Wrap Up for Thursday, March 10, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Motion to discharge S.J.Res.35, Arms sale disapproval resolution to Egypt; not agreed to: 19-80.

2.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #547 Maria L. Pagan, of Puerto Rico, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of Ambassador; confirmed: 80-19.

3.      Lee amendment #4989 (vaccine mandate funding prohibition) (majority threshold); not agreed to: 49-50.

4.      Braun amendment #4990 (Congressionally Directed Spending) (majority threshold); not agreed to: 35-64.

5.      Kennedy amendment #4983 (disaster funding) (60-vote threshold); not agreed to: 35-64.

6.      Motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.2471 (60-vote threshold); agreed to: 68-31.

Legislative Business

Passed Calendar #209, S.497 American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act

By voice vote, passed H.J.Res.75, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes (March 15th CR).

Agreed to H.Con.Res.79, directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2471.

Adopted S.Res.543, Slam the Scam Day

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

• PN 1676, Corey Wiggins, of Mississippi, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta Regional Authority

• Executive Calendar #641 - Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia

  Executive Calendar #776 - Peter J. Beshar, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force

• Executive Calendar #782 - George J. Tsunis, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Greece

• Executive Calendar #785 - Randi Charno Levine, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic

• Executive Calendar #786 - Laura Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, 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 Republic of Honduras.

• Executive Calendar #787 - N. Nickolas Perry, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Jamaica

And all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Foreign Service.