11 | April | 2014 | Be a Seed for Change

The Senate stands adjourned until 4:00pm on Friday, April 11, 2014. boycott the KOCH’s

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit with the time until 5:00pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

At 5:00pm, there will be up to 3 roll call votes on the following:

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit,

– Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #613, the nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, and

– If cloture is invoked, confirmation of the Weil nomination.

Updated schedule:

When the Senate convenes at 4pm tomorrow, we anticipate reaching an agreement to postpone tomorrow’s votes until 5:30pm Monday, April 28^th, notwithstanding cloture having been invoked on the Friedland nomination (9^th Circuit). There will be no roll call votes during Friday’s session of the Senate.

At 5:30pm on Monday, April 28, there will be up to 3 roll call votes on the following:

– Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, the nomination of Michelle Friedland, of California, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit,

– Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #613, the nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, and if cloture is invoked,

– Confirmation of the Weil nomination

Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations:

Executive Calendar #585 Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee;

Executive Calendar #586 Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;

Executive Calendar #587 Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;

Executive Calendar #588 Daniel D. Crabtree, of KS, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas;

Executive Calendar #589 Cynthia Ann Bashant, CA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California; and

Executive Calendar #590 Jon David Levy, of ME, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

The first cloture vote is expected to occur at a time to be determined on Tuesday, April 29. If cloture is invoked on any of the district judges there would be up to 2 hours for debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination. Senators will be notified when the votes are scheduled.

Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations:

Executive Calendar #585 Sheryl H. Lipman, of TN, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee;

Executive Calendar #586 Stanley Allen Bastian, of WA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;

Executive Calendar #587 Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois;

Executive Calendar #588 Daniel D. Crabtree, of KS, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas;

Executive Calendar #589 Cynthia Ann Bashant, CA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California; and

Executive Calendar #590 Jon David Levy, of ME, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

The Senate has reached an agreement to consider Executive Calendar #648 Katherine M. O’Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. On Monday, April 28, upon disposition of the Weil nomination, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation O’Regan nomination. As a result, there will be up to 4 roll call votes at 5:30pm on Monday.

Confirmation of Executive Calendar #574, Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit;
Cloture on Executive Calendar #613, David Weil, Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor;
Confirmation of Weil nomination; and
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #648, Katherine M. O’Regan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

WRAP UP

Wrap Up for Friday, April 11, 2014

NO Roll Call Votes

Legislative items

S.Res.423, Designating April 2014 as “Financial Literacy Month”

Notwithstanding the Senate’s recess, committees are authorized to report Legislative and Executive matters on Friday, April 25^th, from 10am until noon.

Additional Executive items

The Senate confirmed the following Foreign Service nominations by unanimous consent:

PN1317 Foreign Service

135 nominations beginning with Ranya F. Abdelsayed and ending with Fireno F. Zora

PN1374 Foreign Service

3 nominations beginning with Christopher David Frederick and ending with Julio Maldonado

PN1375 Foreign Service

11 nominations beginning with James Benjamin Green and ending with Geoffrey W. Wiggin

PN1376 Foreign Service

23 nominations beginning with Scott Thomas Bruns and ending with Janelle Weyek

PN1377 Foreign Service

42 nominations beginning with Roberta Mahoney and ending with Ann Marie Yastishock