Civic Register
| 7.12.19

This Week in Congress: House Dems’ $725B Defense Bill, Ending Per-Country Immigration Caps, and Judicial Nominations

How do you feel about this week's congressional agenda?

The Senate starts its week Monday with a procedural vote on the Nomination of Daniel Bress to be a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ahead of a possible confirmation vote on Tuesday. The rest of the week will feature debate and votes on the nominations of executive branch officials to the Education Dept., Labor Dept., and the EPA’s Office of Solid Waste.

The House convenes Tuesday for votes on seven bipartisan financial services bills under the fast-track suspension of the rules process. The rest of the week will feature additional suspension bills, including a bill to strike gendered references to the president and their spouse from the U.S. Code and a bill to eliminate per-country limits on immigration. Most of the week will be dominated by debate and amendment votes on House Democrats’ FY2020 defense authorization bill, which could receive a passage vote on Friday.

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

Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.

SENATE

Monday after 5:30pm

Tuesday after 4:30pm

  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of Daniel Bress to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Confirmed 53-45.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of T. Kent Wetherell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida Invoked 82-16.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of Damon Leichty to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana Invoked 87-11.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of J. Nicholas Ranjan to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania Invoked 83-15.

Wednesday after 11am

  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of T. Kent Wetherell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Florida Confirmed 78-15.
  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of Damon Leichty to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana Confirmed 80-14.
  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of J. Nicholas Ranjan to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania Confirmed 85-10.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of Robert King to be Assistant Education Secretary for Postsecondary Education Invoked 56-39.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of John Pallasch to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor Invoked 54-41.

Thursday after 11am

  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of Robert King to be Assistant Education Secretary for Postsecondary Education Confirmed 56-37.
  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of John Pallasch to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor Confirmed 54-39.
  • Cloture motion on the nomination of Peter Wright to be Assistant EPA Administrator, Office of Solid Waste Invoked 53-39.
  • Confirmation vote on the nomination of Peter Wright to be Assistant EPA Administrator, Office of Solid Waste Confirmed 52-38.

HOUSE

Monday 

  • No votes are expected.

Tuesday after 6:30pm (under suspension of the rules)

  • H.R. 1988: Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act, as amended Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 2515: Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019, as amended Passed 410-12.
  • H.R. 2162: Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2019, as amended Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 2919: Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 3050: Expanding Investment in Small Business Act of 2019, as amended Passed 417-2.
  • H.R. 2409: Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Passed 413-7
  • H.Res. 456: Emphasizing the importance of grassroots investor protection and the investor education missions of State and Federal securities regulators, calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to collaborate with State securities regulators in the protection of investors, and for other purposes Adopted by voice vote.

Wednesday after 12pm

  • H.R. 677: 21st Century President Act Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 Passed 365-65.
  • S. 998: Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis Act of 2019 Passed by voice vote.
  • S. 744: Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2019 Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 1569: To amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona Passed by voice vote.
  • H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Debate & Amendments only.

Thursday after 12pm

  • H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Debate & Amendments only.

Friday between 9am and 3pm

  • H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Passed 220-197.
  • H.R. 1327: Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act Passed 402-12.

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— Eric Revell