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Wrap Up for Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Roll Call Votes

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #262 Maria A. Lanahan to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri; confirmed: 52-45.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #269 Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security; invoked: 51-46.
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #269 Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security; confirmed: 49-46.
  4. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #293 Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; invoked: 53-44.
  5. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #293 Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; confirmed: 53-45.
  6. Thune motion to table Schumer point of order; agreed to: 53-46.
  7. Thune motion to proceed to Executive Session for the consideration of S.Res.377, Nominations; agreed to: 53-45.

 

Legislative Business

Began the Rule 14 process to place the following bills on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

  1. H.R.4553, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
  2. S.2748, to establish a program to beautify the District of Columbia and to establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission (Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act) (Schmitt)

 

Executive Business

The following nominations on the Executive Calendar were not reported properly and returned to committee:

  1. #101 Nicole McGraw, US Ambassador to Croatia, SFRC
  2. #102 Thomas DiNanno, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, SFRC
  3. #104 Sarah Rogers, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, SFRC
  4. #146 Somers Farkas, US Ambassador to Malta, SFRC
  5. #147 Leandro Rizzuto, US Ambassador for the Organization of American States, SFRC
  6. #148 Kenneth Howery, US Ambassador to Denmark, SFRC
  7. #150 Caleb Orr, Assistant Secretary of State (Economics and Business Affairs), SFRC
  8. #174 Chris Pratt, Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), SFRC
  9. #175 Michael DeSombre, Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), SFRC
  10. #187 Stacey Feinberg, US Ambassador to Luxembourg, SFRC
  11. #188 Howard Brodie, US Ambassador to Finland, SFRC
  12. #189 Arthur Fisher, US Ambassador to Austria, SFRC
  13. #190 Nicholas Merrick, US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, SFRC
  14. #191 Roman Pipko, US Ambassador to Estonia, SFRC
  15. #193 Jacob Helberg, Undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, SFRC
  16. #194 Benjamin Black, CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation, SFRC
  17. #195 Dr. Paul Kapur, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, SFRC
  18. #287 Lynda Blanchard, US Rep. to UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (ambassador), SFRC
  19. #288 Anjani Sinha, US Ambassador to Singapore, SFRC
  20. #308 Michael Waltz, US Ambassador to the UN (General Assembly), SFRC
  21. #309 Michael Waltz, US Ambassador to the UN (Security Council), SFRC
  22. #343 Neil Jacobs, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA Administrator), CST
  23. #351 Thomas Rose, US Ambassador to Poland, SFRC