Wrap Up for Thursday, March 24, 2022
Roll Call Votes
1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #662 Andrew M. Luger, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota; confirmed 60-36.
Legislative Business
Passed S.2102 with Boozman substitute amendment - Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas SERVICE Act.
Passed S.253 with Feinstein amendment – Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act.
Adopted S.Res.557 – National Poison Prevention Week.
Completed the Rule 14 process to place the following bill on the Legislative Calendar of Business:
· H.R.4373, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022
Began the Rule 14 process to place the following bill on the Legislative Calendar of Business:
· H.R.7108 - Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act
· H.R.6968 - Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
· PN 1696 Chris Saunders, of Vermont, to be Federal Co-chairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, vice Harold B. Parker.
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
· Executive Calendar #793 - Stacey Michelle Brandenburg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2025
JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION
· Executive Calendar #731 - Terrence Keith Wright, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring May 29, 2025
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
· Executive Calendar #462 - Julieta Valls Noyes, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), vice Anne Claire Richard
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
· Executive Calendar #760 - Jodi Beth Herman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
· Executive Calendar #788 - Erin Elizabeth McKee, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
· Executive Calendar #812 - Douglas T. Hickey, of Idaho, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland
· Executive Calendar #813 - Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iraq
Cloture has been filed on the following nominations, which will ripen on Tuesday, March 29th:
1. Executive Calendar #725, Nani A. Coloretti, to be Deputy Director OMB
2. Executive Calendar #791, C.S. Eliot Kang, to be Assistant Secretary of State
The votes on confirmation of the following nominations will occur at times to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader:
1. Executive Calendar #680 Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
2. Executive Calendar #681 Georgette Castner, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey
