Wrap Up for Thursday, October 11, 2018
Roll Call
Votes
1.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #640, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an
Assistant Attorney General; confirmed: 52-45.
2.
Motion
to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #641, Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, to
be an Assistant Attorney General; invoked: 50-47.
3.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #641, Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, to be an Assistant
Attorney General; confirmed: 50-47.
4.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #1007 - David James Porter of Pennsylvania, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; confirmed: 50-45.
5.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #1081 - Ryan Nelson of Idaho, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Ninth Circuit; confirmed: 51-44.
6.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #1082 Richard Sullivan - of New York, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; confirmed: 79-16
7.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #627 - William Ray II of Georgia, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia; confirmed: 54-41.
8.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #628 - Liles Clifton Burke of Alabama, to be United
States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama; confirmed: 55-40.
9.
Confirmation
of Executive Calendar #629 - Michael Juneau of Louisiana, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana; confirmed: 54-41.
10. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #634 -
Mark Norris Sr. of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Tennessee; confirmed: 51-44.
11. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #638 -
Eli Richardson of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Middle
District of Tennessee; confirmed: 52-43.
12. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #894 -
Thomas Kleeh of West Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of West Virginia; confirmed: 65-30.
Legislative
Business
Passed H.R.1037:
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation
Passed H.R.2615
with committee-reported substitute: Gulf Islands National Seashore Land
Exchange Act.
Passed H.R.2422
with Alexander substitute amendment: Action for Dental Health Act.
Passed H.R.6758:
SUCCESS Act.
Passed H.R.390
with substitute amendment: Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and
Accountability Act.
Passed H.R.3342
with Corker amendment: Sanctioning Hizballah’s Illicit Use of Civilians as
Defenseless Shields Act.
Passed H.R.6870:
renaming the STOCK Act.
Passed H.R.6896:
U.S. Parole Commission Extension Act
Passed H.R.3834: to provide
that members of public safety agencies who died of 9/11 related health
conditions are eligible for the Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor, and
for other purposes.
Passed Calendar
#553, S.2465 with committee-reported substitute: to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a sickle cell
disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and to provide for
sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment.
Concurred in the House
amendment to S.1595: Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments
Act of 2017.
Passed S.2765: to amend the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exempt investment advisers who solely advise
certain rural business investment companies, and for other purposes.
Adopted S.Res.680: National
Dyslexia Awareness Month.
Adopted S.Res.681: National
Character Counts Week.
Adopted S.Res.682: Nuclear
Weapons Program Workers.
Adopted S.Res.683: Illinois
Bicentennial
Adopted S.Res.684: Joseph D.
‘Joe’ Tydings.
Executive
Business
Confirmed the
following judicial nominations by voice vote:
1.
Executive
Calendar #866, James N. Stewart, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Defense.
2.
Executive
Calendar #907 - Jeremy Kernodle of Texas, to be United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Texas
3.
Executive
Calendar #895 - Peter Phipps of Pennsylvania, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
4.
Executive
Calendar #905 - Susan Brnovich of Arizona, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Arizona
5.
Executive
Calendar #906 - Chad Kenney of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
6.
Executive
Calendar #945 - James Hanlon of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Indiana
7.
Executive
Calendar #947 - Lance Walker, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Maine
Confirmed the
following Executive nominations:
DEPARTMENT OF
STATE
· Executive Calendar #1031 - Kimberly
Breier, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere
Affairs).
· Executive Calendar #1032 - Denise Natali,
of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and
Stabilization Operations).
· Executive Calendar #1057 - John Cotton
Richmond, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large.
· Executive Calendar #1096 Daniel N.
Rosenblum, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Uzbekistan.
· Executive Calendar #1097 Karen L.
Williams, of Missouri, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the Republic of Suriname.
· Executive Calendar #1098 Kevin K.
Sullivan, of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua.
· Executive
Calendar #1100 Donald Y. Yamamoto, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of
Somalia.
· Executive
Calendar #1101 Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of
Bangladesh.
DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
Executive
Calendar #1093 Jason R Dunn, of Colorado, to be United States Attorney for the
District of Colorado
Executive
Calendar #1094 Dallas L. Carlson, of North Dakota, to be United States
Marshal for the District of North Dakota
PRIVACY AND CIVIL
LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD
Executive
Calendar #694 - Adam I. Klein, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and
Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2024
Executive Calendar
#920 - Edward W. Felten, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board for the remainder of the term expiring January 29, 2019
Executive
Calendar #921 - Jane Nitze, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2023
NASA
Executive
Calendar #1077, James Morhard, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ARMY
Executive
Calendar #1130 – Gen. Robert B. Abrams to be General
NAVY
Executive
Calendar #1131 – Vice Adm. Craig S. Faller to be Admiral
AIR FORCE
Executive
Calendar #1132 – Lt. Gen. Jerry D. Harris, Jr. to be Lieutenant General
NAVY
Executive
Calendar #1133 – Vice Adm. Andrew L. Lewis to be Vice Admiral
And all nominations
on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.
DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
Executive
Calendar #1111, Robert H. McMahon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
NORTHERN BORDER
REGIONAL COMMISSION
Executive
Calendar #1105, Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to be Federal Chairperson
of the Northern Border Regional Commission
FEMA
Executive
Calendar #1126, Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Deputy Administrator,
Federal Emergency Management Agency
DEPARTMENT OF
STATE
PN 2386 – Mary Elizabeth Taylor,
of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative
Affairs)
