A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Latest action · May 8, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedDec 7, 2017
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Limits Senate post-cloture consideration to: (1) eight hours for a nomination, except for the nomination of an individual to a position at level I of the Executive Schedule or to serve as a federal judge or justice appointed to hold office during good behavior; and (2) two hours for U.S. district court nominations.
Requires consideration of such nominations to be equally divided in the usual form.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2017 to Jun 14, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Dec 18, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jun 14, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Dec 7, 2017Hearings Dec 19, 2017Markup Apr 25, 2018Reported May 8, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2018Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Blunt with amendments. Without written report.
- May 8, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 400.
- Apr 25, 2018Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Dec 19, 2017Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-582.
- Dec 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Dec 7, 2017Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7934)
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2448, S2452 | Mitch McConnell R-KY, Pat Roberts R-KS | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2408 | Roy Blunt R-MO | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2361, S2363 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, James Lankford R-OK | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8216 | James Lankford R-OK, Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Dec 21, 2017 |
| Senate | Text printed S7934 | — | Dec 7, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-582 | A RESOLUTION TO IMPROVE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS IN THE SENATE37 pages | Rules and Administration Committee | Dec 19, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2018Reported to Senate
- Dec 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
