Wrap Up for Thursday, June 23, 2016
- McConnell motion to table Collins SA #4858; not tabled: 46-52.
- McConnell motion to table Johnson SA #4859; tabled: 67-31.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #472, H.R.3114 - an act to provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans.
Passed Calendar #506, S.795 with committee-reported substitute amendment - to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees.
Agreed to S.Con.Res.39 with Nelson amendment to the preamble - honoring the members of the United States Air Force who were casualties of June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing of the United States Sector Khobar Towers military housing complex on Dhahran Air Base.
Adopted S.Res.512 - designating June 2016 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2016, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day."
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.5447, Small Business Health Care Relief.
Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business H.R.5456, Family First Prevention Services.
Executive Business
The Senate confirmed by voice vote:
Executive Calendar #513, Julie Helene Becker, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court
Executive Calendar #516, Steven Nathan Berk, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court
Executive Calendar #517, Elizabeth Carroll Wingo, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court
Executive Calendar #559, R. David Harden, to be an Assistant Administrator US AID
