the Senate ~~ CLIMATE CONGRESS 3/10 CHANGE ~~ the House

The Senate stands adjourned until 4:00pm on Monday, March 10, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #563, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit with the time until 5:30pm equally divided and controlled in the usual form.

At 5:30pm, there will be 2 roll call votes:

– Motion to invoke cloture on the McHugh nomination and

– Passage of S.1917, the Victims Protection Act of 2014.

If cloture is invoked on the McHugh nomination, the time during the vote on passage of S.1917 will count post-cloture on the McHugh nomination.

As a reminder to all Senators, on Thursday, March 6^th, cloture was filed on the following nominations in the following order. The corresponding post-cloture debate time in is parentheses following each nominee.

– Executive Calendar #563, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit (30 hours)

– Executive Calendar #577, Matthew Frederick Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (2 hours, equally divided)

– Executive Calendar #578, Judith Ellen Levy, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (2 hours, equally divided)

– Executive Calendar #579, Laurie J. Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (2 hours, equally divided) and

– Executive Calendar #580, Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (2 hours, equally divided).

When cloture is filed sequentially on several items, the Senate will consider one motion at a time. If cloture is not invoked or upon disposition of the nomination, the Senate would immediately proceed to the cloture vote on the next nomination listed. If cloture is invoked on a nomination, the corresponding amount of debate time will occur prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination.

5:32pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #563, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit;

Invoked: 62-34

6:03pmThe Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on passage of S.1917, Victims Protection Act of 2014;

Passed: 97-0

There will be no further roll call votes during Monday’s session of the Senate.

The Senate passed S.1917, Victims Protection Act, by a vote of 97-0.

The Senate is now in a period of morning business, with time controlled in alternating 45 minute blocks of time, with the Majority controlling the first block.

The Senate also reached an agreement that results in the following roll call votes at the times listed:

11:30am on Tuesday, March 11:

– Cloture on Executive Calendar #577, Matthew Frederick Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Cloture on Executive Calendar #578, Judith Ellen Levy, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Cloture on Executive Calendar #579, Laurie J. Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Cloture on Executive Calendar #580, Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

10:30am on Wednesday, March 12:

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #563, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #577, Matthew Frederick Leitman, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #578, Judith Ellen Levy, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #579, Laurie J. Michelson, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #580, Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #512 Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Upon disposition of the Raskin nomination, the Senate will begin consideration of S.1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization.

WRAP UP

Roll Call Votes

1) Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #563, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; Invoked: 62-34

2) Passage of S.1917, Victims Protection Act of 2014; Passed: 97-0

Additional Legislative items

Completed the Rule 14 process of the following items in order to place the bills on the Legislative Calendar:

– H.R.4118, the Delay Individual Mandate Penalty – IRS.

– S.2097, the Unemployment Insurance Extension Act. (Heller)

No additional Executive items