the clerk: nomination, department of the treasury, benjamin harris of virginia to be an assistant secretary. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: senate democrats make another vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 78, the nays are 21. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the coleman nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, united states agency for international development, isobel coleman of new york to be deputy administrator. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 59. the nays are 39. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding offi

forces also accused of violent be pushing people back at me. 13 have died as a result of harry in conditions. benjamin ward is the deputy director of human rights watches, europe, and central asia division. he says both vendor, bruce and poland have an obligation to ensure a safe humanitarian access to people suck along their border. the iris is in the frame for criticism here because it has been subjecting migrants and asylum seekers to the most appalling abuse after encouraging them to come on on a false promise, trapping them in the border area, subjecting to violence, denying them access to food, water and shelter, you know, a small number, maybe in, in a shelter now, but there are many others who are not i'm so that is all that, you know, very, very troubling. but what is all so deeply troubling is that we found that clear evidence that poland is or enabling this abuse by pushing people back in some, in some cases repeatedly who are trying to cross into poland back into the hands of the declaration. officials who are abusing them. and it's also by denying humanitarian organizations access to the

question in the democratic party about who could run as a democratic nominee. >> benjamin: of course, you know, kamala harris transportation secretary do you think it stands nim good position? >> it is really interesting. pete buttigieg is in what would typically be a backwater cabinet position. transportation secretary is where the democratic president will put a republican or republican president will put a democrat. not a typically important position compared to the other cabinet postings like secretary of state for example but it just so happens that pete buttigieg aligned himself in a place where the policy that this administration is pushing, infrastructure, the heart of that is in transportation. because of that he has become the spokesperson for this infrastructure bill, bipartisan infrastructure bill that is popular and he gets to go on the road and sell this bill and he gets to be on late night tv. he is on the "today" show getting warm fuzzy interviews. on the view. he is everywhere getting all this amazing press like nothing you've seen from a transportation secretary before. it also helps that,

. >> bret: benjamin hall live at the state department. thank you. vice president kamala harrisr-day visit aimed at shoring up the u.s. relationship with its oldest ally. washington's relations with france hit an historic low this year after submarine agreement with australia scuttled a french deal to sell subs to the australian navy. late last month president trump told french president emmanuel macron the u.s. had been clumsy in its handling of the matter. up next the growing resistance to president biden's vaccine mandates and what's being done about it first, beyond our borders tonight, the european union accuses belarus of stoke ago migrant crisis with gangster style tactics. migrants have set up camps in freezing conditions on the belarusen side of the border with poland razor wire fences and polish guards have blocked their entry into the country. capitol hill's lower house of congress votes to impeach sebastian panera over the sale of a family mining project. the accusation stems from the so-called pandora papers which revealed offshore financial dealings of prominent fi

benjamin harris of virginia to be an assistant secretary. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 337, isobel coleman of new york to be a deputy administrator of the united states agency for international development, signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of isobel coleman of new york to be a deputy administrator of the united states agency for international development shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote? if not the yeas are 59, the nays are 40 an