Wrap Up for Thursday, December 8, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1238 Jeffery Paul Hopkins, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio; confirmed: 64-32.

2.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1183 Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; invoked: 57-39.

3.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1146 Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; invoked: 63-31.

Legislative Business

?Passed S.5229 – removal of the Taney bust.

Passed S.5230 – Help Find the Missing Act.

Passed Calendar #593, S.2333 – Equal Pay for Team USA Act.

Adopted Calendar #408, S.Res.124 – celebrating the heritage of Romani Americans.

Passed S.2834 with Durbin-Cassidy substitute – Dr Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers

Passed H.R.310 – Gold Medal to Americans killed in Benghazi attack.

Passed H.R.7535 with Hassan substitute – Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.

Passed S. 4216 – North Korean Human Rights Act of 2022.

Adopted S.Res.866 – National Co-Op Month.

Adopted S.Res.867 – Alan Parker.

Adopted S.Res.868 – Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

COAST GUARD

Executive Calendar #1285 – To be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)

Capt. Richard E. Batson

Capt. Michael E. Campbell

Capt. Russell E. Dash

Capt. Amy B. Grable

Capt. Matthew W. Lake

Capt. Ralph R. Little

Capt. Jeffrey K. Randall

Capt. Wilborne E. Watson

Executive Calendar #1286 – To be Rear Admiral

Mary M. Dean

Charles E. Fosse

Chad L. Jacoby

Carola J. List

Michael W. Raymond

Executive Calendar #1287 - Capt. William G. Dwyer to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Executive Calendar #1201 - Shailen P. Bhatt, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration

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

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 #1103, Jay Curtis Shambaugh, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury.

3.      Executive Calendar #1146 Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit