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

[emailking]

He held the confirmation vote without the votes? Dang.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

He held the confirmation vote without the votes? Dang.

Apparently he thought Murk was going to be a yes.

[philly09]

Is Schumer just going to run the clock out on Gigi Sohn's nomination?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Is Schumer just going to run the clock out on Gigi Sohn's nomination?

May not be worth it, with the extra procedural step that would be required. Plenty of nominees in each congress are left on the executive calendar, unconfirmed, simply because it's not worth the time and effort for that particular position.

[philly09]

Is Schumer just going to run the clock out on Gigi Sohn's nomination?

May not be worth it, with the extra procedural step that would be required. Plenty of nominees in each congress are left on the executive calendar, unconfirmed, simply because it's not worth the time and effort for that particular position.

But the this is the FCC we're talking about. They're deadlocked 2-2.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Huie (SD CA) confirmed 51-46:

NAYs ---46
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 3
Burr (R-NC)
Cramer (R-ND)
Sanders (I-VT)

Bagenstos (General Counsel, HHS) confirmed 49-43:

NAYs ---43
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 8
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Burr (R-NC)
Cramer (R-ND)
Portman (R-OH)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by Voice Vote:

Cal. #849 Bilyeu to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Cal. #850 Bridges to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Cal. #851 Olivares to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Cal. #853 Gerber to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (term ending 9/25/22)
Cal. #854 Gerber to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (term ending 9/25/26)

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1536429260105293824
https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1536429552620249088

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

U.S. Attorneys confirmed by Voice Vote:

Cal. #990 Hurwit to D ID
Cal. #991 Karam to MD PA
Cal. #992 Romero to ED PA

[politicallefty]

I didn't noticed until just now, but it looks like Biden is going to get another seat to fill on the DC Circuit Court. Clinton-appointee Judge Judith Rogers is taking senior status. She turns 83 next month and was actually appointed to fill the seat vacated by Clarence Thomas after he was elevated. This is an extraordinary opportunity to potentially cement a Democratic-appointed majority on the DC Circuit Court for a generation or longer. Assuming Biden gets all of his nominees to this court confirmed as well as this new vacancy, it would leave only one judge out of 11 in active service born before 1961 or appointed before 2013 (GHWB-appointee Judge Karen Henderson, born in 1944 and appointed in 1990).

This is almost certainly Biden's last chance to get a new judge on this court, so he better make it count. As much as I'd hate to see her pulled from the SG's Office, Elizabeth Prelogar would definitely be one of my top choices.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Leventhal (Ambassador to Denmark) confirmed 63-32:

NAYs ---32
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)

Not Voting - 5
Daines (R-MT)
Moran (R-KS)
Toomey (R-PA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1537205612664213505

[NewYorkExpress]

Wonder if Murkowski's been feeling the pressure of reelection more. She's been voting no on a lot more nominees lately.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yep, never got to this yesterday. So here we go:

Alba (ED CA) passes CLOTURE 52-43:

NAYs ---43
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 5
Daines (R-MT)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Romney (R-UT)
Sanders (I-VT)
Wicker (R-MS)

Boyle (Product Safety Commission) passes CLOTURE on a 49-47 party line vote:

Not Voting - 4
Daines (R-MT)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Warnock (D-GA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Dettlebach (ATF) discharged from committee, 52-41:

NAYs ---41
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hawley (R-MO)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 7
Cramer (R-ND)
Daines (R-MT)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Rounds (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1537527360752390144
https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1537527394839547909
https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1537527439018041344

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

De Alba confirmed 53-45:

NAYs ---45
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
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)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Romney (R-UT)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Cramer (R-ND)
Toomey (R-PA)

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Freeman (3rd Cir.) discharged from committee on a 50-48 party line vote.

Not Voting - 2
Cramer (R-ND)
Toomey (R-PA)

Boyle (Product Safety Commission) confirmed by the same 50-48 vote.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Vera (CD CA) discharged on a 50-47 party line vote:

Not Voting - 3
Cramer (R-ND)
Shelby (R-AL)
Toomey (R-PA)

https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1539763999880921089

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Clarke (SD NY) discharged on a 50-49 party line vote:

Not Voting - 1
Cramer (R-ND)

[politicallefty]

Any news on Andre Mathis or Dale Ho? The latter would need a discharge vote, while the former had a 12-10 vote to send his nomination to the floor (interestingly, Kennedy broke party lines).

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Any news on Andre Mathis or Dale Ho? The latter would need a discharge vote, while the former had a 12-10 vote to send his nomination to the floor (interestingly, Kennedy broke party lines).

Schumer suspiciously skipped over Dale Ho in discharging Clarke above. I suspect the nomination is being blocked by someone. He's pretty blatantly partisan if you listen to his hearing so not really keen on him being confirmed honestly.

Kennedy has voted for some nominees in committee before opposing them on the floor so that vote may not really mean anything. Schumer may have been reluctant to bother with it since given the likely 50-50 vote, but as he's moving some other nominees to the floor in the same circumstance, he may go for it soon.

[politicallefty]

Any news on Andre Mathis or Dale Ho? The latter would need a discharge vote, while the former had a 12-10 vote to send his nomination to the floor (interestingly, Kennedy broke party lines).

Schumer suspiciously skipped over Dale Ho in discharging Clarke above. I suspect the nomination is being blocked by someone. He's pretty blatantly partisan if you listen to his hearing so not really keen on him being confirmed honestly.

Kennedy has voted for some nominees in committee before opposing them on the floor so that vote may not really mean anything. Schumer may have been reluctant to bother with it since given the likely 50-50 vote, but as he's moving some other nominees to the floor in the same circumstance, he may go for it soon.

Dale Ho is for SDNY though. In other words, someone likely recommended by Schumer himself. But then again, upon checking, Clarke was basically in the same boat until today.

How many times was Kennedy the deciding vote for a circuit court nominee (in committee)?

Well, Cramer is out for health reasons. That makes it a functionally 50-49 Senate at the moment, as the most recent roll call vote showed.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Any news on Andre Mathis or Dale Ho? The latter would need a discharge vote, while the former had a 12-10 vote to send his nomination to the floor (interestingly, Kennedy broke party lines).

Schumer suspiciously skipped over Dale Ho in discharging Clarke above. I suspect the nomination is being blocked by someone. He's pretty blatantly partisan if you listen to his hearing so not really keen on him being confirmed honestly.

Kennedy has voted for some nominees in committee before opposing them on the floor so that vote may not really mean anything. Schumer may have been reluctant to bother with it since given the likely 50-50 vote, but as he's moving some other nominees to the floor in the same circumstance, he may go for it soon.

Dale Ho is for SDNY though. In other words, someone likely recommended by Schumer himself. But then again, upon checking, Clarke was basically in the same boat until today.

How many times was Kennedy the deciding vote for a circuit court nominee (in committee)?

Well, Cramer is out for health reasons. That makes it a functionally 50-49 Senate at the moment, as the most recent roll call vote showed.

What I am referring to by skipped over is the fact that Ho was nominated in September 2021 while Clarke wasn't nominated until December 2021.

The only difference between 50-50 and 50-49 is Harris doesn't have to be there 100%. It still means Schumer needs every last member of his caucus or 49 + the 50th just being absent + Harris.

I don't have a firm statistic Re: Kennedy but for a similar example, he voted for Robert Huie (SD CA) in Committee but opposed him on the floor.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Schumer filed cloture on:
Calendar #599 Ashish S. Vazirani, of Maryland, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
Calendar #1037 Steven M. Dettelbach to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Calendar #975 Michael S. Barr to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2018.
Calendar #976 Michael S. Barr to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1036 Phillip A. Talbert to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California for the term of four years.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Honestly, there needs to be a way or smtg for the Senate to consolidate these votes or possibly not have to vote on every little person in a Presidents administration. I understand it's their given duty, but as the country grows and there are more things for them to vote on, it really seems like a waste