i wish judge brasher and his wife, julia, along with their two boys hank and drew all the best as they take on this new opportunity and responsibility. mr. president, with that i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> and the senate taking a break now so lawmakers can attend the weekly party caucus lunches. when they returned it would take up the final vote to confirm andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit along with procedural votes on four other judicial nominees. live coverage when the senate returns right here on c-span2. take you live now to the briefing with democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi talking about presidents 2021 budget proposal. this started about ten minutes ago. >> this is her important that we have clarity on on the subject because we are talking about america's working families. we talking about medicare which is essential not only to the health of the financial security. we're also talking about medicaid which is middle income benefit of of the people thinkf it, people with

to continue work on the nomination of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m., federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the house financial services committee on monetary policy and the economy. a house 2:30 p.m., armed services subcommittee examines white supremacy in the u.s. military. next, more from politico's annual state solutions congress with arkansas governor asa hutchinson. [applause] >> i will do my best stephen shepherd impersonation. he is of course out and about covering politics and stuck somewhere in an airport so i've agreed to step in and we will we are thrilled to have a governor hutchinson here to talk about the state of the economy, politics, trade, everything else. not like there is anything going on in the news these days happening in washington. i'm chief economic port -- correspondent. i'm joined by governor hutchinson. prior to winning the governing chip -- the governorship, he was a dea administrator undersecretary department homeland security during george w. bush. so thank you governor for join

to continue work on the nomination of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit court of appeals. on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m., federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the house financial services committee on monetary policy and the economy. a house 2:30 p.m., armed services subcommittee examines white supremacy in the u.s. military. next, more from

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senate proceed to executive session and present consideration of the dominic blackwell nomination -- brasher. the cloture motion filed in today's session at 5:30 p.m. on monday. >> without objection. if there is no further business to come before the senate i asked the senate be adjourned under the previous order. the senate stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. >> the senate impeachment trial of president donald trump has concluded about 35 minutes ago on both articles. article i abuse of power article ii obstruction of congress live coverage of the senate tomorrow that for a pro forma session. take it like to hear from the democratic leader chuck schumer. >> is going to work out and i believe it will work out. that's not what motivated us here. something as serious as this we try to figure out what is the right thing to do. what is the truth and you get to the truth in eagle ford and the chips will fall where they may but almost always in if american history is an indication when you are right the chips fall on your side or go ahead cheryl. [inaudible] >> i learned of the vote just b

lawmakers will continue work on the appointment of andrew brasher to be a judge on the 11th circuit and take a break for the party caucus lunches at 12:30 and return at 2:15 eastern to take a final vote on the nomination, along with procedural votes on four other judicial nominees. now, live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, unto whom all

brasher is laughably inexperienced. he was confirmed as a district court judge only nine months ago. that is the sum total of his experience as a judge at any level, nine months. now leader mcconnell wants to elevate him to an appellate court. in leader mcconnell's desperate rush to pack the courts with hard-right judges, his party is asking the senate to confirm judicial novices to the most austere and important seats on the federal bench. worse than this nominee's inexperience, though, are his views which are so far outside the american mainstream. in his five years of solicitor general in the state of alabama, brasher defended the indefensible on issues ranging from women's reproductive rights to marriage equality to gun safety. mr. brasher is also -- has also amassed a career's worth of experience undermining voting rights. brasher signed on to an amicus brief that argued in favor of gutting the voting rights act, arguably the most important piece of civil rights legislation in our nation's history. his arguments in

brasher. now that the impeachment trial of the president is over, leader mcconnell is wasting no time getting us back to seeing to what is his primarily goal, rubber-stamping unqualified and extreme judicial nominations. this week the senate will consider the nomination of andrew lynn brasher to the 11th circuit court of appeals. mr. brasher's primary qualification to sit on the federal bench seems to be the six and a half months, six and a half months he spent on the district court in alabama. let me repeat that. senate republicans installed brasher as district court judge less than seven months before moving to elevate him to an appellate court. never heard of anything like this. the senate majority is asking us to promote a candidate for circuit judge judgeship who has less than a year of experience as a judge. he's not just unqualified. maybe why they're promoting him so quickly is because they love the fact that his views are so wildly out of the mainstream. as alabama's solicitor general