Senate Floor Wrap Up for Thursday, May 23, 2013
1) Sanders amendment #965 (GMO food labels) to S.954, the Farm bill; Not Agreed to: 27-71 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)
2) Confirmation of Executive Calendar #95, the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Confirmed: 97-0
3) Feinstein amendment #923 (crop insurance - tobacco); Not Agreed to: 44-52 (60 affirmative-vote threshold)
4) Hagan amendment #1031 (crop insurance fraud); Agreed to: 94-0
5) Durbin amendment #953 (crop insurance premiums); Agreed to: 59-33
LEGISLATIVE ITEMS
Discharged the Judiciary committee and adopted S.Res.129, S.Res.129, a resolution recognizing the significance of May 2013 as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States with a Hirono amendment to the preamble.
Adopted S.Res.158, to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
Adopted S.Con.Res.17, the adjournment resolution.
Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.3, to approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes. (Republican request)
Began the Rule 14 process of H.R.271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act. (Republican resquest)
EXECUTIVE ITEMS
Confirmed the following items by voice vote:
THE JUDICIARY
Executive Calendar #11 Mark A. Barnett- to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Executive Calendar #12 Claire R. Kelly- to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Confirmed the following items by unanimous consent:
All nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #93 Deborah Kay Jones - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Libya
Executive Calendar #94 James Knight - to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chad
THE JUDICIARY
Executive Calendar #105 Michael Kenny O'Keefe - to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years
Executive Calendar #106 Robert D. Okun - to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years
AIR FORCE
Executive Calendar #107 Col. James E. McClain - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #108 Lt. Gen. David L. Goldfein - to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #109 Col. Robert C. Bolton - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #110 Col. Andrew P. Armacost - to be Brigadier General
ARMY
Executive Calendar #111 Brig. Gen. John F. Wharton - to be Major General
Executive Calendar #112 Col. Gabriel Troiano - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #113 Col. Jeffrey B. Clark - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #114 Brig. Gen. James A. Adkins - to be Major General
Col. James D. Campbell - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #115 to be Brigadier General-
Colonel Wayne L. Black
Colonel Michael K. Hanifan
Colonel Daniel M. Krumrei
Colonel Robert E. Windham, Jr.
Executive Calendar #116 to be Major General-
Brigadier General Mark E. Anderson
Brigadier General Julie A. Bentz
Brigadier General Courtney P. Carr
Brigadier General Daniel R. Hokanson
Brigadier General Francis S. Laudano, III
Brigadier General Scott D. Legwold
Brigadier General Roger L. McClellan
Brigadier General Timothy M. McKeithen
Brigadier General Michael D. Navrkal
Brigadier General Bruce E. Oliveira
Brigadier General Charles E. Petrarca, Jr.
Brigadier General Kenneth C. Roberts
Brigadier General William F. Roy
Brigadier General William L. Smith
Executive Calendar #117 to be Brigadier General-
Colonel Steven R. Beach
Colonel Kenneth A. Beard
Colonel Fred C. Bolton
Colonel Michael J. Bouchard
Colonel Gregory S. Bowen
Colonel Mark D. Brackney
Colonel John E. Burk
Colonel Christopher M. Burns
Colonel Sean M. Casey
Colonel Russell A. Crane
Colonel Richard H. Dahlman
Colonel Marc Ferraro
Colonel Robert A. Fode
Colonel Christopher J. Fowler
Colonel Paul F. Griffin
Colonel Gerald E. Hadley
Colonel Patrick M. Hamilton
Colonel William M. Hart
Colonel Robert T. Herbert
Colonel Marvin T. Hunt
Colonel Charles T. Jones
Colonel Hunt W. Kerrigan
Colonel John F. King
Colonel Dirk R. Kloss
Colonel Jeffery P. Kramer
Colonel Gordon D. Kuntz
Colonel Masaki G. Kuwana, Jr.
Colonel Donald P. Laucirica
Colonel Mark S. Lovejoy
Colonel Mark A. Lumpkin
Colonel Robert K. Lytle
Colonel Tammy J. Maas
Colonel Francis B. Magurn, II
Colonel Mark G. Malanka
Colonel Thomas R. McCune
Colonel Francis M. McGinn
Colonel Michael D. Merritt
Colonel Richard J. Noriega
Colonel Robert D. Pasqualucci
Colonel Val L. Peterson
Colonel Christopher J. Petty
Colonel John M. Rhodes
Colonel Scott H. Schofield
Colonel Linda L. Singh
Colonel Danny K. Speigner
Colonel Bryan E. Suntheimer
Colonel Michael A. Sutton
Colonel Steven A. Tabor
Colonel Gregory A. Thingvold
Colonel Michael C. Thompson
Colonel Kirk E. Vanpelt
Colonel William A. Ward
Colonel Steven R. Watt
Colonel Ronald P. Welch
Colonel David B. Wiles
Colonel Giselle M. Wilz
Colonel James P. Wong
Colonel Jerry L. Wood
Colonel Gary S. Yaple
Executive Calendar #118 to be Major General-
Brigadier General Louis H. Guernsey, Jr.
Brigadier General Kenneth L. Reiner
to be Brigadier General-
Colonel Stephen G. Kent
Colonel Juan A. Rivera
Executive Calendar #119 Col. Richard J. Torres - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #120 Col. Michael Dillard - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #121 Col. Donald E. Jackson, Jr. - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #122 Lt. Gen. William T. Grisoli - to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #123 Col. John M. Cho - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #124 Col. Brian E. Alvin - to be Brigadier General
Executive Calendar #125 to be Major General-
Brigadier General William F. Duffy
Brigadier General Ronald E. Dziedzicki
Brigadier General Mark T. McQueen
Brigadier General Lucas N. Polakowski
Brigadier General Ricky L. Waddell
to be Brigadier General
Colonel Steven W. Ainsworth
Colonel Ronald A. Bassford
Colonel Jose R. Burgos
Colonel John E. Cardwell
Colonel Daniel J. Christian
Colonel John J. Elam
Colonel Bruce E. Hackett
With the exception of Colonel Joseph J. Heck
Colonel Thomas J. Kallman
Colonel William B. Mason
Colonel Kenneth H. Moore
Colonel Thomas T. Murray
Colonel Michael C. O'Guinn
Colonel Miyako N. Schanely
NAVY
Executive Calendar #126 Rear Adm. Terry J. Benedict - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #127 Rear Adm. (lh) Joseph W. Rixey - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #128 to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)-
Captain John W. V. Ailes
Captain Babette Bolivar
Captain Daryl L. Caudle
Captain Kyle J. Cozad
Captain Randy B Crites
Captain Daniel H. Fillion
Captain Lisa M. Franchetti
Captain Marcus A. Hitchcock
Captain Thomas J. Kearney
Captain Roy J. Kelley
Captain James T. Loeblein
Captain Brian E. Luther
Captain William R. Merz
Captain Michael T. Moran
Captain Christopher J. Murray
Captain John B. Nowell, Jr.
Captain Timothy G. Szymanski
Captain Richard L. Williams, Jr.
Executive Calendar #129 Capt. Timothy J. White - to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
Executive Calendar #130 Capt. Nancy A. Norton - to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
Executive Calendar #131 Capt. Robert D. Sharp - to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
Executive Calendar #132 Capt. Louis V. Cariello - to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
Executive Calendar #133 Mark I. Fox - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #134 Vice Adm. Michelle J. Howard - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #135 Rear Adm. Ted N. Branch - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #136 Rear Adm. Sean A. Pybus - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #137 Rear Adm. Paul A. Grosklags - to be Vice Admiral
Executive Calendar #138 Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift - to be Vice Admiral
MARINE CORPS
Executive Calendar #139 Maj. Gen. Robert R. Ruark - to be Lieutenant General
Executive Calendar #140 Maj. Gen. Glenn M. Walters - to be Lieutenant General
