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Agreement on Logan, Tuchi, Humetewa, Williams, Mereno, nominations--up to 5 votes at 11:15am and up to 4 votes at 5:15pm Wednesday, May 14

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:

  1. Cloture on Executive Calendar #664, Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
  2. Cloture on Executive Calendar #665, John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
  3. Cloture on Executive Calendar #666, Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona;
  4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #650, Roy K. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (voice vote expected); and
  5. 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:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #664, Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #665, John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #666, Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  4. 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.