Tuesday, March 14, 2023

6:33 p.m. The Senate adjourned.

6:31 p.m. Senator Peters wrapped up for the evening. The following were achieved: The nomination of Michael Ratney was confirmed to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia by voice vote.

6:23 p.m. Senator Peters spoke on labor unions.

6:23 p.m. The Senate invoked cloture on the Neiman nomination, 52-40..

5:26 p.m. The Senate began voting on cloture on the nomination of Brent Neiman to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury.

5:15 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke on President Biden’s budget proposal.

5:06 p.m. Senator Warren continued on bank failures.

5:05 p.m. Majority Leader Schumer filed cloture on the nomination of Jessica Clarke to be a District Judge for the Southern District of New York; and the motion to proceed to repealing the AUMF regarding Iraq.

5:04 p.m. Senator Warren spoke on bank failures.

4:50 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke on President Biden’s budget proposal and immigration.

4:21 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke about the 2023 Iditarod and the Willow Project.

4:12 p.m. Senator Fischer spoke about the EPA and the Waters of the United States rule.

3:51 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the Presidents Budget.

3:27 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about RL McConnells recovery, the budget and equal pay day.

3:14 p.m. ML Schumer spoke about Russia, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the AUMF repeal, China, gun control, insulin costs and the GOP Budget.

3:00 p.m. The Senate convened.

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The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m. and following Leader remarks, will resume consideration of the nomination of Brent Neiman to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury. At approximately 5:30 p.m. the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Neiman nomination.

As a reminder, cloture was filed on the following nominations on Thursday:

  • Eric Garcetti to be Ambassador to India
  • Ravi Chadry to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
  • Laura Taylor-Kale to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense