Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 and will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly party caucus lunches.

At 2:30pm, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #855 Stephanie Dawkins Davis, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
  2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #896 Dara Lindenbaum to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2027.

Additional votes are expected during Tuesday’s session of the Senate.

Confirmed, 49-43: Vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #855 Stephanie Dawkins Davis, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

Invoked by a vote of 54-39: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #896 Dara Lindenbaum to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2027.

At 6:00pm tonight the Senate will vote on the following nominations:

  1. Confirmation Executive Calendar #896 Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission
  2. Cloture on Executive Calendar #857 Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be US District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  3. Cloture on Executive Calendar #915 Charlotte Sweeney, of Colorado, to be US District Judge for the District of Colorado
  4. Cloture on Executive Calendar #801 Nina Morrison, of New York, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

By a vote of 54-38, the Senate confirmed Executive Calendar #896 Dara Lindenbaum to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2027.

Invoked, 52-39: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #857, Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey.

Invoked, 48-42: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #915, Charlotte Sweeney, of Colorado, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado.

Invoked, 50-41: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #801, Nina Morrison, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

The Senate confirmed by voice vote Executive Calendar #904, Paul M. Rosen to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security.

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

At 11:00am, the Senate will proceed to three roll call votes:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #857 Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be US District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  2. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #915 Charlotte Sweeney, of Colorado, to be US District Judge for the District of Colorado.
  3. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #806 Sandra Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

At 2:30pm, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #806 Sandra Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
  2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #651 Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

The confirmation vote on Executive Calendar #801 Nina Morrison, of New York, to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York will occur at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Minority Leader.

The Senate is expected to be in session late into the evening on Wednesday.

Cloture has been filed on the following nominations:

  1. Executive Calendar #670 Lisa Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor
  2. Executive Calendar #652 Chavonda Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics
  3. Executive Calendar #669 Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education
  4. Executive Calendar #792 Kenneth Wainstein, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
  5. Executive Calendar #675 Todd Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration
  6. Executive Calendar #728 Samuel Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Executive Calendar #856 Robert Steven Huie, of California, to be US District Judge for the Souhern District of California
  8. Executive Calendar #772 Shalanda Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Leader Schumer filed cloture on the following:

  1. Motion to Proceed to H.R. 350, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.
  2. Executive Calendar #923, Jane Hartley to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Also on Tuesday, the Senate began the Rule 14 process to place the following bill on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

HR 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021.

The Senate adjourned at 9:01pm.