Schedule for Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The Senate stands
adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
Following Leader remarks, the
Senate will proceed to Executive Session for the consideration of Executive
Calendar #542, Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, post-cloture.
At 11:00am, all post cloture
time will expire and the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Wier
nomination, followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive
Calendar #587, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., of Texas, to be United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
The Senate will recess from
12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.
11:00am tomorrow, June 5th
– 2 roll call votes:
1)
Confirmation of
Executive Calendar #542, Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky
2)
Motion to invoke
cloture on Executive Calendar #587, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., of Texas, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Cloture has been filed on the
following nominations:
3)
Executive
Calendar #542, Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky
4)
Executive
Calendar #587, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., of Texas, to be United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Texas
5)
Executive
Calendar #625, Annemarie Carney Axon, of Alabama, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
Agreement of Marcus
nomination
As a reminder, the Senate
has reached an agreement that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader
in consultation with the Democratic Leader, the Senate will proceed to
Executive session for the consideration of the following nomination: Executive
Calendar #603, Exec. Cal. #603 - Kenneth L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education.
There will be 10 hours of
debate equally divided in the usual form and following the use or yielding back
of time the Senate will vote on the nomination with no intervening action or
debate; that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid
upon the table; the President be immediately notified of the Senate’s action,
that no further motions be in order, and that any statements relating to the
nomination be printed in the Record.
