Schedule for Tuesday April 10, 2018
The
Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.
Following
leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume
consideration of Executive Calendar #539, Claria Horn Boom, of Kentucky, to be
US District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky,
post-cloture. At 12:10pm, there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the
Boom nomination.
Following
the vote, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus
meetings.
At 2:15pm
there will be a cloture vote on the Ring nomination.
12:10--1 roll
call vote:
1.
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #539, Claria Horn Boom, of
Kentucky, to be US District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of
Kentucky
--recess 12:30pm until
2:15pm—
2:15pm—1 roll
call vote:
1.
Cloture on Executive Calendar #728, John F. Ring, of the District
of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board
Cloture
has been filed on the following nominations:
2.
Executive Calendar #539, Claria Horn Boom, of Kentucky, to be US
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (cloture invoked)
3.
Executive Calendar #728, John F. Ring, of the District of
Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board
4.
Executive Calendar #605, Patrick Pizzella ,of Virginia, to be
Deputy Secretary of Labor
5.
Executive Calendar #666, Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy
Administrator of the EPA
6.
Executive Calendar #540, John W. Broomes, of Kansas, to be United
States District Judge for the District of Kansas
7.
Executive Calendar #541, Rebecca Grady Jennings, of Kentucky, to
be United States District Judge for the Western District
If
cloture is invoked on a nomination, there would be up to 30 hours of
post-cloture debate prior to a vote on confirmation. Then on to cloture on the
next nomination with the same process.
During Monday’s session, the
Senate reached an agreement that at a time to be determined, there will be 10
hours for debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of Executive
Calendar #376, Carlos G. Muniz, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department
of Education.
