1:47pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #1040, Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Confirmed: 76-16
Next:
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #835, Lydia Kay Griggsby, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years (potential voice vote);
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1082, Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018;
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1083, Lauren McGarity McFerran, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019; and
Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #552, Ellen Dudley Williams - to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.