Senate Record — Monday, 12/11/2023
17 pages: S5883-5899
Senate Congressional Record (PDF) + Senate Daily Press Log
3:00 p.m. - The Senate convened.
PRAYER (S5883-2)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 🇺🇸 (S5883-3)
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE (S5883-4)
RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME (S5883-5)
CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS (S5883-6)
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) (S5883-7)
3:31 p.m. - Republican Leader McConnell spoke about border security, and anti-Semitism across college campuses.
3:43 p.m. - Senator Durbin spoke about his trip to Guatemala and Honduras. He also spoke on the NDAA and immigration.
4:00 p.m. - Majority Leader Schumer spoke on Ukraine, the NDAA, judicial nominations, student debt, and Albany NanoTech.
4:09 p.m. - Senator Wicker spoke on the DOD abortion policy.
4:20 p.m. - Senator Grassley spoke about Senate Judiciary Committee politics and whistleblowers.
4:46 p.m. - Senator Cornyn spoke on the NDAA.
5:03 p.m. - Senator Blackburn spoke about the tornadoes in Tennessee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and border security.
5:22 p.m. - Senator Merkley spoke about Guatemala.
Nomination of Richard E.N. Federico (Executive Session) (S5893)
Senator Durbin spoke on the Federico nomination.
5:35 p.m. - The Senate is now voting on confirmation of Richard Federico to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
6:56 p.m. - By a vote of 61-29, the Senate confirmed Richard E.N. Federico to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. Not voting: Senators Barrasso, Cardin, Cruz, Fetterman, Heinrich, Risch, Schatz, Whitehouse, Wyden, and Young.
6:59 p.m. - Senator Durbin filed cloture on the following nominations:
Jerry Edwards, Jr., to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
Brandon S. Long to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana
7:00 p.m. - Senate stands adjourned until 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 12, 2023.