Wrap Up for Thursday, February 15, 2018
Roll Call Votes
1.
Motion to invoke cloture on Durbin for Coons-McCain SA #1955 to SA
#1958 (DREAM/border); not invoked: 52-47.
2.
Motion to invoke cloture on McConnell for Toomey SA #1948 to SA
#1959 (sanctuary cities); not invoked: 54-45.
3.
Motion to invoke cloture on Schumer SA #1958 to the language
proposed to be stricken, as modified (DREAM/border); not invoked: 54-45.
4.
Motion to invoke cloture on Grassley SA #1959 to H.R.2579
(substitute/president’s plan); not invoked: 39-60.
Legislative Business
Adopted S.Res.413: celebrating Black History
Month.
Passed H.R.4533: Lexington VA Health Care
System.
Passed H.R.1725: Quicker Veterans Benefits
Delivery Act.
Passed H.R.3122: Veterans Care Financial
Protection Act.
Passed S.946: Veterans Treatment Court
Improvement Act.
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
Executive Calendar #663, Melissa Burnison, to
be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental
Affairs)
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #617 - Joel Danies, of
Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to
be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic, and to
serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and
Principe.
Executive Calendar #667 - Peter Hendrick
Vrooman, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of
Rwanda.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #590 - Norman Euell
Arflack, of Kentucky, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Kentucky
Executive Calendar #591 - Ted G. Kamatchus, of
Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa
Executive Calendar #643 - Michael T. Baylous,
of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West
Virginia
Executive Calendar #644 - Daniel R.
McKittrick, of Mississippi, to be United States Marshal for the Northern
District of Mississippi
Executive Calendar #682 - David G. Jolley, of
Tennessee, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Executive Calendar #683 - Thomas M. Griffin,
Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the District of South
Carolina
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Executive Calendar #472, Neil Jacobs, of North
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Executive Calendar #661, Holly W. Greaves, of
the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #465, John C. Demers, of
Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Executive Calendar #359, John Marshall
Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Executive Calendar #662 - John H. Gibson II,
of Texas, to be Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.
Executive Calendar #646 - Michael D. Griffin,
of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Executive Calendar #645 - John Henderson, of
South Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Executive Calendar #648 - Phyllis L. Bayer, of
Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Executive Calendar #647 - William Roper, of
Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Executive Calendar #685 - Kevin Fahey, of
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Executive Calendar #687 - Thomas E. Ayres, of
Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Executive Calendar #684 - Lisa Gordon-Hagerty,
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Calendar #588 - Joseph D. Brown, of
Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
Executive Calendar #589 - Matthew D. Krueger,
of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin
Executive Calendar #642 - John H. Durham, of
Connecticut, to be United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
Executive Calendar #677 - John C. Anderson, of
New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico
Executive Calendar #678 - Brandon J. Fremin,
of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana
Executive Calendar #679 - Joseph P. Kelly, of
Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska
Executive Calendar #680 - Scott W. Murray, of
New Hampshire, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire
Executive Calendar #681 - David C. Weiss, of
Delaware, to be United States Attorney for the District of Delaware