[McConnell's Desultory] Senate Calendar

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[AndyJackson]

The Majority leader owns the Senate Calendar. Here is the blistering pace that the turtle has set for confirmation votes since the Jan 20th inauguration

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Elisabeth DeVos to be Secretary of Education	PN37	Feb 03
51 (52-47)	Passed	On the Joint Resolution: H.J.Res. 41; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".	H.J.Res. 41	Feb 03
50 (52-48)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to H.J. Res. 41; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".	H.J.Res. 41	Feb 02
49 (52-48)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	PN26	Feb 02
48 (51-48)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury	PN26	Feb 02
47 (52-47)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	PN33	Feb 02
46 (51-48)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Thomas Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services	PN33	Feb 02
45 (51-47)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	PN30	Feb 02
44 (53-45)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider the Nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General	PN30	Feb 02
43 (54-45)	Passed	On the Joint Resolution: H.J.Res. 38; A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.	H.J.Res. 38	Feb 02
42 (56-42)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to H.J. Res. 38; A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.	H.J.Res. 38	Feb 01
41 (55-42)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	PN37	Feb 01
40 (52-47)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider Elisabeth DeVos to be Secretary of Education	PN37	Feb 01
39 (54-44)	Agreed to	On the Motion: Shall the Journal Stand Approved to Date?	PN25	Feb 01
38 (53-44)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	PN25	Feb 01
37 (55-43)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Table: Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider the Vote on Confirmation of Rex W. Tillerson	PN25	Feb 01
36 (56-43)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation: Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State	PN25	Feb 01
35 (93-6)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation	PN35	Jan 31
34 (56-43)	Agreed to	On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State	PN25	Jan 30
33 (96-4)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, in the Security Council and to the Sessions of the General Assembly	PN51	Jan 24
32 (66-32)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation: Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	PN43	Jan 23
31 (89-8)	Agreed to	On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	PN43	Jan 20
30 (88-11)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation: John F. Kelly, of VA, to be Secretary of Homeland Security	PN40	Jan 20
29 (98-1)	Confirmed	On the Nomination: Confirmation: James N. Mattis, of WA, to be Secretary of Defense	PN29	Jan 20

[AndyJackson]

And you can look at when they will get back to work.

Schedule for Monday, February 6, 2017

The Senate stands adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, February 6, 2017. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education, post-cloture. The confirmation vote on the DeVos nomination is expected on Tuesday, February 7. Procedural votes are possible on Monday, ... less than a minute ago

Why haven't these folks been working from 6 AM till 3AM the next day to hold confirmation votes?

[McGavin999]

Great question. They need to set a target for the day and he should hold them there until it’s done

[AndyJackson]

No wonder they can’t pass a budget. They can’t even do the simplest of tasks possible. Several have cleared committee and are ready for a floor vote. Get er done.

[McGavin999]

Agreed. I can understand wanting to get De Vos confirmed befor Sessions but why not schedule them one after another. Maybe he has to work on Snow and The other one

[McGavin999]

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist but am I the only one who thinks republicans are covering for democrats so they don’t have to be on record in these hearings?

[Zenjitsuman]

POTUS TRUMP IS DEALING WITH COURT DELAYS OF HIS EO ON 7 COUNTRY IMMIGRATION PAUSE AND HE STILL HAS NO AG?

GIVE THE POTUS HIS LAWYER NOW.

[Zenjitsuman]

POTUS TRUMP IS DEALING WITH COURT DELAYS OF HIS EO ON 7 COUNTRY IMMIGRATION PAUSE AND HE STILL HAS NO AG?

GIVE THE POTUS HIS LAWYER NOW.

[DugwayDuke]

Sessions will be the last cabinet nominee confirmed imply because he can vote on the others. Once he is confirmed, the GOP will only have 51 votes until his replacement is in place.

[Old_Grouch]

Trump is getting us used to a packed and fast-moving schedule. I was just thinking this morning of writing my DC senators and congressman, and asking if their schedules for the week are posted somewhere. I would like to know, “What did you do this week to implement Trump’s agenda, specifically?” But then I remembered that one of them is Sen. Casey, whose list includes inciting riots and protests, etc. But even the Republicans don’t seem very efficient about getting results. I love Trump’s statement about “all talk, no action.” That certainly applies to the legislative branch, and I hope Trump and his staff have some ideas and methods to light a fire under their collective a$$.

[cp124]

These establishment hacks are not up to any task to make anything but themselves great.

[hoosiermama]

AG doesn’t handle this
A G is like a DA they prosecute.
The solicitor General is the attorney for the executive branch/government
And will defend this thru the legal system

Last I heard the position was either to be filled by George Conway kellyAnne’s husband or another competent attorney
They SG also is part of the Justice department

[Ann Archy]

WORK HARDER and LONGER!!!

[TBP]

He’s not as young as he used to be.

[falcon99]

I know it is too much to ask of the likes of McConnell and Ryan who can’t even move fast on getting Pres Trump’s cabinet confirmed, BUT, the drafters of the Constitution saw how the Judiciary could become dictatorial and put in place the capability of the Congress to limit what the Judiciary (i.e. judges) could hear and rule on. Congress could limit the Judiciary’s ability to rule on immigration matters, but alas, the Repubs don’t have the spine to do so.

[AndyJackson]

It might not be too much to ask, given the nonsense going on in Washington State, that McConnell try to move things along, you know, like Monday morning get Sessions and Gorsuch confirmed with a series of votes going however nuclear he needs to go.

If he needs, Trump, Conway, Banon, reddit/The_Donald, FR, friends on twitter, etc to light fires under some arses, well just let the people know and we can burn the barn down.