Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, March 29, 2012
1) Motion to invoke cloture on S.2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act; Not Invoked: 51-47
LEGISLATIVE ITEMS
Passed H.R.4281, the Surface Transportation Extension Act (90-day extension) by voice vote
Adopted S.Con.Res.38, to provide for the conditional adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives over until April 16.
Passed H.R.2297, to promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes with a Lieberman amendment.
Adopted S.Res.80, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'I minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights with a Paul amendment by voice vote
Adopted S.Res.356, a resolution expressing support for the people of Tibet with a Committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote
Adopted S.Res.391, a resolution condemning violence by the Government of Syria against journalists, and expressing the sense of the Senate on freedom of the press in Syria with a Committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote
Adopted S.Res.395, A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the NATO summit to be held in Chicago, IL from May 20-21, 2012 with a Committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote
Adopted S.Res.397, a resolution promoting peace and stability in Sudan, and for other purposes with a Committee-reported amendment to the preamble by voice vote
Adopted S.Res.414, commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Adopted S.Res.415, designating April 4, 2012 as National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day.
Adopted S.Res.416, supporting the designation of April as Parkinson's Awareness Month
Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 (Republican request).
EXECUTIVE ITEMS
Discharged the Commerce Committee and confirmed:
COAST GUARD
PN 1134 - Coast Guard VADM John P. Currier to be Vice Commandant
PN 1135 - Coast Guard RADM Paul F. Zukunft to the rank of Vice Admiral
PN 1136 - Coast Guard VADM Manson K. Brown to be Deputy Commandant for Mission Support
PN 1137 - Coast Guard RADM Peter V. Neffenger to the rank of Vice Admiral
PN 1312 - three Coast Guard officers to the rank of Captain.
Confirmed all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign Service and the following:
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Executive Calendar #258 Phyllis Nichamoff Segal - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive Calendar #259 Lisa M. Quiroz -- to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and
Community Service
Executive Calendar #262 Marguerite W. Kondracke -- to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive Calendar #264 Richard Christman - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #344 Martin J. Gruenberg - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Reappointment)
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Executive Calendar #346 Thomas J. Curry - to be Comptroller of the Currency
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #422 Michael A. Hammer - to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Executive Calendar #493 Charles DeWitt McConnell - to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy)
Executive Calendar #494 David T. Danielson - to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy)
Executive Calendar #495 LaDoris Guess Harris - to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy
Executive Calendar #496 Gregory Howard Woods - to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE
Executive Calendar #499 James R. Hannah - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute
Executive Calendar #500 Daniel J. Becker - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #504 Roberta S. Jacobson - to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs),
Executive Calendar #505 Elizabeth M. Cousens - to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
Executive Calendar #506 Elizabeth M. Cousens - to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #507 Michael E. Horowitz - to be Inspector General
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Executive Calendar #511 Rebecca M. Blank - to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Executive Calendar #514 Jon D. Leibowitz - to be a FTC for a term of seven years from September 26, 2010
Executive Calendar #515 Maureen K. Ohlhausen - to be a FTC for a term of seven years from September 26, 2011
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #516 Kathryn Keneally - to be an Assistant Attorney General
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Executive Calendar #517 Maurice A. Jones - to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #520 Thomas Hoenig - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of six years
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Executive Calendar #521 Deepa Gupta - to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sept. 3, 2016
Executive Calendar #522 Christopher Merrill - to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring Jan. 26, 2016
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Executive Calendar #523 Stephanie Orlando - to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for the remainder of the term expiring Sept. 17, 2011
Executive Calendar #524 Stephanie Orlando - to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring Sept. 17, 2014
Executive Calendar #525 Gary Blumenthal - to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring Sept. 17, 2013
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Executive Calendar #526 Wendy M. Spencer - to be Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Executive Calendar #541 Mary John Miller - to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
Executive Calendar #543 Kathleen Kerrigan - to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for the term of fifteen years
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Executive Calendar #544 Alastair M. Fitzpayne - to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Executive Calendar #546 Margaret Ann Sherry - to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
Executive Calendar #547 Eduardo Arriola - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring Oct. 6, 2016
Executive Calendar #548 J. Kelly Ryan - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring Sept. 20, 2012
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #549 Michael James Warren - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #550 David J. McMillan - to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Executive Calendar #551 Wenona Singel - to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #553 Anuj Chang Desai - to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring September 30, 2011
Executive Calendar #554 Anuj Chang Desai - to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring September 30, 2014
Executive Calendar #555 Dennis J. Erby - to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of four years
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Executive Calendar #556 Earl W. Gast - to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #557 Anne Claire Richard - to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration)
Executive Calendar #558 Tara D. Sonenshine - to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
Executive Calendar #559 Robert E. Whitehead -to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Togolese Republic
Executive Calendar #560 Larry Leon Palmer - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Granadines
Executive Calendar #561 Jonathan Don Farrar - to be 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 Panama
Executive Calendar #562 Phyllis Marie Powers - to be 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
Executive Calendar #563 Nancy J. Powell - to be a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Executive Calendar #564 Bruce J. Sherrick - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corporation
Executive Calendar #565 Chester John Culver - to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corporation
JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION
Executive Calendar #608 Catherine Allgor - to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring Sept. 27, 2014
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #614 Thomas M. Harrigan - to be Deputy Administrator of Drug Enforcement
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #629 Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malta
Executive Calendar #630 Julissa Reynoso-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Executive Calendar #631 William E. Todd-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia
Executive Calendar #632 Jacob Walles-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Tunisian Republic
Executive Calendar #633 Pamela A. White-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti
Executive Calendar #634 John Christopher Stevens-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Libya
Executive Calendar #635 Tracey Ann Jacobson-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kosovo
Executive Calendar #636 Kenneth Merten-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia
Executive Calendar #637 Mark A. Pekala-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Latvia
Executive Calendar #638 Richard B. Norland-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Georgia.
Executive Calendar #639 Jeffrey D. Levine-to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Estonia.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #641 Frederick D. Barton-to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), vice Bradford R. Higgins.
Executive Calendar #642 Frederick D. Barton-to be Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
Executive Calendar #643 Linda Thomas-Greenfield-to be Director General of the Foreign Service
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Executive Calendar #648 Jeremiah O'Hear Norton-to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring July 15, 2013
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #649 Gregory K. Davis-to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi for the term of four years
