Wrap Up for Thursday, December 7, 2017

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #321, the nomination of Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; confirmed: 61-38.

2.      Passage of H.J.Res.123, CR through December 22, 2017; passed: 81-14.

Legislative Business

Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2199, to strengthen border security (Flake).

Adopted S.Res.351: recognizing the bicentennial of the State of Mississippi on December 10, 2017.

Adopted S.Res.352: designating the week of December 3 through December 9, 2017 as “National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week”.

Adopted S.Res.353: designating December 16, 2017, as “Wreaths Across America Day”.

Executive Business

Confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #167, the nomination of Susan Parker Bodine, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.