Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Roll Call
Votes
1.
Motion
to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1013, Charles P. Rettig, of
California, to be Commissioner of the IRS; 63-34.
2.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #1013, Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be
Commissioner of the IRS; confirmed: 64-33.
3.
Adoption of the
conference report to accompany H.R.5895: Energy and Water Development /
Military Construction / Legislative Branch appropriations; agreed to: 92-5.
Legislative
Business
Passed S.1050 with Duckworth
substitute amendment: to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the
Chinese-American Veterans of World War II.
Passed Calendar #503, S.3029
with Alexander amendment: PREEMIE Act.
Adopted S.Res.576: Polycystic
Kidney Disease Awareness Day.
Adopted S.Res.525: National
Democracy Month.
Adopted S.Res.627: National
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month.
Adopted S.Res.628: Legal Counsel.
Executive
Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
1. Executive
Calendar #933, Cherith Norman Chalet, of New Jersey, to be Representative to
the United Nations for UN Management and Reform
2. Executive
Calendar #934, Cherith Norman Chalet, of New Jersey, to be an Alternate
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
