Wrap Up for Tuesday, November 18, 2014

1. Passage of S.2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; Not Passed: 59-41.
2. Confirmation of Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia; Confirmed: 100-0.
3. Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2685, the USA Freedom Act; Not Invoked: 58-42.

Adopted S.Res.577: Holiday Season Charitable Collections in Senate Buildings

Executive Business

Confirmed the following by voice vote:

1. Mark Howard Cohen, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
2. Eleanor Louise Ross, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
3. Leslie Ann Bassett, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay
4. Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh
5. James Peter Zumwalt, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
6. Craig B. Allen, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam
7. William V. Roebuck, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain