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Up to 5 roll call votes at 10am

At 10:00am, we expect to voice vote confirmation of the Orr nomination and then have up to 4 roll call votes on confirmation of the Hezir nomination and cloture votes on the Stivers, Leeson, and Griggsby nominations.   10:00am—up to 5 roll call votes Confirmation of Executive Calendar #555 Franklin M. Orr, Jr. – to…

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Vote schedule for Thursday, Monday and Tuesday–cloture filed on Hezir, Stivers, Leeson, Griggsby, Baran, McFerran and Williams nominations

Tonight Senator Reid filed cloture on the Hezir, Stivers, Leeson, Griggsby, Baran, McFerran and Williams nominations and subsequently reached an agreement to schedule the cloture and confirmation votes of those and the Orr and Hezir nominations. The vote schedule and agreement can be found below.   Thursday, December 4: 10:00am—up to 5 roll call votes…

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5 votes at 10am and 5 votes at 5:30pm Wednesday

The 3pm vote series tomorrow will now occur at 5:30pm and we added the cloture vote on the Hezir nomination to the end of the series. As a result, there will be up to 5 roll call votes at 10am and 5 roll call votes at 5:30pm tomorrow.   Wednesday, December 3 10:00am: Confirmation of…

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4 votes at 4:10pm today and 10am and 3pm Wednesday

By consent, we have added the cloture vote on the Lopez nomination to the afternoon vote series and moved the start time to 4:10pm today. As a result, there will now be 4 roll call votes at 4:10pm today on confirmation of Coloretti and Adler nominations and cloture on Burrows and Lopez nominations.   4:10pm…

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4 votes at 10:30am and 3 votes at 4pm Tuesday

The Senate has reached an agreement that results in a series of 4 roll call votes at 10:30am on Tuesday (confirm Mamet and Bell and cloture on Coloretti and Adler) and 3 roll call votes at 4:00pm tomorrow (confirm Coloretti and Adler and cloture on Burrows). The time following the Adler cloture vote and 4pm will be…

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Cloture filed on Hale, Kearney, Pappert, Orr, and Hezir nominations

Today, Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations: Executive Calendar #1036, David Hale, of KY, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky; Executive Calendar #1037, Mark Kearney, of PA, to be U.S .District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Executive Calendar #1038, Gerald Pappert, of PA, to be U.S.…

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Cloture filed on Mamet, Bell, Coloretti, Adler, Burrows, and Lopez nominations

This evening Senator Reid filed cloture on the Mamet, Bell, Coloretti, Adler, Burrows, and Lopez nominations.   Executive Calendar #892, Noah, Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to Argentina Executive Calendar #631, Colleen Bell, of California, to be Ambassador to Hungary Executive Calendar #772, Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of HUD…

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Nominations confirmed by voice votes

The Following nominations were confirmed by voice votes: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #955 James D. Pettit – to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1054 Pamela Leora Spratlen – to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America…

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Arleo and Beetlestone nominations confirmed by voice votes

Executive Calendar #1032, Madeline Cox Arleo, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; Confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #1033, Wendy Beetlestone, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Confirmed by voice vote

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Roll Call Vote on confirmation of Sannes nomination (NY district)

2:29pm The Senate began a 10 minute roll call vote on Confirmation of Executive Calendar #930, Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York; Confirmed: 96-0

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