Wrap Up for Thursday, May 4, 2023

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #125 LaShonda A. Hunt, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; confirmed: 56-41.

2.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #79 Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States; invoked: 53-44.

3.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #66 Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues; invoked: 50-44.

Legislative Business

Adopted the following resolutions:

Cal.#42, S.Res.119, Greece

S.Res.181, National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week

S.Res.198 National Water Week

S.Res.199 US Foreign Service Day

S.Res.200 National Small Business Week

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations:

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Exec. Cal. #74 - Damien M. Diggs, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas for the term of four years

THE JUDICIARY

Exec. Cal. #153 - Amanda K. Brailsford, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho

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

The confirmation votes on the following nominations will occur at times to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader:

1.      Executive Calendar #79 Colleen Joy Shogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States

2.      Executive Calendar #66 Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues