How Arkansas’ congressional delegation voted
Here is how Arkansas' U.S. senators and U.S. representatives voted on major roll call votes during the week that ended Friday.
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SENATE
Governing Amtrak. Confirmed 91-7, the nomination of Christopher Koos to be a member of Amtrak’s board of directors for a 5-year term. Koos has been the mayor of Normal, Illinois, since 2003, and is the current vice chair for passenger rail at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
☑ John Boozman (R)
☑ Tom Cotton (R)
Second Amtrak board member. Confirmed 79-18, the nomination of Anthony Coscia to be a member of Amtrak’s board of directors for a 5-year term. Coscia has been the chairman of Amtrak’s board since 2013; previously, he was a long-standing executive on economic development and port authority agencies in New York City and New Jersey.
☑ Boozman (R)
☑ Cotton (R)
Third Amtrak board member. Confirmed 96-1, the nomination of Joel Matthew Szabat to be a member of Amtrak’s board of directors for a 5-year term. Szabat had spent nearly four decades in the Army, Transportation Department and other federal agencies, including time as Transportation’s representative on Amtrak’s board.
☑ Boozman (R)
☑ Cotton (R)
South Carolina judge. Confirmed 80-17, the nomination of Jacquelyn D. Austin to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for South Carolina. Austin, after being a private practice lawyer in the state for more than a decade, became a magistrate judge on the district court in 2011. Supporter Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said: Austin’s “dedication to service, knowledge of the District of South Carolina and judicial experience make her an outstanding nominee.”
☑ Boozman (R)
☑ Cotton (R)
Indiana judge. Confirmed 67-32, the nomination of Cristal C. Brisco to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana. Brisco has variously been a private practice lawyer, an attorney for South Bend and magistrate judge at the county level in Indiana over the past 17 years.
☒ Boozman (R)
☒ Cotton (R)
Second Indiana judge. Confirmed 87-6, the nomination of Gretchen S. Lund to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana. Lund, currently a judge in Elkhart County, was previously a county prosecutor and the city judge for Goshen.
☑ Boozman (R)
☑ Cotton (R)
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