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Wrap Up for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Roll Call Votes

1.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #708 Ann Claire Phillips, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration; confirmed: 75-22.

2.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #773 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy; invoked: 53-45.

3.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #773 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy; confirmed: 54-45.

4.      Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #844 Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, upon reconsideration; invoked: 50-49.

5.      Confirmation of Executive Calendar #844 Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; confirmed 50-50, with the vice president voting in the affirmative.

 

Legislative Business

Adopted S.Res.552 with Murphy amendment – Irish-American Heritage Month.

 

Adopted S.Res.594 – honoring the lives of fallen Missouri police officers and expressing condolences to their families.

 

Adopted S.Res.627 – United States Foreign Service Day.

 

Adopted S.Res.628 – Kids to Parks Day.

 

Completed the Rule 14 process to place the following bill on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

1.      S.4164, to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the establishment or operation of the Disinformation Governance Board in the Department of Homeland Security (Paul).

 

Executive Business

The votes on confirmation of the following nominations will occur at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader, with up to 2 hours for debate:

1.      Executive Calendar #807 - Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years

2.      Executive Calendar #809 - Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2022

 

The votes on confirmation of the following nominations will occur at times to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Republican Leader:

1.      Executive Calendar #718 Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority

2.      Executive Calendar #717 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board

3.      Executive Calendar #716 Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board