Wrap Up for Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #566, Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade; invoked: 49-44.
2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #566, Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade; confirmed: 49-43.
3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #894, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; invoked: 49-43.
4. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #894, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; 49-41.
Legislative Business
Passed Calendar #418, S.512, Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
Passed Calendar #580, S.2904, IOGAN Act
Passed the following Postal naming bills:
Calendar #441, S.2847
Calendar #443, S.3257
Calendar #445, H.R.1833
Calendar #446, H.R.3207
Calendar #447, H.R.3317
Calendar #448, H.R.3329
Calendar #449, H.R.4794
Calendar #450, H.R.4981
Calendar #451, H.R.5037
Calendar #494, S.3461
Calendar #495, S.3462
Calendar #496, S.3839
Calendar #497, S.4126
Calendar #532, H.R.4734
Calendar #534, H.R.5384
Adopted S.Res.779, Native American Heritage Month
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
Executive Calendar #369, Michelle A Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board
Executive Calendar #856, Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board
COAST GUARD
Executive Calendar #908, the following to be Rear Admiral:
Brendan C. McPherson
Douglas M. Schofield
Andrew M. Sugimoto
Richard V. Timme
Todd C. Wiemers
And all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Coast Guard.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Executive Calendar #801, Lisa S. Kenna, of Vermont, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru.
Executive Calendar #877, Thomas Laszlo Vajda, of Arizona, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Burma.
Executive Calendar #879, Melanie Harris Higgins, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Burundi.
Executive Calendar #880, Jeanne Marie Maloney, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class
of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Executive Calendar #882, James Broward Story, of South Carolina, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Executive Calendar #884, Michael A. McCarthy, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Liberia.
FOREIGN SERVICE
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