Wrap Up for Thursday, February 3, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #496 Alexandra Baker, of New Jersey, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; invoked: 70-24.

2.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #673 Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025; invoked: 54-39.

3.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #654 Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; invoked: 54-33.

Legislative Business

Adopted S.Res.505 – Olympic and Paralympic Teams

Adopted S.Res.504 – Red Ravens Men’s Basketball

Adopted S.Res.500 – National Trafficking Awareness Month

Passed S.3527 with Tester-Moran substitute amendment – VA naming facilities fix

Passed S.2159 – Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic

Passed H.R.1281 – Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION

·         Executive Calendar #637 – Claudia Slacik, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2023

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

·         Executive Calendar #702 - Thomas E. Rothman, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2026

·         Executive Calendar #703 - Elizabeth M. Sembler, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2026

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

·         Executive Calendar #709 - Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2028

The Senate has reached an agreement that a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will have 30 minutes of debate followed by a vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #636 - Neil Harvey MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury.