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“Highlights + Senate” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on page D323 on April 17.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
See Resume of Congressional Activity.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1121-S1147
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 1165-1171, and S. Res. 158.
Page S1134
Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``Review of Legislative Activity during the 117th Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 118-8)
Page S1134
Appointments:
Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 117-263, announced the appointment of the following individual to serve as member of the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State: Senator Hagerty.
Page S1140
Plumb Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
Pages S1121-29
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the following action:
By 61 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. EX. 83), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Pages S1128-29
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, April 18, 2023; that at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Amy Lefkowitz Solomon, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, all post-cloture time be considered expired at 2:15 p.m., and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination.
Page S1140
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Lisa Peterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi.
Ana de Alba, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Irma Carrillo Ramirez, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Space Force.
Pages S1140-47
Messages from the House:
Pages S1133-34
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S1134-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S1136
Additional Statements:
Pages S1131-33
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S1136-40
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S1140
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--83)
Page S1129
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:28 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1140.)