Senate Floor Wrap Up for Friday, February 17, 2012

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the Reid amendment #1633 (Banking, Finance, & Commerce titles) to S.1813, the Surface Transportation bill; Not Invoked: 54-42

2)      Confirmation of the nomination of Jesse Furman, of NY, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Confirmed: 62-34

3)      Adoption of the Conference Report to accompany H.R.3630, the Tax Relief and Job Creation Act; Adopted: 60-36

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Discharged the Foreign Relations Committee and adopted S.Res.325: A resolution recognizing the 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a global event of cultural significance to the United States.

Adopted S.Res.379: condemning violence by the Government of Syria against the Syrian people by voice vote.

Completed the Rule 14 process of S. 2118, the "Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act" (Cornyn).

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Confirmed all nominations placed on the Secretary's Desk in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, and Navy and the following:

NAVY

#573 To be Admiral - Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, III

AIR FORCE

#574 To be Brigadier General - Col. Michael A. Meyer

#575 To be Lieutenant General - Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla

#576 To be Lieutenant General - Maj. Gen. John E. Hyten

#577 To be Brigadier General - Col. Sean L. Murphy

#578 To be Brigadier General - Col. Charles E. Potter

#579 To be Brigadier General - Col. Harris J. Kline

#580 To be Brigadier General - Col. Richard M. Erikson

#581 To be Major General - Brig. Gen. Robert G. Kenny

#582 To be Major General -

Brigadier General Gary M. Batinich

Brigadier General Richard S. Haddad

Brigadier General Robert M. Haire

Brigadier General Michael D. Kim

Brigadier General Mark A. Kyle

Brigadier General Kevin E. Pottinger

Brigadier General Robert D. Rego

Brigadier General George F. Williams

#583 To be Brigadier General -

Colonel Jeffrey K. Barnson

Colonel Abel Barrientes

Colonel Kimberly A. Crider

Colonel Theron G. Davis

Colonel Christopher L. Eddy

Colonel Lyman L. Edwards

Colonel John C. Flournoy, Jr.

Colonel Kathryn J. Johnson

Colonel Kenneth D. Lewis, Jr.

Colonel Vincent M. Mancuso

Colonel Udo K. McGregor

Colonel Eric S. Overturf

Colonel Karen A. Rizzuti

Colonel Vincent M. Saroni

Colonel James P. Scanlan

#584 To be Lieutenant General -Maj. Gen. Craig A. Franklin

#585 To be Lieutenant General - Lt. Gen. Stephen P. Mueller

#586 To be Brigadier General - Col. Robert T. Brooks, Jr.

ARMY

#587 To be Brigadier General - Col. Susan A. Davidson

#588 To be Brigadier General -

Colonel Jon S. Lehr

Colonel Timothy P. McGuire

Colonel Burdett K. Thompson

#589 To be Brigadier General - Col. Wendul G. Hagler, II

#590 To be Lieutenant General - Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn

#591 To be Major General - Brig. Gen. Leslie A. Purser

#592 To be Brigadier General - Col. Mary E. Link

#593 To be Brigadier General, Judge Advocate General's Corps - Col. Richard C. Gross

#594 To be Lieutenant General - Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti

#595 To be Brigadier General

Colonel Patricia M. Anslow

Colonel Jose R. Atencio, III

Colonel William E. Bartheld

Colonel Jeffrey M. Breor

Colonel Michael R. Bresnahan

Colonel John A. Byrd

Colonel Sylvester Cannon

Colonel William J. Coffin

Colonel Benjamin J. Corell

Colonel Kurt S. Crytzer

Colonel Ronald J. Czmowski

Colonel Rex E. Duncan

Colonel Gerald L. Dunlap

Colonel John M. Epperly

Colonel James C. Ernst

Colonel John A. Goodale

Colonel Timothy E. Gowen

Colonel Paul C. Hastings

Colonel Percy G. Hurtado, II

Colonel Jon A. Jensen

Colonel Craig D. Johnson

Colonel Maria E. Kelly

Colonel Eric D. Kerska

Colonel Kenneth A. Koon

Colonel William J. Lieder

Colonel Roy V. McCarty

Colonel Franklin C. McCauley, Jr.

Colonel Darlene A. McCurdy

Colonel David J. Medeiros

Colonel Walter L. Mercer

Colonel Allen L. Meyer

Colonel Mark J. Michie

Colonel Richard G. Miller

Colonel Robert A. Moore

Colonel John R. Mosher

Colonel David W. Osborn

Colonel Phillip M. Owens

Colonel Gregory C. Porter

Colonel Von C. Presnell

Colonel Philip T. Pugliese

Colonel Jessie R. Robinson

Colonel Paul F. Russell

Colonel Tracy L. Settle

Colonel David P. Sheridan

Colonel Hopper T. Smith

Colonel Michael D. Turello

Colonel Daniel Vazquez-Rosa

Colonel Timothy J. Wojtecki

Colonel Michael R. Zerbonia

#596 To be Major General -

Brigadier General Robbie L. Asher

Brigadier General Glenn A. Bramhall

Brigadier General Scott E. Chambers

Brigadier General Alan S. Dohrmann

Brigadier General Steven W. Duff

Brigadier General William L. Glasgow

Brigadier General Wilton S. Gorske

Brigadier General Lawrence A. Haskins

Brigadier General Peter C. Hinz

Brigadier General David F. Irwin

Brigadier General Theodore D. Johnson

Brigadier General Harry E. Miller, Jr.

Brigadier General Renwick L. Payne

Brigadier General Joseph M. Richie

Brigadier General James M. Robinson

Brigadier General Stephen G. Sanders

Brigadier General Michael C. Swezey

Brigadier General Scott L. Thoele

Brigadier General James H. Trogdon, III

Brigadier General Charles W. Whittington, Jr.

#597 To be Brigadier General -

Colonel John C. Harris, Jr.

Colonel Gregory D. Mason

Colonel Dana L. McDaniel

#598 To be Major General - Brig. Gen. Timothy A. Reisch

#599 To be Major General - Brig. Gen. Gregory A. Lusk

#600 To be Brigadier General - Col. John DiNapoli

MARINE CORPS

#601 To be Major General -

Brigadier General Steven W. Busby

Brigadier General Michael G. Dana

Brigadier General William M. Faulkner

Brigadier General Walter L. Miller, Jr.

Brigadier General Joseph L. Osterman

Brigadier General Christopher S. Owens

Brigadier General Gregg A. Sturdevant

NAVY

#602 To be Admiral - Vice Adm. Bruce W. Clingan

#603 To be Vice Admiral - Rear Adm. John W. Miller

#604 To be Vice Admiral - Rear Adm. Philip H. Cullom

#605 To be Vice Admiral - Rear Adm. Charles W. Martoglio

#606 To be Vice Admiral - Vice Adm. William R. Burke