Fun fact: Congress is supposed to adjourn sine die today.
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ringwiss
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In the House, as we know, the chair has total discretion over when to close a vote. Hot take: The same is not true in the Senate. ⬇️
ringwissWell, this is unusual... We’ll see how it goes, but at first glance, I think it’s a great idea.
For about a month, when doing a search on Congress-dot-gov, I’ve needed to refresh it a few times before it works. It’s excellent to see that they’ve automated this now. 🙃
ringwissCongress-dot-gov is still broken...
I believe this was the last 43–40 vote in the Senate:
Congressional Vote TrackerSenate Roll Call #200 — Jul 20, 2026 Procedural Vote: On the Cloture Motion Motion to Invoke Cloture: Benjamin M. Flowers to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit RESULT: Cloture Motion Agreed to Yea - 43 | Nay - 40 | Present - 0 | Did Not Vote - 17 1/3
These are the first civilian nominations this Congress to be confirmed by voice vote. NB: Two of these were recommended by Democrats.
ringwissI believe this will be only the second civilian nomination this Congress to be considered under a unanimous-consent agreement, not using cloture. (The other one was Rubio. None have been confirmed by unanimous consent/voice vote.)