Wrap Up for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #857 Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be US District Judge for the District of New Jersey; confirmed: 51-43.

2.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #915 Charlotte Sweeney, of Colorado, to be US District Judge for the District of Colorado; confirmed: 48-46.

3.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #806 Sandra Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; invoked: 48-46.

4.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #806 Sandra Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; confirmed: 49-46.

5.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #651 Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; invoked: 51-43.

6.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #651 Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; confirmed: 51-43.

7.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #670 Lisa Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor; invoked: 47-46.

8.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #652 Chavonda Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; invoked: 89-3.

9.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #669 Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education; invoked: 54-40.

10.  Confirmation of Executive Calendar #717 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board; confirmed: 48-46.

Legislative Business

Passed the following post office naming bills, en bloc:

1.      Calendar #185 – H.R.767, Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building

2.      Calendar #186 – H.R.1170, Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building

3.      Calendar #187 – H.R.1444, Patsy Cline Post Office

4.      Calendar #189 – S.2932, Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R. Peirson Post Office Building

5.      Calendar #325 – S.3825, Ron Wright Post Office Building

6.      Calendar #326 – S.3826, Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building

7.      Calendar #328 – H.R. 735, Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building

8.      Calendar #329 – H.R. 1298, Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building

9.      Calendar #330 – H.R.2324, D. Edwina Stephens Post Office

10.  Calendar #332 – H.R.3579, Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office

11.  Calendar #333 – H.R.3613, Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office Building

12.  Calendar #334 – H.R. 4168, Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office

Adopted S.Res.134 with Lee substitute amendment to the resolution, and amendments to the preamble and the title – US/UK Free Trade Agreement.

Executive Business

Confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #923, Jane Hartley, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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 #716 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board

2.      Executive Calendar #801 Nina Morrison, of New York, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

3.      Executive Calendar #670 Lisa Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

4.      Executive Calendar #652 Chavonda Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

5.      Executive Calendar #669 Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education

6.      Executive Calendar #792 Kenneth Wainstein, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security

7.      Executive Calendar #675 Todd Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration

8.      Executive Calendar #728 Samuel Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services

9.      Executive Calendar #856 Robert Steven Huie, of California, to be US District Judge for the Southern District of California

10.  Executive Calendar #772 Shalanda Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy