Despite continued gripes from the left, Schumer’s standing among Senate Dems has improved as the party has rallied behind candidates that run from moderate to far-left & are embracing the same overall message “We don’t demand that every one of our candidates has the exact same policy issues. We’re not going to win if every candidate has to check off the same boxes all the time.”

“It’s neck-and-neck. Who would’ve thought?” Schumer talks to us about the midterms, but has a warning for those thinking Dem wins are a shoo-in: the GOP’s “huge” money advantage could be what saves their majority. But he’s betting that Dems’ advantage with “candiadtes & political climate” can overcome that Schumer also downplayed the impact of Fairshake/crypto PAC $ going into Ohio against Sherrod Brown w/ @LauraEWeiss16

Punchbowl News: Senate GOP majority could shrink sooner than you think Senator Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) current term expires on December 15. The winner of the special election to fill the remaining two years of Vice President JD Vance’s Senate term could be sworn in immediately afterward. Link to article:

Confirmed by unanimous consent: PN1255-12 – Peter Lord a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Benin PN1255-9 – Keith Heffern a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic PN1022-36 – Daniel Travis a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Sierra Leone PN1022-39 – Henry Wooster a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kenya PN1021-4 – Joshua Harris a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Malaysia PN1255-15 – Nutan Patel to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cabo Verde PN1255-7 – Steven Gillen a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic PN1255-8 – Charles Goodman III a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic PN1255-13 – John McIntyre a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malawi PN1255-6 – Natasha Franceschi a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua

No official decision from Senate GOP leaders bc they’re running the traps on possibly doing Sonderling’s confirmation vote today, but it’s widely believed that the Senate is done til after the midterms Plus, even if they try to do more votes, R’s may have an attendance problem

By a vote of 47-51, the Senate did not discharge S. Res. 852 - A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices. Senator Fetterman (D) voted no and Senator Paul (R) voted aye. Senators Cassidy and Sullivan did not vote.