Senate Record — Monday, 1/8/2024
17 pages: S5-21
Senate Congressional Record (PDF) + Senate Daily Press Log
3:00 p.m. - The Senate convened.
PRAYER (S5-4)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 🇺🇸 (S5-5)
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE (S5-6)
RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME (S5-7)
CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS (S5-8)
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) (S5-9)
3:08 p.m. - Majority Leader Schumer spoke on the Buffalo Bills, government funding, the supplemental and the anniversary of January 6, 2021.
3:22 p.m. - Republican Leader McConnell spoke on government funding and national security.
3:40 p.m. - Senator Durbin spoke on immigration.
4:08 p.m. - Senators Baldwin, Klobuchar, Merkley, Wyden, and Stabenow paid tribute to former senator Herb Kohl who recently passed away.
4:48 p.m. - Senator Cornyn spoke on the national security supplemental.
Cloture Motion (Executive Session) (S13)
5:27 p.m. - The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of John. A. Kazen to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
6:31 p.m. - By a vote of 73-15, the Senate invoked cloture on John A. Kazen to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. Senators voting no: Braun, Britt, Hawley, Lee, Lummis, Marshall, Mullin, Paul, Schmitt, Scott (FL), Sullivan, Thune, Tuberville, & Vance. Senators not voting: Barrasso, Boozman, Cantwell, Cassidy, Cotton, Fetterman, Graham, Lujan, Moran, Risch, Rubio, and Scott (SC).
6:34 p.m. - Senate stands adjourned until 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2024.