October 20, 2011
The Senate proceeded to an Executive Session and confirmed the following nominations en bloc: (OPIC -http://www.opic.gov/)
Cal. #129 (James Torrey to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #130 (Matthew Kennedy to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #248 (Roberto Herencia to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #289 (Mark Wetjen to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission).
Cal. #341 (Luis Aguilar to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission).
Cal. #342 (Daniel Gallagher, Jr. to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission).
Cal. #367 (Janice Eberly to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury).
Cal. #417 (Michael Punke to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative).
Cal. #418 (Islam Siddiqui to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator).
Cal. #419 (Paul Piquado to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce).
Cal. #423 (Anne Wedner to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commissionon Public Diplomacy).
Cal. #424 (Katherine Gehl to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #425 (Terry Lewis to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #426 (Terry Lewis to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
Cal. #427 (Russ Carnahan to be a Representative of the United States of American to bhe 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations).
Cal. #428 (Ann Buerkle to be a Representative of the United States of American to bhe 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations).
Cal. #442 (Steven Frank to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania).
Cal. #443 (Martine Pane to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania).
Cal. #444 (David Webb to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania).
All nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign Service and NOAA.
The Senate will adjourn until 3:45 PM on Monday, October 24, 2011, for a pro forma session only, and will then adjourn until 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 27, 2011, for a pro forma session.
The Senate will next convene on Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 3:00 PM and will be in a period of Morning Business for 90 minutes. 4:30 PM and will proceed to an Executive Session to consider Cal. #249 (Stephen Higginson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit) for one hour of debate, followed by a vote on the nomination at 5:30 PM. On Tuesday, November 1, 2011
at a time to be determined, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2112 (Legislative Vehicle for Agriculture, Commerce, Justice and Science, and Transportation Appropriations). With the Inouye substitute amendment having been agreed to, the substitute amendment will be considered as original text for further amendments. Under a previous agreement, the Senate will proceed to vote on the following amendments and resolutions: Coburn amend #800 (to reduce funding for the Rural Development Agency).
Paul amend #821 (to reallocate 10 percent of the amounts appropriated for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure from transportation enhancement activities to the highway bridge program). Subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold.
DeMint amend #763 (to prohibit the use of funds to implement regulations regarding the removal of essential-use designation for epinephrine used in oral pressurized metered-dose inhalers).
Crapo amend #814 (to provide for the orderly implementation of the provisions of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and for other purposes). Subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold.
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