The Senate convenes today at 3:00pm Monday, April 25, 2022.
Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of Executive Calendar #808 Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
At 5:30pm the Senate will vote on cloture on the Brainard nomination.
Cloture was filed on these nominations:
1. Executive Calendar #808 Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2. Executive Calendar #844 Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
3. Executive Calendar #848 Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner
Leader Schumer filed cloture on the following nominations:
1. Executive Calendar #800, Sherilyn Peace Garnett to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
2. Executive Calendar #865, Julia Ruth Gordon to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
3. Executive Calendar #670, Lisa M. Gomez to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
By a vote of 54-40, the Senate agreed to the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #808, Lael Brainard to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
The Senate will convene at 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
The Senate will recess from 12:30 pm to 2:15 pm for the weekly party caucus lunches.
At 2:15 pm, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes:
1. Confirmation of Lael Brainard to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Lisa DeNell Cook to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2010.
Further votes are possible during Tuesday’s session of the Senate.
Tonight, Leader Schumer filed cloture on the following nominations:
1. Executive Calendar #800, Sherilyn Peace Garnett to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
2. Executive Calendar #865, Julia Ruth Gordon to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
3. Executive Calendar #670, Lisa M. Gomez to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
On Thursday, April 7, 2022, Leader Schumer filed cloture on Senator Schumer filed cloture on the following nomination:
Alvaro M. Bedoya to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 2019.
The Senate will proceed to roll call votes on confirmation of the following nominations at times to be determined:
1. Susan Tsui Grundmann to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
2. Cathy Ann Harris to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
3. Cathy Ann Harris to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
The Senate adjourned at 6:51 pm.
