mr. schmitt, no. mr. ricketts, no. the presiding officer: on this te the ayes are 46, the nays are 41 and the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 707. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the ll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. the clerk: mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. boozman.r. booker. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. card. mr. carper. mr. cay. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibran mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mrjohnso mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis.

mr. schmitt, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46. the nays are 38. the presidinofficer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: m president, we have one final vote tonight. votes will resume at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 48 # -- viii 17. the presidinofficer: the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second. there appears to be. the clerk wl call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. vote: mr. barras. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. own. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyd

mr. schmitt, no. mr. romney, no. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 46, the nomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 620, david huitema, of maryland, to be director of the office of government ethics. 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 david huitema, of maryland, to be director of the office of government ethics for a term of five years shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the c

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cantwell, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, gillibrand, heinrich, hirono, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, murray, reed, rosen, shaheen, sinema, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, budd, ernst, fischer, grassley, hawley, lankford, lee, lummis, manchin, risch, schmitt, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, vance, wicker, young. mr. crapo, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. brown, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. graham, no. ms. hassan, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. romney, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. collins, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye

mr. schmitt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. ricketts, no mr. booker, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. padilla,aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. thune, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 47. the nays are 36. the tion is agreed to. the clerk will report the mi nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, amir h. alley of the distributes of columbia to be united states district judge. mr. schumer: i send a motion to the desk. the presing officer: wl report the motion to invoke cloture. the clk: we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisionsf rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate othe nomination of executive calendar numbe 539. i r amir alley to be united states district judge for the district of columbia signed b 17 senators as follows. the presiding officer: is there obction? woiks. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the queson is on the motion to proceed. a senator: [inaudible]. the presiding o

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. scott of florida, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: officer the yeas are 50, the nays are 46ment the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the following nomination, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. embry j. kidd of florida to be united states circuit judge for the 11th circuit. m

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: mr. young. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move that the -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move that the sergeant at arms request the presence of absent senators and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. the clerk: ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. d

mr. schmitt, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. manchin, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. grassley, no. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. risch, no. vote: the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. graham, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. hirono, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. f

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. the senate work in nontraditional nominations today votes have also begun on a. series of foreign policy measures introduced by independent senator bernie sanders been these include resolutions to block arms shipments to israel and other disapproving of loan relief for ukraine. earlier today at vice president-elect jd vance was on capitol hill talking with lawmakers about the incoming president's choice for attorneyy general. former congressman matt gaetz, resigned shortly before the release of an ethics committee report. you are watching live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmativive -- heinrich, kain i appreciated emily going to take a couple of minutes. yesterday in the press report apparently i had a report what i said at lunch for the news the talking but a simple concept. i don't know i think the american people are onor board with me. we have toma show for work, rig? i think we have to bring the resubmit 18 votes on monday night is b

mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. warner, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. vote: the two leaders to commemorate7s with global challenges in putting gaza in the south china sea. second and third largest democracies, the united states and indonesia share a commitment to addressing evolving challenges and capitalizing on emergent opportunities. pelagius discussed sustainable approaches to food security, clean energy, democracy, and pluralism. regional peace and stability in people to people ties as well as advancing our cooperation and humanitarian aid and disas

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. i thank you all for being here and i'm delighted to be accompanied by senators merkley welsch and then colin. we are here this morning to discuss the three joint resolutions or jay argues that the senate will be voting on tomorrow. they are as j. rezwan 11, to block 120-millimeter tank rounds as j. reyes 115 to block high explosivebe mortar rounds as j.o block guidance kits attached to many of the bombs dropped in gaza. the truth of the matter is that from a legal perspective these resolutions are not complicated. they are cut and dried. the united states government is currently in violation of the war and every member of the u.s. senate who believes in the rule of law should vote for these resolutions. the foreign assistance act and the arms export control act are very clear the united states cannot provide weaponry for countries that violate internationally recognized human right or block u.s. humanitarian aid. according to the united nations, much of the international community and

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, cantwell, carper, durbin, fetterman, heinrich, hickenlooper, kelly, king, klobuchar, markey, merkley, ossoff, peters, reed, schatz, schumer, shaheen, sinema, whitehouse, wyden e --. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, britt budd daines, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hagerty, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, lankford, lee, lummis, moran, paul, risch, romney, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, wicker. mr. casey, aye. mr. marshall, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. cruz, no. ms. duckworth, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. lujan, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk:

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. moran, no. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- casey, king, lujan, sinema, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, capito, collins, cornyn, cramer, cruz, fischer, hagerty, hawley, johnson, lankford, moran, murkowski, and tillis. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. all downhill from here. but in all seriousness, it's particularly get a beer assume has been a long time resident of this area, washington, d.c., northern virginia, it's so gratifying to see this extraordinary investment take life and it even more life to this community. some gingerly grateful just as a citizen of the commonwealth and someone also feels very strongly about washington, d.c. so grateful to amazon or its presence, it's investment

mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema.s. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. two an unelected bureaucracy has thrown this balance offkilter. earlier this year of course the article iii branch quite clearly restored the boundaries on freelance regulatory interpretation in the executive branch. but there's more work to be done to rein in washington bureaucrats expensive interpretation of the powers of workingdi americans. and fortunately congress has a powerful tool called the congressional review act that does exactly that. two great affection republicans used the cra to scrap a slew of bureaucratic rules after eight years of runaway regulation under the obama administration. republicans worked to end a coal mining world that threatened hundreds of thousands of workers, including many in kentucky. we took a hammer to a fair, far-reaching and aggressive obama era

mr. trump in jail for 750 years, jack smith special counsel will be on unemployment line soon, joining us now, missouri senator eric schmittashington and document case in florida. i don't see any for jack smith to do maybe he resigned today? >> well these cases were falling apart, "house of cards" was coming down for months, i think that american people weighed in with their verdict they had enough. we don't want to be a banana republic that was in ballot took only thing democrat had was to demonize president trump and half of america this lawfare was a part of this, it has been rejected, the arc of the story, started after midterms, joe biden gives a speech saying we'll never let president trump back in white house, we'll do all we can, zombie cases are resurrected, including jack smith, and fani willis and alvin bragg cases, one it has been dismissed that documents case, what is important for these larry, main reason is all them were using evidence in their cases they were political in nature, based on president trump's time in oval office in that supreme court decision that is evidence gone, these would go away by way o

mr. trump and talk about jay powell and his shortcomings. then we've got senators eric schmitt on the end of biden harris lawfare against president trump. it's all coming to an end and jack smith is going on the unemployment line. then john cornyn waiting in the wings going to talk about his campaign to become the senate majority leader. first up, our very own edward lawrence live at the federal reserve board after today's federal reserve board announcements by jay powell, you probably had to take some tylenol or whatever your favorite headache pill was. edward, tell us about it. reporter: yeah, five hour energy drink. he talks monotone is what we needed here. yeah, the federal reserve has cut a quarter of a percent, 25 basis points and federal reserve chairman said he's seen inflation come pressure blizzard warnings down to the 2% target unemployment rate and he's a wait and see. more cautious when it comes to further rate cuts on this and he defended the rate cut they made today. listen. >> nothing in the economic data suggests there's any need to hurry to get there. we're se

mr. trump is look at missouri senator eric schmitt as well as matt whitaker who served as the top of thethat decision, and he makes good decisions about the people that work for him. i've not talked to them about it. >> reporter: one current government official who says he's not going anywhere, federal reserve chairman jerome powell, whose term runs until may of 2026. if he asked you to leave, would you go? >> no. >> reporter: the message from american voters was crystal clear. speaking publicly for the first time since the election, so was president biden. >> on january 20th, we'll have a peaceful transfer of power here in america. >> reporter: while defending his administration's accomplishments and legacy, he praised vice president harris. >> she has a backbone like a ramrod. >> reporter: though he struck a unifying tone in the speech, during the campaign biden described president-elect trump in stark terms. >> he's a threat to our democracy. >> reporter: the white house responding to the shift in rhetoric. >> i think that the president was very clear what he stated and was very hones

mrs. schmitt -- mr. romney, no. mr. tuberville, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. mr. johnson, no. ms. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. risch, no. mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. young, no. mr. moran, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. daines, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. sullivan, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. vance, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. kennedy, no. mr. cruz, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. ms. capito, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. thune, no. mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50, the nays are 48. the motion georgia he had to. -- the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.

state al schmitt spoke about bob casey and dave mccormick in pennsylvania for races within half a percentage point, an automatic recount is triggered. the associated press has called the race for mr. mccormick, though other outlets have not. >> good afternoon, i'm al schmidt, as secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania i announced yesterday the unofficial result in the november 5 election triggered a legally required recount for the u.s. senate race. we received many questions how that recount process will work. so i'd like to explain to you a little bit today. the shapiro administration is committed to transparency and how the commonwealth elections are administered and today's live stream is part of that commitment. mandatory recounts are triggered any time unofficial results in a statewide race show candidates' vote totals are within one half of 1% of each other. in this case, the unofficial totals for democratic incumbent bob casey and republican candidate dave mccormick were separated by only .43% as of 5:00 p.m. yesterday. the close of that margin is less than .5%. state law required me to order a recount. this is the eighth recount that has been legally triggered in t