the rest of the week, they have more nominees to consider, including republican lawyer james trainor to be a commissioner on the federal election commission. for now, the senate has no plans to take up the $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, passed by the house late last week. the house of representatives has no vote scheduled this week, but on tuesday, during a short pro forma session, there will be a swearing-in for two newly elected republican members. the house plans to resume legislative work on may 27, starting with the reauthorization of fisa, which has already passed the senate. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the >> tonight on the communicators, new yorker magazine writer talks about his book antisocial, online extremists technical hope you -- technical utopia. >> without we will just disrupt everything and have every hierarchy we know just come crashing down. whatever happens next, it will probably be fine, but we don't know what it is. but we now know in retrospect, spoiler, it was not fine. valleyvacuum silicone created came the nihilists, trolls, liars

eastern to consider judicial and executive nominations including james trainor to be a member of the federal election commission. government federal at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact numbers for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy at c-span store.org. president trump invited restaurant executives to the white house to talk about the coronavirus response and efforts to reopen the economy. he also addressed his firing of the state department's inspector there general and announced that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure despite warnings about his safety. with trump: we are here the leaders of the restaurant industry, an industry that has been tremendously impacted by what is happening with covid. it is an industry we are working hard with and on. we are looking at deductibility that a corporation can use a restaurant, entertainment clubs, etc., and get deductibility. i think that will have a big impact. steve mnuchin can talk about it. i would like to have some of these leade

the rest of the week, they have more nominees to consider, including republican lawyer james trainor to be a commissioner on the federal election commission. for now, the senate has no plans to take up the $3 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by the house late last week. the house of representatives has no vote scheduled this week, but on tuesday, during a short pro forma session, there will be a swearing-in for two newly elected republican members. the house plans to resume legislative work on may 27 starting with the reauthorization of fisa, which has already passed the senate. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate n c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators," new yorker magazine writer andrew month rant talks about his book "antisocial". >> they just thought, well, we'll just disrupt everything, and we'll have every hierarchy that we know just come crashing down, and whatever happens next, it will probably be fine. but we don't really know what it is. and we now know in retrospect, spoiler, it was not fine, and into that power vacuum that silicon valle

if cloture is invoked on the trainor nomination, the postcloture time expire at 5:00 p.m. the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the homeland security and government affairs committee be discharged from the following nomination, p.n.1715 and that it be placed on the calendar. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business be senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tuesday, may 19, further that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and that morning business be clo

the rest of the week they have more nominees to debate including republican lawyer james trey trainoro be a commissioner on the federal election commission. for now, the senate has no plans to take up the $3 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by the house on friday. the house of representatives plans no votes in the coming week. a pro forma session is scheduled on tuesday at 10:30 a.m. eastern when two newly elected republican members will be sworn in. legislative work will resume in the house on may 27, starting with re-authorization of fisa which has already passed the senate. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. announcer: with the federal government at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress. governors, and federal agencies. order your copy online today at spanstore.org. announcer: in another briefing on the coronavirus response, arkansas governor asa hutchinson talks about the need for continuing mitigation measures as the state reopens. according to the arkan

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trainor, they are doing some good, restoring a quorum. okay, but that is not the full story of this nomination. it ignores the fact that gridlock will persist and that republicans have intensely left a democratic seat on the commission vacant for more than 1,100 days and ignore's the fact that leader schumer and i referred a democratic candidate to the white house and she has been vetted and cleared. she is immensely qualified and she would be the first person of color to ever sit on the f.e.c. yes, that's right, not the first person of color now in this congress but the first person of color in the history of the federal elections commission to serve on the federal elections commission. since republicans refuse to move forward in a bipartisan manner, the agency charged with enforcing our campaign finance laws will continue to remain ineffective. this undermines our country's political institutions and it does not serve our country's best interests. many people refer to the senate as the world's greatest deliberative body because the sena

trainor iii of texas to be a membered. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. 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 james e. trainor iii of texas to be a member of the federal election commission, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 600. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk w