Monday, March 14, 2022

7:33 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will convene at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration the nomination of Shalanda Young, to be Director of OMB, post-cloture.

7:29 p.m. ML Schumer began wrap up and passed the following by unanimous consent:

6:26 p.m. By a vote of 53-31, the Senate invoked cloture on Executive Calendar #726 Shalanda D. Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

5:31 p.m. The Senate is now voting on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #726 Shalanda Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

5:29 p.m. Senator Peters spoke in support of Shalanda Young to be Director of OMB.

5:12 p.m. Senator Cassidy spoke about Russian Energy.

4:28 p.m. Senator Daines recognized Jane Lee Hammond of Montanan of the Month.

4:04 p.m. ML Schumer spoke about Ukraine, nominations, inflation, SCOTUS and the budget. He then filed cloture on the following nominations:
Executive Calendar #656 Jacqueline Scott Corley to be US District Judge for the Northern District of California.
Executive Calendar #738 Fred W. Slaughter to be US District Judge for the Central District of California.
Executive Calendar #682 Ruth Bermudez Montenegro to be US District Judge for the Southern District of California.
Executive Calendar #678 Victoria Marie Calvert to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Executive Calendar #683 Julie Rebecca Rubin to be US District Judge for the District of Maryland
Executive Calendar #737 Hector Gonzalez to be US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
-Executive Calendar #679 John H. Chun to be US District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
Executive Calendar #680 Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Executive Calendar #681 Georgette Castner to be US District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
Executive Calendar #684 Cristina D. Silva to be US District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Executive Calendar #685 Anne Rachel Traum to be US District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Executive Calendar #662 Andrew M. Luger to be US Attorney for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
Executive Calendar #677 Alison J. Nathan to be US Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.

3:27 p.m. Senator Tuberville spoke about Russia.

3:04 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about Ukraine and COVID-19.

3:00 p.m. The Senate convened.

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The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m.

Following Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of Executive Calendar #726 Shalanda Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on cloture on the Young nomination.

Cloture has also been filed on the nomination of Susan Grundmann to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.