The Senate has reached an agreement on several nominations that results in two series of votes tomorrow. The first series will begin at 11:15am and the second series will begin at 5:15pm. Each vote after the first vote in each series will be 10 minute votes. The vote sequences and the agreement can be found below.
11:15am-up to 5 roll call votes:
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #664, Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #665, John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #666, Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #650, Roy K. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (voice vote expected); and
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #539, Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Belize (voice vote expected).
5:15pm-up to 4 roll call votes:
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #664, Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #665, John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #666, Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
- Adoption of the motion to proceed to H.R.3474, legislative vehicle for Tax Extenders (voice vote expected)
Unanimous consent agreement
Reid: I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding Rule 22, on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 11:15 a.m., the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on Cal# 664 (Logan), Cal#665 (Tuchi), and Cal #666 (Humetewa), then proceed to consideration and vote on confirmation of Cal# 650 (Williams), and Cal# 539 (Moreno); further, that if cloture is invoked on Cal #664, 665, or 666, the time until 5:15 p.m., be equally divided between the two Leaders, or their designees and at 5:15 p.m., the Senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; further, that there be 2 minutes for debate prior to each vote, equally divided in the usual form, that any roll call votes, following the first in each series, be 10 minutes in length; further, that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nominations; that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the Record; that the
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session and proceed to vote on the motion to proceed to H.R.3474.