Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice John C. Demers.
Position and Nominee
1 position with 1 nominee
Assistant Attorney General
Organization: Department of Justice
Nominee:
Matthew G. Olsen
State: MD
Confirmation Timeline
Track the nomination's progress through the Senate
Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 443.
October 28, 2021
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Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 443.
October 28, 2021
Considered by Senate.
October 28, 2021
By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 10/28/2021.
October 27, 2021
Considered by Senate.
October 27, 2021
Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 438.
October 27, 2021
By unanimous consent agreement, vote 10/27/2021.
October 26, 2021
By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
October 25, 2021
Cloture motion presented in Senate.
October 25, 2021
Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
October 25, 2021
Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 347. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
August 10, 2021
Reported by Senator Warner, Select Committee on Intelligence, without printed report.
August 10, 2021
Select Committee on Intelligence. Ordered to be reported favorably.
August 10, 2021
Referred sequentially to the Select Committee on Intelligence pursuant to Section 17(b)(I) of S. Res. 400 of the 94th Congress (as amended by Section 506(d) of the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-177, Mar. 9, 2006) for 20 calendar days.
August 5, 2021
Reported by Senator Durbin, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
August 5, 2021
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported favorably.
August 5, 2021
Select Committee on Intelligence. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-83.
July 20, 2021
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
July 14, 2021
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and, if and when reported, refer to the Select Committee on Intelligence for 20 calendar days pursuant to Section 17(b)(I) of S. Res. 400 of the 94th Congress (as amended by Section 506(d) of the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-177 (Mar. 9, 2006).
May 27, 2021