Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, June 12, 2014. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:30am with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees with the Republicans controlling the first 30 minutes and the Majority controlling the next 30 minutes.

At 11:30am, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #523 Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization with 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time (approximately 12noon), there will be up to 4 roll call votes on the following:

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #523 Crystal Nix-Hines - for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #710  Michael J. McCord, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller),

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #782 R. Jane Chu, of Missouri, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years, and

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #776 Todd A. Batta, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

Following disposition of the Batta nomination, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 1:45pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At 1:45pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and proceed to up to 3 roll call votes on the following:

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #769, Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #771, Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be  Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and

-        Confirmation of Executive Calendar #767, Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.