Biden Cabinet Confirmation Live Thread ***hearings, votes, etc.***

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

Leader Schumer filed cloture on Executive Calendar #598 Georgia N. Alexakis to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.

[politicallefty]

I don't like that we still have four circuit court vacancies without nominees (1st-ME, 4th-NC, 6th-TN, and 11th-FL). I think the TN Senators are being obstructive on purpose. Blackburn threw a fit over the other 6th Circuit seat being filled by a US Attorney that was confirmed by voice vote in 2022. I don't think anyone to the left of Roberts would be acceptable to Blackburn or Hagerty. Hopefully, Biden just works around them for the other 6th Circuit seat. We can definitely work with Collins on the ME seat. I think Democrats will likely have to work around the home state Senators for the 4th and 11th Circuit seats. If no other seats open up, Biden has the potential to hit 49 Circuit Court judges, nearly matching the Trump/McConnell machine.

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

4/30: Alexakis (ND IL) passes CLOTURE 53-42:

NAYs ---42
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Mullin (R-OK)
Paul (R-KY)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Vance (R-OH)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 5
Booker (D-NJ)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Lankford (R-OK)
Murray (D-WA)
Risch (R-ID)

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

Alexakis confirmed 54-44:

NAYs ---44
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Mullin (R-OK)
Paul (R-KY)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Vance (R-OH)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Kelly (D-AZ)
Sanders (I-VT)

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #575 Clinton J. Fuchs to be United States Marshal for the District of Maryland for the term of four years.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #606 Gary D. Grimes, Sr. to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas for the term of four years.

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #423 John Joseph Sullivan to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four years.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #207 Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #271 Cynthia Kierscht to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #484 Joann M. Lockard to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #519 Cardell Kenneth Richardson, Sr. to be Inspector General, Department of State.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #485 Robert David Gioia to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #577 Laura Stone to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #580 Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #583 Jennifer M. Adams to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #584 Arthur W. Brown to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #586 Richard Mills, Jr. to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #587 Lisa Peterson to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #588 Richard H. Riley IV to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #589 Elizabeth Rood to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #591 Mark Toner to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #592 Pamela M. Tremont to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe.