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The 50-47 vote for the Tucson, Ariz., police chief makes him the first Senate-confirmed commissioner of CBP since 2019. Magnus was nominated for the role by President Joe Biden in April.
Nine Senate and 47 House negotiators met publicly for the first time Wednesday to lay out their positions on how to proceed in reconciling House and Senate versions of the five-year legislation.
The panel approved by unanimous consent a substitute amendment to the music licensing measure that would eliminate an offset that would provide for the permanent rescission of $47 million in unobligated
Merkley’s stand, which started around 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, is not likely to have an effect on the rest of the week with the cloture vote already set for Thursday.
Efforts to test Zika vaccines at NIH could stall when the agency exhausts the $47 million it received, which NIH projects will occur at the end of August.
California Democrat Dianne Feinstein’s amendment, which would allow the attorney general to stop gun purchases by those on terrorist watch lists, also failed after receiving 47 of the 60 votes needed