Wrap Up for Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Roll Call Votes
1. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #339, Jia M. Cobb, of Virgina, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; invoked: 51-46.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #342, Karen McGlashan Williams, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; invoked: 58-40.
3. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #364, Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; invoked: 69-29.
4. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #365, Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; invoked: 51-46.
5. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #366, Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut; invoked: 52-46.
6. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #339, Jia M. Cobb, of Virgina, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; confirmed: 52-45.
7. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #342, Karen McGlashan Williams, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; confirmed: 56-38.
8. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #364, Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; confirmed: 68-27.
Legislative Business
Passed H.R.1899 – Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2021.
Passed S.1872 with Ernst substitute – United States Army Rangers Veterans of WWII Congressional Gold Medal Act.
Adopted S.Res.428 – recognizing October 2021 as “National Principals Month”.
Executive Business
Confirmed the following nominations:
1. Executive Calendar #429 - Jeffry Lane Flake to be to the Republic of Turkey
2. Executive Calendar #430 - Tom Udall to be Ambassador to New Zealand and as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa
3. Executive Calendar #457 - Cindy Hensley McCain for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
4. Executive Calendar #459 - Victoria Reggie Kennedy to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria