Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, June 17, 2014

1)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #740 Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;  Confirmed: 92-4

2)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #741 Staci Michelle Yandle, of Illinois,  to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois; Confirmed: 52-44

3)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #778 Darrin P. Gayles, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida; Confirmed: 98-0

4)     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #572 Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General; Invoked: 54-43

5)     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #572 Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General; Confirmed: 55-43

6)     Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #428, H.R.4660, the Commerce, Science, Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; Invoked: 95-3

Additional Legislative items

Concurred in the House amendment to S.1254, a bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.

Adopted S.Res.477, designating June 20, 2014, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.

Completed the Rule 14 process of the following items in order to place the bills on the Legislative Calendar:

-        H.R.4453, S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act and

-        H.R.4457, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act.

No Additional Executive items