Any death is tragic and unacceptable but we need members of Congress to be the solution NOT a part of the problem and Republicans in their need to spew misinformation tend to go so far to the right they forget the People of the United States !  If the Benghazi hearings have to happen, the facts, comparisons and the knowledge of the ever present danger of being an Embassador must be told

Republicans seem to be on a train going back to a time that no one wants!

Separate and definitely NOT Equal

The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, June 2, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At 5:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #633, the nomination of Keith M. Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council.  There will be 2 minutes of debate prior a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Harper nomination.

During Thursday’s session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the following items in the order listed:

–        Executive Calendar #633, Keith Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council (up to 8 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #755, Sharon Bowen, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (up to 8 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #691, Mark G. Mastroianni, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #692,Bruce Howe Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of South Carolina (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided);

–        Executive Calendar #733, Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia (up to 2 hours of post-cloture debate equally divided); and

–        Executive Calendar #798, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate).

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Last Floor Action:5/22
2:43:15 P.M. – The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order.

The next meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on May 23, 2014.

3:00:33 P.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
3:00:38 P.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Thomas E. Petri to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
3:00:58 P.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Ohev Sholom: The National Synagogue, Washington, DC.
3:02:39 P.M.		The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
3:02:43 P.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
3:03:01 P.M.		<action_description>The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on May 23, 2014, at 11:09 a.m., stating that that body had passed H.R. 316 with an amendment, S. 2198, H.R. 724, H.R. 862, H.R. 4032, H.R. 1726, and H.R. 4488. The Senate also agreed to S. Con. Res. 36.
3:03:14 P.M.		<action_description>The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on May 27, 2014.

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