Senate Floor Wrap Up For Friday, July 10, 2009
- H.Con.Res.131, Providing for the engraving of the pledge of allegiance to the flag and national motto in the CVC
- H.Con.Res.135, providing for the placement of a marker in the CVC which acknowledges the role enslaved African Americans made in providing essential labor for the construction of the US Capitol
- Cal #88/S.1107, the Judicial Survivors Protection Act
- Discharge Judiciary/Pass S.1289, the Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act Of 2009
- The Senate confirmed the following Executive nominations:
- Peter Silva Silva-Assistant Administrator EPA
- Victor Mendez--Adm FHA
- Raphael William Bostic--Asst Secty HUD
- David Stevens--Asst Secty HUD
- Christopher Dell--Ambassador Republic Kosovo
- Charles Rivkin--Ambassador Monaco
- Louis Susman--Ambassador Great Britain/Northern Ireland
- Laurie Fulton--Ambassador Denmark
- Timothy Roemer--Ambassador India
- Gordon Gray--Ambassador Republic Tunisia
- Richard Schmierer--Ambassador Sultanate of Oman
- Mark Gitenstein--Ambassador Romania
- Phyllis Borzi--Asst Secretary Labor
- Nicole Lurie--Medical Director Public Health Service
- Gordon Heddell--IG Department of Defense
