The Senate convenes at 10:00am on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

Following Leader remarks the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #847 Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice David Schenker.

The Senate will proceed to two votes at 11:45am:

1.Confirmation of Executive Calendar #798 Jennifer Louise Rochon, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice George B. Daniels, retired.

2.Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #847 Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice David Schenker.

At 2:45pm the Senate will vote on the following:

1.Confirmation of the Leaf nomination.

2.Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #687 Elizabeth Schoff Watson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Katherine Brunett McGuire, resigned.

At 6:00pm the Senate will proceed to four roll call votes:

1.Confirmation of Elizabeth Schoff Watson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Katherine Brunett McGuire, resigned.

2.Confirmation of Trina L. Thompson, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Phyllis J. Hamilton, retired.

3.Confirmation of Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice James V. Selna, retired.

4.Confirmation of Christopher Joseph Lowman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice William Jordan Gillis.

By a vote of 51-47, the nomination is confirmed: Executive Calendar #798 Jennifer Louise Rochon, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice George B. Daniels, retired.

By a vote of 54-43, the Senate invoked cloture on Executive Calendar #847 Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice David Schenker.

Confirmed, 54-44: Executive Calendar #847 Barbara A. Leaf to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).

By a vote of 50-47 the Senate invoked cloture on Executive Calendar #687 Elizabeth Schoff Watson to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Confirmed by a vote of 50-45: Executive Calendar #687 Elizabeth Schoff Watson to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Confirmed by a vote of 51-45: Executive Calendar #799 Sunshine Suzanne Sykes to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.

Confirmed by a vote of 51-44: Executive Calendar #802 Trina L. Thompson to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.

Confirmed by a vote of 94-1: Executive Calendar #777 Christopher Joseph Lowman to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.

The Senate stands in recess until 10:00am Thursday, May 19, 2022.  Following Leader remarks the Senate will resume consideration of Cal. #368, H.R.7691, Ukraine Supplemental Aid Package.

At 11:30am the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 7691, Ukraine Supplemental Aid Package.

If cloture is invoked, the Senate will proceed to an immediate vote on passage of H.R. 7691

At 1:45pm the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed on Calendar #344, S.4008, Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022.

If cloture is not invoked the Senate will vote on cloture of Executive Calendar #855 Stephanie Dawkins Davis, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Helene N. White, retiring.

Cloture was filed on the following:

• Executive Calendar #896 Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2027, vice Steven T. Walther, term expired.
• Executive Calendar #857 Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Faith S. Hochberg, retired.
• Executive Calendar #915 Charlotte N. Sweeney, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, vice Richard Brooke Jackson, retiring.
• Executive Calendar #801 Nina Morrison, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Dora L. Irizarry, retired.
• Executive Calendar #806 Sandra L. Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years, vice Mark Anthony Calabria.
• Executive Calendar #651 Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Paul T. Anastas.
• Executive Calendar #670 Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Preston Rutledge.
• Executive Calendar #652 Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Catherine E. Woteki.
• Executive Calendar #669 Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Scott Stump.
• Executive Calendar #792 Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, vice David James Glawe.
• Executive Calendar #675 Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2027. (Reappointment)
• Executive Calendar #728 Samuel R. Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, vice Robert Charrow.
• Executive Calendar #856 Robert Steven Huie, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice Michael M. Anello, retired.
• Executive Calendar #772 Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, vice James Edward Campos.

The Following were confirmed by Voice Vote:

• Executive Calendar #885 William Brodsky, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2023, vice Anthony Frank D’Agostino, term expired.
• Executive Calendar #541 Chester John Culver, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, vice Myles J. Watts
• Executive Calendar #771 Carol Annette Petsonk, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Joel Szabat.
• Executive Calendar #926 Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ukraine.