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Schedule for Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Senate stands adjourned until 9:30am on Thursday, December 4, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to executive session with the time until 10:00am equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

10:00am - Up to 5 roll call votes

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #555 Franklin M. Orr, Jr., to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy;
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #660 Joseph S. Hezir, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy;
  3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1039 Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;
  4. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1040 Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
  5. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #835 Lydia Kay Griggsby, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
1:45pm - Up to 6 roll call votes
  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1039 Gregory N. Stivers, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1040 Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
  3. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #835 Lydia Kay Griggsby, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years;
  4. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1082 Jeffery Martin Baran, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2018;
  5. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1083 Lauren McGarity McFerran, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2019; and
  6. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #552 Ellen Dudley Williams - to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.