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about Afghanistan, health care, drugs, and voting rights.
3:45 The Senate resumed executive session for the consideration of the nomination of Christopher Fonzone to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
3:30 p.m. Leader McConnell spoke on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
3:00 p.m. Leader Schumer asked for the second reading of S. 2118, to amend IRS cose from 1986 to provide for tax incentives for clean energy. He objected to a third reading and the bill was placed on the calendar.
He added the Senate would vote tomorrow to start voting rights debate.
The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m. At that time, resume consideration of the nomination of Christopher Fonzone to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
At 5:30 p.m. the Senate will vote on cloture on the Fonzone nomination.
Cloture has also been filed on the following:
- Kiran Ahuja to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
- The motion to proceed to S.2093, For the People Act.
3:00 p.m. Leader Schumer asked for the second reading of S. 2118, to amend IRS cose from 1986 to provide for tax incentives for clean energy.