ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. padilla, aye. mr. murphy, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. tillis, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 42, the yeas are 52, the nays are 46, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: judiciary, monica ramirez almadani, to be united states district judge for the district of california. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the almadani nomination and the confirmation vote be tomorrow at 10:30. i ask dha the senate consider qlums 267 and 276, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc, without intervening action or debate, the motions t

ms. butler, aye. mr. coons, eye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. wyden, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. mendendez, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 95, the nays are 1. the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i know of no debate on the nomination. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the nomination? hearing none, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. is there a sufficient second? there is. the question occurs on the nomination. all those in favor, say aye. oh, it is a roll. i'm sorry. the clerk will call the roll. is. vote: 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. can

ms. butler, no. mr. moran, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. fetterman, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. mr. reed, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 46. the nays are 51. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the 60-affirmative vote threshold for the adoption of the substitute amendment 1092 as amended be withdrawn. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i know of no furt

ms. butler, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 53, the nays are 44, amendment the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: shanlyn a.s. park, of hawaii, to be united states district judge for the district of hawaii. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate consider the following nominations en bloc, 143, 220, 272, 274, that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc, without intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and that the president immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. schumer:i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 51. the nays are 47. and 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 actions. 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 calendars number 3310, brandy r. m{l1}c{l0}million of -- brandy r. mcmillion. 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 brandy r r. mcmillion of michigan to be united states district judge for the eastern district of michigan shall be brought to a close. the

ms. butler, aye. mr. marshall, no. vote: the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. urbin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tuberville, though. -- mr. tuberville, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. cotton, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. kaine, aye. ms. collins, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. mr. cardin, aye. mr. vance, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. ms. sm

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. sullivan, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mrs. murray, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. marshall, no.vote: vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. boozman, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. -- mr. brown, ay. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye.

ms. butler, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. tillis, no. mr. moran, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. mr. schatz, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. -- mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. warner, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. braun, no. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. sullivan,

ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. 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. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. 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. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. m

ms. butler, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. daines, no. mr. warner, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, jamel semper, of new jersey, to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. mrs. murray: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, thank you. as you well know, because we've talked about it, our child care system is simply broken. it is not working for families across our country and we face a crisis now that continues to grow worse. i've said that many times. times. and i will say it again and again and again until we fix

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: ms.ar, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 49. 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. 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 go do hereby move to bring to a close debate executive calendar number 373, charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission signed by 17 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 charlotte a. burrows of the district of columbia to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory u

ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. 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. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. 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. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse

ms. butler, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. carper, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr.rich, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. schumer, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. durbin, aye. mr. markey, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. brown, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. casey, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. welch, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. crapo, no.

ms. butler, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. brown, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. tester, aye. the presiding officer: the ayes are 53, the nays are 42, the nomination is confirmed. under the pr

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr.illis, no. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. rosen, aye. mr. cruz, no. mr. welch, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer is no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. budd, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. a boat that was supposed to happen today was moved to tomorrow but in lieu of keeping a schedule i decided stay with today's 8 a.m. commitment to all of you and to the american people. here's where we are. we are due to go for round three of expulsion of congressman george santos from ny three. i think we can all look back and say this is not at least i .biz you go. most people any meaty woul

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lankford, no. mr. braun, no. mr. cramer, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. ms. lummis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. crapo, no. vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 51, the nays are 48, and the motion to table is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk, and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the

ms. lafond, a butler. as lafond has said, we have known each other for some years. we have worked together and i have seen as i hope many of you have, the effort, the tireless effort that lufthansa puts into her extraordinary role of leadership and i will tell you, you and we are fortunate to have a leader of emily's list who understands the mission and the purpose so deeply and sincerely. because as i will discuss in a moment, there are so many of our fundamental freedoms that are under attack. and to have a leader like lufthansa, as demonstrated with what she did and what emily's list did during the mid-terms to elect the and historic number of women governors. we applaud and thank you lufthansa butler. so it is good to see everyone. i want to thank the board, including my sister, maya harris, who is here. i want to thank the increase. alan, malcolm, rebecca, highly and the whole board of emily's list. thank you for your leadership of this organization and congratulations. a special congratulation to someone that i have had the pleasure and the honor of working wi

ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. padilla, no. ms. sinema, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. lankford, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. the clerk: mr. markey, no. is vote: the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. house democrats came in to this week with three principal objectives with respect continuing resolution. first, no spending cut. second, no extreme right wing policy changes. mission accomplished. third, no government shutdown. democrats and republican the bipartisan path forward and watching house republicans are unable to govern on their own. , no further observation. today should make that clear as has been the case from the events of the congress january 3 all the way through to this moment. from the very beginning hou

ms. butler, no. mr. kelly, no. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. merkley, no. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. vote: the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 434, the nays are -- the yeas are 43, the nays 53. the 60-vote threshold not being achieved, the bill as amended fails of passage. the senator from new mexico. mr. lujan: i ask that the senate be in morning business with senators permitted to speak for ten minutes therein each. mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i thank my colleagues for coming down tonight. we're in a very dangerous world. our country is being challenged on multiple fronts across the globe. we literally have american troops under attack in the middle east. as a member of the armed services committee, as a u.s. marine corps colonel, i know, we all know in the senate, america needs to have our best players, most combat-capable leaders on the field. right now, that's not happening. it needs to change. mr. pr

ms. butler and ask questions when the time arrives. >> thank you so much. i was going to note that i have not been in any other committee where the chair yielded their time. >> don't get used to it. >> i do want to start by thanking chair klobuchar for her tireless efforts to shine a spotlight on the importance of preserving election integrity without efforts to protect this process, it is not an overstatement to worry about the future of democracy in our country and i know our chair is committed to that. i want to appreciate our witnesses. thinking:ability secretary bennett and administrator polly for safeguarding our elections every single day. secretary sanchez and schmidt, you both have personally experienced threats and harassments because of your public service. thank you for being here with us to talk about what we can do to make sure that what you experienced never happens again. attorney howard, i appreciate the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and i want to really pick up my questions with where you left off in your testimony in re

ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, no. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. roll call vote vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 57, the nays are 42, and the motion is agreed to. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: first, mr. president, i have a unanimous consent request that jeremy king, a secret service detailee from my office be granted floor p