Wrap Up for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Wrap Up for
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Roll Call
Votes
1. Confirmation of Executive
Calendar #153, Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of
the Office of Management and Budget. Confirmed: 50-49, with the Vice President voting in the
affirmative.
2. Motion to invoke
cloture on Executive
Calendar #437, A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., of South Carolina, to be
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina: Invoked: 69-29
Legislative Business
Passed S.J.Res.53, Honoring
the life of William “Billy” F. Graham, Jr.
Passed Calender #310,
H.R.535, Taiwan Travel Act
Calendar #311, H.R.1625,
TARGET Act
Adopted H.Con.Res. 106, Authorizing
the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to
present the Congressional Gold Medal collectively to the members of the Office
of Strategic Services.
Adopted S.Res.404, A
resolution honoring the coordinated struggle of workers on the 50th
anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike to voice their
grievances and reach a collective agreement for rights in the workplace.
Adopted S.Res.409, honoring
the dedication and courage of the Buffalo Soldiers
Adopted S.Res.418, Expressing
support for the designation of March 21, 2018 as “National Rosie the Riveter
Day”
The Senate began the Rule 14
process to bypass committee and place HR 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act
of 2017, directly on the Calendar of business.
No Executive
Business
