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Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the time until 11:15am will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

At 11:15am, there will be up to 5 roll call votes (3 expected) on the following:

  1. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #667, Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #668, Douglas L. Rayes, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  3. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #669, James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #693, Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General (expected voice vote) and
  5. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #541, Helen Meagher La Lime, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Angola (expected voice vote)

Following disposition of the La Lime nomination, the Senate will recess until 1:45pm.

Notwithstanding the recess, the filing deadline for first degree amendments to the Wyden substitute amendment and H.R.3474, the legislative vehicle for tax extenders is 1:00pm.  The filing degree for second degree amendments to the Wyden substitute amendment is 3:00pm.

At 1:45pm, there will be up to 5 roll call votes:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #667, Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #668, Douglas L. Rayes, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #669, James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
  4. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #732, Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit and
  5. Motion to invoke cloture on the Wyden substitute amendment #3060 to H.R.3474