6:54 p.m. The Senate adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 28.
During wrap-up, Senator McConnell secured consent for the post-debate time on the Johnson nomination to be considered expired at 10:45 a.m. The Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for weekly policy lunches.
By unanimous consent the Senate passed these measures:
- Res. 619, on the death of Senator McCain;
- Con. Res. 43, on arrangements for Senator McCain’s ceremony in the Rotunda;
- Con. Res. 44, authorizing Senator McCain’s remains to lie in state the Rotunda.
6:12 p.m. Senators Brown and Whitehouse paid tribute to Senator McCain.
6:11 p.m. The Senate invoked cloture on the Johnson nomination 60-28.
Senators voting in favor: 46 Republicans, 13 Democrats: Baldwin, Bennet, Casey, Donnelly, Hasssan, Heitkamp, Kaine, McCaskill, Murphy, Nelson, Shaheen, Tester and Wyden; 1 Independent: King.
Senators not voting: Carper, Cassidy, Crapo, Cruz, Graham, Hirono, Jones, Leahy, Manchin, Murkowski and Murray.
5:33 p.m. Roll call vote began on cloture on the Johnson nomination.
5:23 p.m. Senator Flake paid tribute to Senator McCain.
4:53 p.m. Senator Inhofe paid tribute to Senator McCain.
4:42 p.m. Senator Isakson paid tribute to Senator McCain.
4:32 p.m. Senator Collins paid tribute to Senator McCain.
4:21 p.m. Senator Schumer paid tribute to Senator McCain. He spoke about his resolution to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for Senator McCain.
4:02 p.m. ML McConnell paid tribute to Senator McCain.
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The Senate will convene at 4:00 p.m.
Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Lynn Johnson to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of HHS.
At 5:30 p.m. the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the Johnson nomination.
Additionally, Majority Leader McConnell has filed cloture on the following nominations:
1. Richard Clarida to be Vice Chair of the Board of the Federal Reserve System
2. Richard Clarida to be Member of the Board of the Federal Reserve System
3. Joseph Hunt to be an Assistant Attorney General
4. Isabel Patelunas to be Asst Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis, Treasury Dept.
5. Terry Moorer to be US District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama
6. Stan Baker to be US District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia
7. Charles Goodwin to be US District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma
8. Barry Ashe to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana
9. James Sweeney to be US District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana
10. Susan Baxter to be US District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
11. Marilyn Horan to be US District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
12. William Jung to be US District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
13. Dominic Lanza to be US District Judge for the District of Arizona
14. Charles Williams to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa
15. Robert Summerhays to be US Dist Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
16. Alan Albright to be US District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
Each cloture motion will ripen upon disposition of the previous one and each is subject to up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate time.
