Wrap Up for Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #726 Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; confirmed: 61-33.

2.      Passage of S.J.Res.37, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to "Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs"; passed: 57-40.

Legislative Business

Passed S.623 with Rubio substitute amendment – a bill to make daylight savings time permanent.

Adopted S.Res.546 – expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin, members of the Russian Security Council, the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian military commanders for committing atrocities, including alleged war crimes, against the people of Ukraine and others.

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

·         Executive Calendar #420 - Kinan Azmeh, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024

·         Executive Calendar #421 - Constance Hess Williams, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2026

·         Executive Calendar #423 - Christopher Kaui Morgan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024

·         Executive Calendar #425 - Jake Shimabukuro, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024

·         Executive Calendar #730 - Kathryn Kahrs Matthew, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

·         Executive Calendar #472 - Rachel Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

·         Executive Calendar #784 - Beth Van Schaack, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice

During Monday’s session, Senator Schumer filed cloture on the following nominations:

1.      Executive Calendar #656 Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

2.      Executive Calendar #738 Fred W. Slaughter, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California

3.      Executive Calendar #682 Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California

4.      Executive Calendar #678 Victoria Marie Calvert, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia

5.      Executive Calendar #683 Julie Rebecca Rubin, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland

6.      Executive Calendar #737 Hector Gonzalez, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

7.      Executive Calendar #679 John H. Chun, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington

8.      Executive Calendar #680 Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia

9.      Executive Calendar #681 Georgette Castner, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey

10.  Executive Calendar #684 Cristina D. Silva, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada

11.  Executive Calendar #685 Anne Rachel Traum, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada

12.  Executive Calendar #662 Andrew M. Luger, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota

13.  Executive Calendar #677 Alison J. Nathan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit