11:59 p.m. Senator Schatz spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
11:11 p.m. Senator Markey spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
10:09 p.m. Senator Booker spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
9:54 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke against the Pruitt nomination, joining in the colloquy.
8:03 p.m. Senator Schatz spoke against the Pruitt nomination. Senator Whitehouse joined him in a colloquy on the nomination.
7:08 p.m. Senator Warren spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
6:47 p.m. Senator Bennett spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
6:24 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
6:17 p.m. Senator Coons spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
5:52 p.m. Senator Klobuchar spoke against the nomination of Scott Pruitt.
5:33 p.m. Senator Blumenthal spoke about a special independent counsel to investigate Michael Flynn and also spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
5:15 p.m. Senator Lee spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
4:45 p.m. Senator Franken spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
4:35 p.m. Senator Inhofe spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
4:23 p.m. Senator Harris gave her maiden floor speech.
4:05 p.m. Senator Cardin spoke against the Pruitt nomination
3:49 p.m. Senator Gardner spoke about agriculture.
3:35 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke about the legislative agenda.
3:21 p.m. Senator Casey spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
3:10 p.m. Senator Murray spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
3:06 p.m. Senator Reed spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
2:45 p.m. Senator Portman spoke about heroin.
2:32 p.m. Senator Markey spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
2:21 p.m. Senator Hassan spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
2:02 p.m. Senator Shaheen spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
1:55 p.m. Senator Carper spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
1:46 p.m. Senator Wicker spoke supporting the Pruitt nomination.
1:35 p.m. Senator Heitkamp spoke about American jobs.
1:25 p.m. Senator Nelson spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
1:16 p.m. Senator Cantwell spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
1:05 p.m. Senator Cotton spoke about duchenne muscular dystrophy.
12:54 p.m. Senator Rounds spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
12:20 p.m. Senator Kaine spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
12:13 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
12:02 p.m. Senator Capito spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
11:52 a.m. Senator Carper spoke against the Pruitt nomination.
11:43 a.m. Senator Barrasso spoke in favor of the Pruitt nomination.
11:41 a.m. Cloture was invoked on the nomination of Pruitt to be Administrator of the EPA by a vote of 54-46. Sens Manchin and Heinkamp were the two Democratic Senators voting in favor.
11:17 a.m. Roll call vote began on cloture on the Pruitt nomination.
11:13 a.m. Senator Carper spoke on the Pruitt nomination.
11:11 a.m. Mulvaney nomination confirmed 51-49, with Senator McCain voting no.
10:43 a.m. Roll call vote began on the Mulvaney nomination.
10:31 a.m. Senators Durbin and Enzi spoke on the Mulvaney nomination.
10:17 a.m. DL Schumer spoke on the Trump administration.
10:03 a.m ML McConnell spoke on the Mulvaney, Pruitt and Gorsuch nominations, as well as the Affordable Care Act.
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The Senate will convene at 10:00 a.m. Following any Leader remarks, there will be ten minutes for debate remaining on the of Mulvaney nomination; after which proceed to a roll call vote on the nomination.
Following disposition of the Mulvaney nomination, there will be ten minutes for debate prior to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
If cloture is invoked, post-cloture time will count as if invoked at 7:00 a.m.; thus if all 30 hours are used a roll call vote on confirmation of the Pruitt nomination would occur at approximately 1:00pm on Friday.
ML McConnell also filed cloture on the Ross, Zinke, Carson, and Perry nominations during Monday’s session. By rule, each of those cloture votes will occur following disposition of the previous nomination in the order in which the clotures were filed. Thus, the cloture vote on the Ross nomination will occur following disposition of the Pruitt nomination, the cloture vote with respect to the Zinke nomination will occur following disposition of the Ross nomination, and so on. Each nomination is subject to up to thirty hours of post-cloture debate.
