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

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

There is no excuse. Duckworth should've been there and Harris could've broken the tie. If not, Schumer should've delayed the vote. It's a minor setback, but it is embarrassing. Schumer needs to get it together.

Since Cloture was already invoked, the vote was automatic once 30 hours passed. It was held early, so Schumer could have delayed it for a few hours, but it's unlikely that would have changed the outcome. Pushing it later would have required UC, which the GOP would not have granted as they want to stop this nomination. Schumer could have returned it to the calendar, but then Cloture would have to be re-invoked. So letting the vote happen is actually the best option - if there's surprising support for the nomination, great. If not, he just votes No and files a motion to reconsider, and then the nomination can be brought back up whenever attendance is better, without having to re-invoke Cloture or get UC.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Leader Schumer has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #1067 Florence Y. Pan to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1066 Geoffrey R. Pyatt to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources).
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1141 Nathaniel Fick to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy. (New Position)
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1142 Rolfe Michael Schiffer to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1143 Patrick Leahy to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1144 James E. Risch to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Merriam confirmed 53-44:

NAYs ---44
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)
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)
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
Cramer (R-ND)
Cruz (R-TX)
Moran (R-KS)

Pekoske (Transportation Security Administrator) confirmed 77-18:

NAYs ---18
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Daines (R-MT)
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)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-FL)
Tuberville (R-AL)

Not Voting - 5
Cramer (R-ND)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Moran (R-KS)
Scott (R-SC)

[politicallefty]

There is no excuse. Duckworth should've been there and Harris could've broken the tie. If not, Schumer should've delayed the vote. It's a minor setback, but it is embarrassing. Schumer needs to get it together.

Since Cloture was already invoked, the vote was automatic once 30 hours passed. It was held early, so Schumer could have delayed it for a few hours, but it's unlikely that would have changed the outcome. Pushing it later would have required UC, which the GOP would not have granted as they want to stop this nomination. Schumer could have returned it to the calendar, but then Cloture would have to be re-invoked. So letting the vote happen is actually the best option - if there's surprising support for the nomination, great. If not, he just votes No and files a motion to reconsider, and then the nomination can be brought back up whenever attendance is better, without having to re-invoke Cloture or get UC.

That's a fair explanation, but Schumer should've known Hassan wasn't going to be in town. I don't know where Duckworth was. The Freeman nomination was always going to be one of the most contentious circuit court nomination.

It's also worth noting that Brad Garcia got through committee with Graham's vote, so he won't need a discharge vote. That's almost extraordinary really. He was born in 1986 and is about to get a life appointment to the DC Circuit, the second most powerful court in the country. Even a decade from now, he would be a young candidate for SCOTUS. I honestly expected Democrats to have to jam his nomination through.

It does seem possible that Democrats could get the remainder of all of President Biden's circuit court nominations through to confirmation by the end of the year. It probably depends on whether or not Democrats hold the Senate or not. If we keep a Democratic Senate, some of them will probably pushed into the new Congress. If there's a Republican Senate elected, Democrats basically have to get them all done by the end of the year. Biden does appear on track to surpass Trump's recent record regardless. I think Democrats can get above 30, but getting all 37 probably only happens if Democrats lose the Senate (since any unconfirmed nominees could and would easily be reconsidered in a continuing Democratic Senate in 2023).

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Leader Schumer has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #1055 Amanda Bennett to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media.
Leader Schumer has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #1097 Arati Prabhakar to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Pan (D.C. Circuit) Passes CLOTURE 52-38:

NAYs ---38
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)
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)
McConnell (R-KY)
Paul (R-KY)
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)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 10
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Cramer (R-ND)
Graham (R-SC)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Moran (R-KS)
Risch (R-ID)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warnock (D-GA)
Wyden (D-OR)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Pan confirmed 52-42:

NAYs ---42
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)
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)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 6
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Cramer (R-ND)
Graham (R-SC)
Leahy (D-VT)
Risch (R-ID)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1120 Randy W. Berry to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Namibia.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1059 Robert A. Wood to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1056 Roselyn Tso to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1060 Robert A. Wood to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Bennett (Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media) Passes CLOTURE 60-37:

NAYs ---37
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
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)
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)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 3
Baldwin (D-WI)
Crapo (R-ID)
Risch (R-ID)

Prabhakar (Director of Science and Technology Policy) passes CLOTURE 58-38:

NAYs ---38
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
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)
Manchin (D-WV)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Paul (R-KY)
Romney (R-UT)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 4
Baldwin (D-WI)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Risch (R-ID)

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/whcos/status/1573019680566116359

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yesterday:

Bennett confirmed 60-36:

NAYs ---36
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
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)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (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)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 4
Baldwin (D-WI)
Booker (D-NJ)
Crapo (R-ID)
Lee (R-UT)

Prabhakar confirmed 56-40:

NAYs ---40
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Boozman (R-AR)
Braun (R-IN)
Capito (R-WV)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
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)
Manchin (D-WV)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
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)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 4
Baldwin (D-WI)
Crapo (R-ID)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Murray (D-WA)

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1041 Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1150 Kevin G. Ritz to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years.

[politicallefty]

A rather disappointing week for judges overall, but it's always good to see a Democratic President get another judge on the DC Circuit. Her confirmation vote for this seat was nowhere close to what she got for the DC District, which is certainly to be expected. Apart from the usual Republicans, she somehow got Portman and Rounds. It's not the first time I've seen Rounds break away from the majority of his party. I wonder if it's the fact that he used to be a governor (and while definitely conservative, he didn't seem to be a firebreather).

Assuming Brad Garcia gets confirmed, President Biden will have secured the DC Circuit for at least a generation. The oldest of the six (hopefully seven) Democratic appointees is Nina Pillard, who is 61. The only potential opening on the right-wing of the court is GHWB-appointee Karen Henderson, although she doesn't seem like the type to leave voluntarily under a Democratic President.

Btw, if anyone doubts how serious Democrats are taking the courts now, Biden has nominated Julie Rikelman for a seat on the 1st Circuit. She represented the "Jackson" in Dobbs v. Jackson. She just had her committee hearing on Wednesday. Unfortunately, she'll probably require a discharge vote, despite how relatively inconsequential the 1st Circuit is.

(I have to say it's also such a shame that Sri Srinivasan isn't a Supreme Court Justice. If there was a reasonable Senate in 2016, he likely would've been confirmed on a strong bipartisan vote. I have no doubt he would've been Obama's pick to succeed Scalia if he knew the Senate would've given him a fair hearing and vote.)

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575283885545586688

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Freeman confirmed on a party line vote of 50-47:

Not Voting - 3
Lee (R-UT)
Portman (R-OH)
Rubio (R-FL)

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1534577512541569025

Rectification:

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575556218328084481

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575575603826536448

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575575603826536448

Why?  We could be confirming Judges for the whole month of October.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575575603826536448

Why?  We could be confirming Judges for the whole month of October.

Campaigning, but a couple Sens. will have to come into town to consider the NDAA in 2 wks., & Judish nom hearings are likely still happening remotely, so there'll be plenty of confirmations to proceed straight to upon return in Nov.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Gomez confirmed on a party line vote of 49-36:

Not Voting - 15
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Graham (R-SC)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Moran (R-KS)
Portman (R-OH)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Scott (R-FL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)

Leader Schumer has filed cloture on Executive Calendar #1130 Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #732 Mary Lucille Jordan to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2026. (Reappointment)
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #735 Timothy Baker to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2026.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #762 Robert Michael Gordon to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1038 Sean Burton to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2024.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1107 Lesslie Viguerie to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1121 Audrey K. Schuster to be Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2025.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1122 Joseph M. Green to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring March 3, 2028. (Reappointment)
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1124 Michael J. Lombardo to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1125 Michael J. Lombardo to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2028. (Reappointment)
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1170 Vincent Garfield Logan to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2026.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1139 Brian A. Kyes to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1140 Stephen D. Lynn to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1167 Thomas E. Brown to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1168 Kirk M. Taylor to be United States Marshal for the District of Colorado for the term of four years.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #980 Mari Carmen Aponte to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #981 Michelle Kwan to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1109 Candace A. Bond to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #1112 Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua.

[politicallefty]

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1575575603826536448

Why?  We could be confirming Judges for the whole month of October.

Campaigning, but a couple Sens. will have to come into town to consider the NDAA in 2 wks., & Judish nom hearings are likely still happening remotely, so there'll be plenty of confirmations to proceed straight to upon return in Nov.

I am quite disappointed in Chuck Schumer. I was hoping for a couple more circuit court confirmations before the election. As it stands now, Biden just had his 25th circuit court judge confirmed. That leaves 12 awaiting further action: 5 have been approved by the committee and await floor votes, 2 require discharge votes, 2 are awaiting a committee vote, and 3 are awaiting a committee hearing. If the Senate falls, that's a tight lame duck session to get them all confirmed (not to mention how many district court nominees need votes, although they only require 2-hour cloture votes as opposed to 30).

I have to say I'm also at a loss as to how the 1st and 4th Circuits both have unfilled nominees when both states (NH and MD) have two Democratic Senators. I understand the unfilled vacancy on the 7th (IN), since the judge there died in mid-June. Gregg Costa's resignation makes the 5th Circuit even more conservative than it already was. If the White House couldn't work something out with Cornyn, they should've just did what they did with the Andre Mathis nomination.

There's a lot riding on the remaining nominees. The DC Circuit can be locked in for at least a generation, a liberal majority can be reestablished on the 2nd Circuit, the 3rd Circuit will go from a conservative majority to a tie, and the 10th Circuit can have its liberal majority locked in.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/prof_jpc/status/1577257896223514625

[politicallefty]

There is no excuse. I'm not sure who to blame, either the White House or Cardin and Van Hollen. I'm assuming the latter considering the South Carolina seat has a name (and there's no way the White House didn't consult with Graham on that nominee). The 4th Circuit was one of Obama's biggest judicial legacies, going from a staunch conservative majority to a 10-5 Democratic-appointed majority (Obama got six judges confirmed there).

[politicallefty]

This needs a bump. Two more years of judicial appointments from President Biden. This is going to be fun. 

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Antongiorgi-Jordan (D PR) passes CLOTURE 51-43:

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)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
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)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 6
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Sasse (R-NE)
Warnock (D-GA)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Antongiorgi-Jordan confirmed 55-43:

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)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
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)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

Not Voting - 2
Sasse (R-NE)
Warnock (D-GA)

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #993 Rheanne Wirkkala to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.