The Senate will convene at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.
At 11:00 AM, the Senate will proceed to three roll call votes on the following:
1. Confirmation of Rupa Ranga Puttagunta to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Ebony M. Scott to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
3. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Donald Walker Tunnage to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of fifteen years.
At 2:15 PM, the Senate will proceed to three roll call votes on the following:
1. Confirmation of Kenia Seoane Lopez to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
2. Confirmation of Sean C. Staples to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
3. Motion to Invoke Cloture on John P. Howard III to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
Confirmed, 57-38: Rupa Ranga Puttagunta to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Agreed to, 58-37: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Ebony M. Scott to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Agreed to, 57-38: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #557 Donald Walker Tunnage to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of fifteen years.
3 votes at approximately 2:15pm.
Confirmed by a vote of 59-38: Executive Calendar #406 Kenia Seoane Lopez to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
Confirmed by a vote of 59-38: Executive Calendar #410 Sean C. Staples to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
Invoked by a vote of 62-34: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #613 John P. Howard III to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
The Senate resumed consideration of Executive Calendar #613 John P. Howard III, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, post-cloture.
Tonight the Senate will proceed to cloture votes on the following Executive Calendar #’s: 614, 644, 649, 627, 616, 473, 474 and 495.
Motion agreed to, 55-40: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #614 Loren L. AliKhan to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for a term of fifteen years.
Motion agreed to, 54-37: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #644 Amy Gutmann to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Motion agreed to, 66-28: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #649 Lisa A. Carty to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Motion agreed to, 68-26: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #627 Scott A. Nathan to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation.
Motion agreed to, 64-30: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #616 Chantale Yokmin Wong to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #473 Gabriel Camarillo to be Under Secretary of the Army.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #474 Andrew Philip Hunter to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Motion agreed to, 76-18: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #495 John Patrick Coffey to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy.
Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #571 Shelly C. Lowe to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities for a term of four years.
Military Promotions confirmed by Unanimous Consent: Executive Calendar #695-#700, and all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
Coast Guard Promotions confirmed by Unanimous Consent: All nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Coast Guard.
There are no further roll call votes scheduled for today’s sessions of the Senate.
Schumer passed by unanimous consent Executive Calendar #’s 695-700, and all nominations on the Secretary’s Desk in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00am Thursday, February 3, 2022.
Following leader remarks the Senate will proceed to Executive session and resume consideration Executive Calendar #496 Alexandra Baker, of New Jersey, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice James H. Anderson, resigned.
At 11:00am the Senate will recess until 12:30pm. Beginning shortly thereafter at approximately 12:30pm the Senate will proceed to three roll call votes on the following Executive Calendar #’s: 496, 673, and 654.
- Executive Calendar #496: Alexandra Baker, of New Jersey, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice James H. Anderson, resigned.
- Executive Calendar #673: Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025, vice Kimberly A. Reed, term expired.
- Executive Calendar #654: Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice Kathleen M. O’Malley, retiring
The Senate adjourned at 9:33pm.
