Matthew R. Byrne

He hadn't cast a Senate vote since June 11th and missed dozens of votes during the stretch.

On Monday, he cast his first vote since June, providing the deciding vote on a procedural motion to advance the nomination of Matthew R. Byrne to the U.S. Senate.

district court judge for the southern district of ohio later in the week on thursday he voted yay on a procedural vote to advance a bipartisan college sports bill though he skipped two later votes that afternoon on monday outside the senate chamber he told reporters his in his characteristically dry style that was my own editorial contribution uh maybe they'll ban me from the white house that after decades of dodging their questions he wasn't sure how many would show up but he was glad to see them and that it was time to get back to work.

Notably, after that first day, his team largely kept him from being seen.

It affects athletes, universities, athletic programs, and conferences.

Senators also reported disaster relief legislation addressing building codes and confirmed Matthew R. Byrne as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 52 to 45.

Senate committees considered nominees for the Department of Health and Human Services, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, and United States Tax Court.

conducted Federal Bureau of Investigation oversight, and received a closed intelligence briefing.

If she is remembered at all, and I don't think she should be, she should be remembered for that.

Well, anyway, she's apparently not done hurting your, uh, bodily autonomy, because she just broke a tie in the Senate to help advance the nomination of Judge Matthew Byrne.

Now, Byrne's track record on women's reproductive health is, uh, to put it mildly, uh, concerning.

He has several affiliations with anti-abortion groups, including Ohio Right to Life, Cincinnati Right to Life, Warren County Right to Life, the Center for Christian Virtue, and the Federalist Society.

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... is listed as not voting, uh, in the upper chamber on the, uh, the, the vote on Tuesday, and it was to confirm Matthew Byrne as US district judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

Doesn't sound very important now, but it's his job.

He's a, he's a senator, and when they're having votes on these things, it's, it's your job.

Speaking of a tank that's carried a lot of water for his party and his state over the last 42 years, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the United States Senate last night.

He appeared in the Capitol, spoke to reporters, crushed a thousand conspiracy theories, and then cast the deciding yes vote to advance Matthew Byrne, President Trump's nominee for a judgeship in the Southern District of Ohio.

McConnell fell at his Capitol home in June.

He spent several weeks in the hospital and then returned home for rehabilitation during the August recess.