Wrap Up for Monday, December 7, 2015

1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #214, Travis Randall McDonough, of Tennessee, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee; confirmed: 89-0.

Legislative Business

Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2359, to restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia (Paul).

Executive Business

Confirmed the following nominations by voice vote:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #373 - Kenneth Damian Ward, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Executive Calendar #374 - Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.