Wrap Up for Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Roll Call Votes

1.     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #40, Rachel Leland Levine, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services; invoked: 52-48.

2.     Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #38, David Turk, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy; invoked: 98-2.

3.     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #40, Rachel Leland Levine, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services; confirmed: 52-48.

4.     Confirmation of Executive Calendar #38, David Turk, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy; confirmed: 98-2.

5.     Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #11, H.R.1799, PPP Extension Act; invoked: 96-4.

Legislative Business

Passed H.R.1651 with Durbin amendment: to amend the CARES Act to extend the sunset for the definition of a small business debtor.

Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

1.     S.963: the Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2021

2.     H.R.1868: making several budgetary and technical changes to provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provided additional relief to address the ongoing impact of COVID-19.

Completed the Rule 14 process to place S.937, to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, on the Legislative Calendar of Business.

No further Executive Business