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Jon Husted

Republican on Orders for Thursday, July 16, 2026 2026-07-15

191 words · 3 sentences · 10 clauses

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The ask 100%

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Mr. President, The ask · 191 wordsI ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 16; ¹that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed, and the Senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the Westercamp nomination; ²further, notwithstanding rule XXII, the cloture motion with respect to the Westercamp nomination ripen at 11:45 a.m.; ³that if cloture is invoked, the Senate immediately resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination, all postcloture time be expired and the confirmation vote be set at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the Democratic leader no earlier than Monday, July 20; ⁴further, if Senator Wyden or his designee makes a motion to proceed to S.J.⁵ Res. 198, the Senate vote on the motion to proceed at 1:30 p.m.⁶

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Signal · 100

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Relevance · no score

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Claims · 6

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1“it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 16”The Senate was requested to stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2026.search
2“the Senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the Westercamp nomination”The Senate was to proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the Westercamp nomination.search
3“the cloture motion with respect to the Westercamp nomination ripen at 11:45 a.m.”A cloture motion on the Westercamp nomination was to ripen at 11:45 a.m. on July 16, 2026, notwithstanding rule XXII.search
4“the confirmation vote be set at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the Democratic leader no earlier than Monday, July 20”If cloture was invoked on the Westercamp nomination, the confirmation vote was to be set by the majority leader in consultation with the Democratic leader no earlier than Monday, July 20, 2026.search
5“if Senator Wyden or his designee makes a motion to proceed to S.J.”A pending possibility was a motion by Senator Wyden or his designee to proceed to S.J. Res. 198.search
6“the Senate vote on the motion to proceed at 1:30 p.m.”If such a motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 198 was made, the Senate was to vote on it at 1:30 p.m. on July 16, 2026.search

Analyzed on 2026-09-16