This Week in Congress: Nominations & Developing America’s Water Infrastructure

After last week’s focus on the contentious confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the Senate is set to take up a bipartisan bill this week to authorize water infrastructure projects for two years before moving on to a slate of nominations.

The Senate will start its week Tuesday with a vote to limit debate on the bipartisan water infrastructure development bill, which would authorize improvements to ports, locks, dams, flood protection, and inland waterways through fiscal year 2020. A passage vote could come as early as Tuesday depending on how much of the 30 hours of post-cloture debate senators choose to use.

Senators will then move on to procedural votes on the nominations of two assistant attorneys general, and an assistant secretary of defense before confirmation votes later in the week. After that, the Senate may consider a slate of judicial nominations, including one circuit court judge and eight district court judges.

Check here throughout the week to see the vote results and updates to the schedule.

Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.

Senate

Tuesday after 5:30pm

• Cloture vote on S. 3021: America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 Invoked 96-3.

Wednesday after 11:30am

• S. 3021: America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 Passed 99-1.
• S.JRes. 63: CRA Overturning the Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance Rule Failed 50-50.
• Cloture vote on the nomination of Jeffrey Clark to be an Assistant Attorney General Invoked 53-44.

Thursday after 2:15pm

• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Jeffrey Clark to be an Assistant Attorney General Confirmed 52-45.
• Cloture vote on the nomination of Eric Dreiband to be an Assistant Attorney General Invoked 50-47.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Eric Dreiband to be an Assistant Attorney General Confirmed 50-47.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of James Stewart to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of David Porter to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Confirmed 50-45.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Ryan Nelson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Confirmed 51-44.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Richard Sullivan to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Confirmed 79-16.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of William Ray II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia Confirmed 54-41.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Liles Burke to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Confirmed 55-40.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Michael Juneau to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana Confirmed 54-41.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Confirmed 51-44.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Eli Richardson to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee Confirmed 52-43.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Thomas Kleeh to be U.S. District for the Northern District of West Virginia Confirmed 65-30.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Peter Phipps to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Susan Brnovich to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Chad Kenney to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Jeremy Kernodle to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of James Hanlon to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Confirmed by voice vote.
• Confirmation vote on the nomination of Lance Walker to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine Confirmed by voice vote.

House

Out All Week

• The House will return Tuesday, November 13th.

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— Eric Revell