November 27, 2018 06:51 PM

Schedule for Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
 
Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #939, Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, with the time until 11:00am equally divided.
 
The Senate will recess from 11:00am until 12:00 Noon to allow for an all-senators briefing.
 
All post-cloture time will expire at 12:15pm and the Senate will vote on confirmation of the Kelley nomination. Upon disposition of the Kelley nomination, there will be a cloture vote on the Farr nomination
 
The Senate could also consider a motion to discharge S.J.Res.54 during Wednesday’s session.
 
As a reminder, Senator McConnell has filed cloture on the following nominations:
 
1.      Executive Calendar #939, Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce;
2.      Executive Calendar #626, Thomas Alvin Farr, of North Carolina, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina;
3.      Executive Calendar #1141, Jonathan A Kobes, of South Dakota, to be US Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; and
4.      Executive Calendar #1064, Kathleen Laura Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
 
Each cloture motion will ripen upon disposition of the previous one and each is subject to up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate time.