The presiding officer are there think senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95, the nays are 0. And the nomination is confirmed. There will be now two minutes equally divided prior to the vote on the crawford nomination. Mr. Leahy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy is this the crawford nomination . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Leahy leahy strongly suppoy both senators from vermont. And i might say also by the people of vermont. And i yield back all time. The presiding officer without objection, all time is yielded back. The question is on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the president pro tempore on the vote of the confirmation of Geoffrey Crawford of vermont to be u. S. District judge, the vote is 95 yeas, zero nays. The nomination is agreed to. And under the previous order, with respect to the conf
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 52, the nays are 42. , and the nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of sharon y. Bowen of new york to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of sharon y. Bowen of new york to be commissioner of the futures commodity Trading Commission shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to c
For the second time in as many months, the Supreme Court heard arguments in an abortion case. This time, the justices are being asked to decide whether a federal law that requires emergency care in hospitals can trump Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Meanwhile, the federal government, for the first time, will require minimum staffing standards for nursing homes. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
For the second time in as many months, the Supreme Court heard arguments in an abortion case. This time, the justices are being asked to decide whether a federal law that requires emergency care in hospitals can trump Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Meanwhile, the federal government, for the first time, will require minimum staffing standards for nursing homes. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
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