Now voting on cloture on Abrams -- voice votes on Leaf, Osius, Ruggles, and Stanton nominations tonight
6:05pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #856, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia;Invoked: 68-28
Following the cloture vote on the Ross nomination tonight, the Senate will voice vote confirmation of the Leaf, Osius, Ruggles, and Stanton nominations (ambassadors).
Next Roll Call Votes:
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #857, Mark Howard Cohen, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia; and
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #858, Eleanor Louise Ross, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Voice votes:
Executive Calendar #1050 Barbara A. Leaf - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Arab Emirates
Executive Calendar #898 Theodore G. Osius III - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Executive Calendar #961 Erica J. Barks Ruggles - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda
Executive Calendar #533 Karen Clark Stanton - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste