Schedule for Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:00pm, with the time equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees.

At 12:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and proceed to 1 roll call vote on confirmation of the Bass nomination.

12:00pm-1 roll call vote; 7 voice votes expected:

1. Executive Calendar #956, John R. Bass, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey (roll call vote)

2. Executive Calendar #536, Eric T. Schultz, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia (voice vote)
3. Executive Calendar #548, Thomas Frederick Daughton, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Namibia (voice vote)
4. Executive Calendar #964, David Pressman, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador (voice vote)
5. Executive Calendar #965, David Pressman, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations (voice vote)
6. Executive Calendar #871, Debra S. Wada, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army (voice vote)
7. Executive Calendar #924, Laura S. Wertheimer, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (voice vote)
8. Executive Calendar #912, Bradford Raymond Huther, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development (voice vote)