United States Senate Democrats

04/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/27/2021 19:00

Wrap Up for Tuesday, April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021 07:25 PM

Roll Call Votes

1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #58, Jason Scott Miller, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; confirmed: 81-13.2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #54, Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; invoked: 52-42.3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #54, Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; confirmed: 52-42.4. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #68, Colin Hackett Kahl, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; invoked: 49-44.5. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #68, Colin Hackett Kahl, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; confirmed: 49-45.6. Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #34, S.914, Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021; invoked: 92-2.

Legislative Business

Completed the Rule 14 process to place S.1364, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, on the Legislative Calendar of Business.

Adopted S.Res.180 : supporting the designation of the week of April 26 through April 30, 2021, as 'National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week'.

Passed S.848: to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the service obligation verification process for TEACH Grant recipients, and for other purposes.

No further Executive Business