- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Daily Digest
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
Daily Digest
Senate
Routine Proceedings, pages S3027-S3167 Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 4854-4876, and S. Res. 784-786.
S. 1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
S. 1146, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Hostilities with Iran: By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 184), Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 86, directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, after the Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration.
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- Glioblastoma Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 786, designating
- July 15, 2026, as “Glioblastoma Awareness Day”.
- Message from the President: Senate received the following messages from
- the President of the United States:
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, with respect to North Korea; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-61)
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national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, with respect to the Western Balkans; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM- 62) Pages S3057-58 Schwartz Nomination—Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.
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in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. Page S3046
consider the nomination. Page S3046 Marck and Hendershot Nominations—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of John George Edward Marck, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas; that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motions to invoke cloture filed during the session of the Senate of Monday, June 22, 2026, ripen at 11:30 a.m.; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of John George Edward Marck, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m., and if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Michael J. Hendershot, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 5:30 p.m.
- Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 67 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. EX. 183), Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador.
- Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
- Government Ethics for a term of five years.
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2028.
Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring October 13, 2030.
- of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. Pages S3160-67 Measures Read the First Time:
- Executive Reports of Committees:
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
- Authorities for Committees to Meet:
- Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total—184)
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3160.)