PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS

Amendments

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), consideration (H. Res. 146), H1928 [11AP]

Senate Rules: improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations (S. Res. 15), S295 [24JA]

Articles and editorials

Anti-Christian Terror Is Everyone’s Concern, E1615 [30OC]

Chief Justice Roberts—Sequester Cuts Hitting Federal Judiciary ‘‘Hard’’, S5520 [8JY]

Chuck Hagel Is Not the Right Choice for Defense Secretary, S742 [14FE]

Citing Cuts, Lawyers Seek Relief in Terrorism Case, S2646 [15AP]

Courts Without Judges, S2479 [9AP]

D.C. Circuit Breakers, S8420 [21NO]

Democrats Cry Foul Over Wednesday’s Other Filibuster, S1281 [11MR]

Donations to Reid-Connected PACs Legal, but Don’t Seem Quite Right, S5541 [9JY]

Faith & Family—The Center of a Military Spouse DC Circuit Nominee, S7701 [31OC]

Judicial Nominees Face Unfair Hurdles in the Senate, S8091 [18NO]

Judicial Nominee’s Law Firm Gives $150,000 to PAC Linked to Harry Reid, S5541 [9JY]

Meet John Brennan—Obama’s Assassination Czar, H404 [6FE]

New Report Confirms GOP Obstructionism Is Unprecedented, S3306 [9MY]

Nomination Delays Hurting Courts, Federal Judge Says, S4447 [13JN]

Open Judgeships Show D.C. Dysfunction, S3600 [20MY]

Oppose Brennan for CIA Director, H405 [6FE]

President and Congress Must Act To Fill Judicial Vacancies, S2916 [24AP]

Public Defenders Offices Shouldn’t Suffer Under Sequestration, S2916 [24AP]

Revisiting ‘‘Jihad’’ John Brennan, H404 [6FE]

Senate Moving on Obama Nominees, S2874 [23AP]

Senate Must Act on Appeals Court Vacancies, S1107 [5MR], S2646 [15AP]

Stripping a Court as a Political Ploy, S7707 [31OC]

Vegas Rules—Harry Reid Pushed Feds To Change Ruling for Casino’s Big-Money Foreigners, S9024 [19DE]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit and district judges (see S. 1385), S6071 [30JY]

——— appoint additional Federal district judges for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 3058), H5399 [2AU]

——— authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho (see H.R. 3457), H6997 [12NO]

——— provide for conversion of temporary judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to permanent judgeships (see S. 1868), S9051 [19DE]

——— reallocate Federal judgeships for the courts of appeals (see S. 699), S2564 [10AP] (see H.R. 3632), H7394 [2DE]

——— reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (see H.R. 2239), H3094 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults through transition of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response positions to nominative or ‘‘high visibility’’ positions (see S. 992), S3657 [21MY]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see S. 653), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 301), H170 [15JA]

——— rename the Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and provide for an Assistant Sec., to head such Bureau (see S. 1249), S5498 [27JN]

Election Assistance Commission: fill vacancies (see H. Res. 311), H4826 [19JY]

Federal agencies and departments: modify appointment of Inspectors General (see S. 1366), S5968 [25JY]

FRS: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without a constitutionally confirmed Director (see S. 190), S438 [31JA]

——— require Senate confirmation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Inspector General (see S. 1310), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 3770), H8109 [12DE]

Intelligence services: require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges (see H.R. 2761), H4825 [19JY]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 783), H595 [15FE]

Law enforcement officers: increase age limit for appointment as a Federal law enforcement officer for individuals discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions (see H.R. 461), H341 [4FE]

National Security Agency: require Director and Inspector General to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (see H.R. 3436), H6953 [30OC]

NLRB: declare certain agency actions have no force or effect until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments of certain members and prohibit further actions (see H.R. 976), H982 [5MR]

——— delay enforcement of any rulings until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments of certain members (see S. 180), S400 [30JA]

——— prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (see S. 188), S400 [30JA] (see H.R. 557), H411 [6FE]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (see S. 850), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1120), H1395 [13MR]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), consideration (see H. Res. 146), H1908 [10AP]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for certain activities without a constitutionally confirmed board (see S. 190), S438 [31JA]

Senate Rules: improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations (see S. Res. 15), S285 [24JA]

Smithsonian Institution: revise composition of the Board of Regents so that members are appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by the leadership of the Congress (see H.R. 2620), H4212 [8JY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member (see H.R. 2526), H4079 [26JN]

Civilian

African Development Foundation: nominations, S8291 [19NO]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

AID: nominations, S4350 [11JN], S9069 [19DE]

——— nominations returned, S9124 [3JA]

Amtrak: nominations, S4025 [7JN]

Amtrak Board of Directors: nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

ATF: nominations confirmed, S6140 [31JY]

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: nominations returned, S16 [3JA]

Broadcasting Board of Governors: nominations, S187 [22JA], S2619 [11AP], S3389 [13MY], S6140 [31JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6263 [1AU], S6687 [23SE]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

CFTC: nominations, S6260 [1AU], S8011 [13NO]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: nominations, S187 [22JA]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

CIA: nominations, S187 [22JA], S7964 [12NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S1274 [7MR]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: nominations, S718 [13FE]

——— nominations confirmed, S5715 [16JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: nominations, S3353 [9MY]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: nominations, S958 [27FE], S3061 [25AP], S4025 [7JN], S5101 [24JN], S6545 [17SE]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

CPSC: nominations, S297 [24JA], S3884 [23MY], S7932 [7NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S5512 [27JN]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: nominations, S6140 [31JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S8070 [14NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: nominations, S2619 [11AP], S3631 [20MY], S5511 [27JN]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Commerce: nominations, S3353 [9MY], S3884 [23MY], S5511 [27JN], S5623 [10JY], S6260 [1AU], S6395 [11SE], S7272 [7OC], S7964 [12NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S5201 [25JN], S6261, S6263 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Defense: nominations, S187 [22JA], S477 [4FE], S4350 [11JN], S5101 [24JN], S5511 [27JN], S5575 [9JY], S5806 [18JY], S5980 [25JY], S6260 [1AU], S6397 [11SE], S7686 [30OC], S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S880 [26FE], S2817 [18AP], S6261 [1AU], S6545 [17SE], S7560 [16OC], S7687 [30OC], S7779 [31OC], S8070 [14NO], S8814 [13DE]

——— nominations discharged, S6476 [16SE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Education: nominations, S477 [4FE], S4350 [11JN], S5624 [10JY], S6397 [11SE], S7686 [30OC], S7964 [12NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261, S6263 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Energy: nominations, S1274 [7MR], S5806 [18JY], S6260, S6261 [1AU], S6396 [11SE], S7686 [30OC], S7932 [7NO], S8141 [18NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S3588 [16MY], S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of HHS: nominations, S187 [22JA], S570 [7FE], S2905 [23AP], S6396 [11SE]

——— nominations confirmed, S3061 [25AP], S3535 [15MY]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: nominations, S5511 [27JN], S6261 [1AU], S7581 [28OC], S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S7561 [16OC], S8867 [16DE], S9116 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of HUD: nominations, S5511 [27JN]

——— nominations returned, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: nominations, S187 [22JA], S297 [24JA], S718 [13FE], S2233 [21MR], S3879 [23MY], S4986 [21JN], S5510 [27JN], S6260, S6261 [1AU], S6397 [11SE], S6609 [18SE], S7933 [7NO], S8141 [18NO], S8537 [21NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S3061 [25AP], S5511 [27JN], S5987 [25JY], S6028 [29JY], S6261 [1AU], S6545 [17SE], S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9121 [3JA]

Dept. of Labor: nominations, S1958 [19MR], S5806 [18JY], S6397 [11SE], S8814 [13DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S5806 [18JY], S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations discharged, S7309 [8OC]

——— nominations returned, S9122 [3JA]

Dept. of State: nomimations confirmed, S368 [29JA]

——— nominations, S187 [22JA], S958 [27FE], S1826 [13MR], S1958 [19MR], S2619 [11AP], S2817 [18AP], S2905 [23AP], S3353 [9MY], S3586 [16MY], S3884 [23MY], S4350 [11JN], S4496 [13JN], S4621 [18JN], S5101 [24JN], S5511 [27JN], S5575 [9JY], S5624 [10JY], S5806 [18JY], S5979 [25JY], S6140 [31JY], S6261 [1AU], S6396 [11SE], S6545 [17SE], S6609 [18SE], S6687 [23SE], S6902 [24SE], S7272 [7OC], S7686 [30OC], S7932 [7NO], S8011 [13NO], S8538 [21NO], S8814 [13DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S3884 [23MY], S5581 [9JY], S6261, S6262, S6263 [1AU], S6471 [12SE], S6545 [17SE], S6687 [23SE], S7560, S7561 [16OC], S7834 [5NO], S8070 [14NO], S8814 [13DE], S8867 [16DE]

——— nominations discharged, S6476 [16SE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S4496 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior: nominations, S569 [7FE], S958 [27FE], S6140 [31JY], S6396 [11SE], S7686 [30OC], S7932 [7NO], S7964 [12NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S2569 [10AP]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: nominations, S187 [22JA], S6140 [31JY], S6261 [1AU], S7686 [30OC]

——— nominations confirmed, S958 [27FE], S3061 [25AP], S9116 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

Dept. of Transportation: nominations, S3213 [7MY], S5689 [15JY], S6140 [31JY], S6396 [11SE], S6687 [23SE]

——— nominations confirmed, S5511 [27JN], S7560, S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S9122 [3JA]

Dept. of Veterams Affairs: nominations, S2233 [21MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: nominations, S6261 [1AU], S6397 [11SE], S7272 [7OC]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

Dept of Homeland Security: nominations, S6261 [1AU]

EEOC: nominations, S187 [22JA], S3884 [23MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S3061 [25AP], S8778 [12DE]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Election Assistance Commission: nominations, S4025 [7JN]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

EPA: nominations, S1274 [7MR], S1826 [13MR], S4025 [7JN], S6396 [11SE], S7964 [12NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S5806 [18JY], S6262 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9122 [3JA]

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: nominations, S7064 [30SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Executive Office of the President: nominations, S1274 [7MR], S2474 [8AP], S3061 [25AP], S3213 [7MY], S4350 [11JN], S5979 [25JY], S6140 [31JY], S6397 [11SE]

——— nominations confirmed, S4725 [19JN], S5511 [27JN], S6261 [1AU], S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

Eximbank: nominations, S2233 [21MR], S5575 [9JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S5758 [17JY]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

FCC: nomination discharged, S7560 [16OC]

——— nominations, S3353 [9MY], S6260 [1AU]

——— nominations confirmed, S7635 [29OC]

——— nominations withdrawn, S7933 [7NO]

FEC: nominations, S5101 [24JN]

——— nominations confirmed, S6687 [23SE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: nominations, S3213 [7MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S8606 [10DE]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: nominations, S187 [22JA], S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations confirmed, S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Federal Land Relations Authority: nominations, S1274 [7MR]

Federal Maritime Commission: nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: nominations, S187 [22JA], S3884 [23MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6262 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: nominations, S3061 [25AP]

——— nominations confirmed, S5511 [27JN]

FERC: nominations, S5511 [27JN]

——— nominations withdrawn, S7582 [28OC]

Foreign Service: nominations, S958 [27FE], S2233 [21MR], S2619 [11AP], S3097 [6MY], S3879 [23MY], S5101 [24JN], S5575 [9JY], S6396 [11SE], S6902 [24SE], S8537 [21NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S2818 [18AP]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

FRS: nominations, S7355 [9OC]

FTC: nominations, S5101 [24JN]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

GPO: nominations, S3353 [9MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

GSA: nominations, S3884 [23MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S5511 [27JN]

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation: nominations, S477 [4FE], S2233 [21MR]

——— nominations confirmed, S7561 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

IMF: nominations, S2817 [18AP], S7932 [7NO]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S7933 [7NO]

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development: nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Inter-American Development Bank: nominations, S7064 [30SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Inter-American Foundation: nominations, S8141 [18NO]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: nominations, S7064 [30SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

International Banks: nominations, S187 [22JA]

——— nominations confirmed, S7687 [30OC]

ITC: nominations, S477 [4FE], S5689 [15JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation: nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Judiciary: nominations, S24 [4JA], S448 [31JA], S569 [7FE], S1958 [19MR], S2233 [21MR], S2434 [22MR], S2655 [15AP], S3097 [6MY], S3353 [9MY], S3586 [16MY], S3879 [23MY], S3964 [4JN], S4025 [7JN], S4846 [20JN], S5313 [26JN], S5673 [11JY], S5979 [25JY], S6260 [1AU], S6672 [19SE], S6761, S6902 [24SE], S7933 [7NO], S8537 [21NO], S9069 [19DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S718 [13FE], S818 [25FE], S1094 [4MR], S1669 [11MR], S2436 [22MR], S2510 [9AP], S2655 [15AP], S2817 [18AP], S2980 [24AP], S3353 [9MY], S3535 [15MY], S3631 [20MY], S3884, S3885 [23MY], S4496 [13JN], S4621 [18JN], S5530 [8JY], S5581 [9JY], S6261 [1AU], S6300 [9SE], S6545 [17SE], S6761 [24SE], S7274 [7OC], S7473 [14OC], S7561 [16OC], S7800 [4NO], S8606 [10DE], S8675 [11DE], S8778 [12DE], S9116 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S1826 [13MR], S2437 [22MR]

LSC: nominations, S2817 [18AP], S3586 [16MY], S4025 [7JN], S4496 [13JN], S5806 [18JY], S6687 [23SE], S8141 [18NO]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: nominations, S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: nominations, S6902 [24SE], S7064 [30SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation: nominations, S4496 [13JN], S4986 [21JN], S6545 [17SE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

NASA: nominations, S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

National Consumer Cooperative Bank: nominations, S2817 [18AP]

——— nominations confirmed, S7561 [16OC]

National Council on Disability: nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

National Credit Union Administration: nominations, S3586 [16MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities: nominations, S333 [28JA], S1274 [7MR], S1826 [13MR], S2233 [21MR], S2619 [11AP], S8814 [13DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU], S7560 [16OC]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

National Institute of Building Sciences: nominations, S1274 [7MR]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

National Mediation Board: nominations, S297 [24JA], S2619 [11AP], S6082 [30JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S6263 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

NLRB: nominations, S718 [13FE], S2509 [9AP], S3884 [23MY], S5715 [16JY], S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations confirmed, S6082 [30JY], S7635 [29OC]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S5715 [16JY], S6263 [1AU]

NRC: nominations, S2233 [21MR]

——— nominations confirmed, S5511 [27JN]

NSF: nominations, S6140 [31JY]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

NTSB: nominations, S6260 [1AU]

——— nominations confirmed, S7561 [16OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: nominations, S2233 [21MR], S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: nominations, S2619 [11AP]

OMB: nominations confirmed, S2980 [24AP]

OPIC: nominations, S2905 [23AP]

——— nominations confirmed, S7560 [16OC]

OPM: nominations, S3884 [23MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S7687 [30OC]

Peace Corps: nominations, S5806 [18JY]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Postal Regulatory Commission: nominations, S3061 [25AP], S5980 [25JY]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Postal Service: nominations, S1826 [13MR], S2905 [23AP], S4986 [21JN]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: nominations, S187 [22JA], S2233 [21MR], S8918 [17DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S3213 [7MY], S8778 [12DE]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

Public Health Service: nominations, S8141 [18NO]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Railroad Retirement Board: nominations, S6902 [24SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

SEC: nominations, S570 [7FE], S3884 [23MY]

——— nominations confirmed, S2474 [8AP], S6261 [1AU]

Securities Investor Protection Corp.: nominations, S5979 [25JY]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

Social Security Advisory Board: nominations, S7064 [30SE]

——— nominations returned, S9123 [3JA]

SSA: nominations, S2817 [18AP]

——— nominations returned, S17, S9123 [3JA]

Superior Court of the District of Columbia: nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

Surface Transportation Board: nominations, S6902 [24SE]

TVA: nominations, S2233 [21MR]

——— nominations confirmed, S6335 [10SE]

——— nominations returned, S17 [3JA]

U.N.: nominations, S8538 [21NO]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: nominations, S7581 [28OC]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

U.S. Institute of Peace: nominations, S958 [27FE]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: nominations, S2655 [15AP]

——— nominations confirmed, S3993 [6JN]

——— nominations returned, S18 [3JA]

U.S. Tax Court: nominations, S3353 [9MY], S6140 [31JY], S6609 [18SE]

——— nominations confirmed, S6261 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9124 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Archuleta, Katherine: nomination to be OPM Director, S7565 [28OC], S7646 [30OC]

Block, Sharon: nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY]

Brennan, John O.: nomination to be CIA Director, S1227 [6MR], S1256 [7MR]

Comey, James B., Jr.: nomination to be FBI Director, S5978 [25JY]

Connor, Michael L.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S8838 [16DE]

Cordray, Richard: nomination to be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, S5652 [11JY], S5694 [16JY]

Davis, Brian J.: nomination to be district judge, S8837 [16DE], S9082 [20DE]

Engler, Richard J.: nomination to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, S8838 [16DE]

Estevez, Alan F.: nomination to be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, S7565 [28OC], S7640 [30OC]

Feldblum, Chai R.: nomination to the EEOC, S8558 [9DE], S8677 [12DE]

Gibson, Sloan D.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S8837 [16DE]

Griffin, Richard F., Jr.: nomination to be NLRB general counsel, S7596 [29OC]

——— nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY], S7532 [16OC]

Hagel, Chuck: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S680 [13FE], S747 [14FE], S833 [26FE]

Halligan, Caitlin J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1084 [4MR], S1146 [6MR]

Higginbottom, Heather A.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State for Management and Resources, S8560 [9DE], S8783 [13DE]

Hirozawa, Kent Y.: nomination to the NLRB, S5978 [25JY], S6031 [30JY]

Hochberg, Fred P.: nomination to be Eximbank President, S5653 [11JY], S5718 [17JY]

James, Deborah Lee: nomination to be Sec. of the Air Force, S8560 [9DE], S8763 [12DE]

Johnson, Jeh C.: nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S8560 [9DE], S8834 [16DE]

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S5994 [29JY], S6099 [31JY]

Koskinen, John A.: nomination to be IRS Commissioner, S8837 [16DE], S9081 [20DE]

Lew, Sec. of the Treasury: nomination to be IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Governor, S7566 [28OC]

Mayorkas, Alejandro N.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security, S8836 [16DE], S9068 [19DE]

McCafferty, Landya B.: nomination to be district judge, S8559 [9DE], S8717 [12DE]

McCarthy, Regina: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S5653 [11JY], S5785 [18JY]

Millett, Patricia A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7566 [28OC], S7706 [31OC], S8418 [21NO]

Morris, Brian: nomination to be district judge, S8559 [9DE], S8750 [12DE]

Patterson, Anne W.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs, S8560 [9DE], S8799 [13DE]

Pearce, Mark G.: nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY], S5979 [25JY], S6050 [30JY]

Perez, Thomas E.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S5653 [11JY], S5736 [17JY]

Pillard, Cornelia T.L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7923 [7NO], S7949 [12NO], S8595 [10DE]

Power, Samantha: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5994 [29JY]

Raskin, Sarah Bloom: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury, S8838 [16DE]

Schiffer, Nancy J.: nomination to the NLRB, S5979 [25JY], S6049 [30JY]

Sewall, Sarah: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, S8837 [16DE]

Srinivasan, Srikanth: nomination to be circuit judge, S3698 [21MY]

Wald, Patricia M.: nomination to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, S8559 [9DE], S8723 [12DE]

Watt, Representative: nomination to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, S7566 [28OC], S7706 [31OC], S8585 [10DE]

Watters, Susan P.: nomination to be district judge, S8560 [9DE], S8757 [12DE]

Wheeler, Thomas E.: nomination to the FCC, S7565 [28OC]

Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8027 [14NO], S8092 [18NO]

Wolford, Elizabeth A.: nomination to be district judge, S8559 [9DE], S8711 [12DE]

Wright, Jessica Garfola: nomination to be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, S8838 [16DE]

Yellen, Janet L.: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S8837 [16DE], S9083 [20DE]

Letters

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) subpoena for Thomas E. Perez non-official e-mail accounts relative to Dept. of Justice official business: Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, S5774 [18JY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), S5765 [18JY]

Dept. of State Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia establishment: Representative Wolf, E45 [22JA]

Impact of budget sequestration on the judicial system: Julia S. Gibbons and Thomas F. Hogan, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S3601 [20MY]

——— Mary Massaron Ross, Defense Research Institute, Inc., S3601 [20MY]

——— Thomas F. Hogan, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, S2452 [8AP]

John O. Brennan’s position on use of waterboarding during interrogations: John O. Brennan, Executive Office of the President, S1254 [7MR]

——— Senator Levin, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1254 [7MR]

Nomination of Brian J. Davis to be district judge: Brian J. Davis, S9080 [20DE]

——— Senator Grassley, S9079 [20DE]

Nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan to be circuit judge: Raymond W. Kelly, New York, NY, Police Commissioner, S1145 [6MR]

Nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Sec. of Defense: Richard C. Schneider, Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA, S831 [26FE]

——— Senator Reed, S831 [26FE]

——— several former Ambassadors, S831 [26FE]

——— several former Government officials, S831 [26FE]

——— several Senators, S826 [26FE]

——— Stewart M. Hickey, AMVETS (organization), S832 [26FE]

Nomination of Jeh C. Johnson to be Sec. of Homeland Security: several Senators, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8355–S8357 [20NO]

Nomination of John R. Bolton to be U.N. Ambassador: Christopher J. Dodd and Vice President Biden (2005), S750 [14FE]

Nomination of Patricia A. Millett to be circuit judge: Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, S7665 [30OC]

——— several former U.S. Solicitors General, S7703 [31OC]

——— several Illinois attorneys, S7665 [30OC]

Nomination of Patty Shwartz to be circuit judge: Christopher J. Christie, Governor of New Jersey, S2479 [9AP]

Nomination of Peter D. Keisler to be circuit judge relative to need to fill U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia judicial vacancy: several Senators (2006), S4639 [19JN], S7652 [30OC], S8318 [20NO]

Nomination of Representative Watt to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director: Gary Thomas, National Association of Realtors, S7696 [31OC]

——— Hugh L. McColl, Jr., S7697 [31OC]

——— Rick Judson, National Association of Home Builders, S7697 [31OC]

Nomination of Samantha Power to be U.N. Ambassador: several former U.N. Ambassadors, S6160 [1AU]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: Benjamin J. Vernia, Vernia Law Firm, S3236 [8MY]

——— Gary L. Azorsky and Jeanne A. Markey, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, S3237 [8MY]

——— John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]

——— Kathleen T. Snyder, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, S3235 [8MY]

——— M.H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable (organization), S3235 [8MY]

——— Pless Jones, Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., S3235 [8MY]

Nomination of Valerie E. Caproni to be district judge: Valerie E. Caproni, S6287 [9SE]

Reallocate Federal judgeships for the courts of appeals: several Senators, S8579 [9DE]

Request for further financial disclosure information from Chuck Hagel relative to nomination to be Sec. of Defense: Chuck Hagel, S684 [13FE]

——— Senator Cruz, S744 [14FE]

——— Senator Levin, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S683 [13FE]

——— several Senators, S683, S689 [13FE]

Lists

Additional speeches and events by Chuck Hagel that are available on the Internet, S724 [14FE]

Cornelia T.L. Pillard nomination to be circuit judge letters of support, S7949 [12NO]

Individuals and organizations supporting nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan to be circuit judge, S1106 [5MR]

Letters supporting nomination of Derek A. West to be Associate Attorney General, S5934 [25JY]

Patricia A. Millett nomination to be circuit judge letters of support, S7640 [30OC]

Presidential nominations not confirmed after a failed cloture vote, S8319 [20NO]

Robert L. Wilkins nomination to be circuit judge letters of support, S8091 [18NO]

Memorandums

Judicial Nominations: Several Senators (2005), S4639 [19JN]

Military

Air Force: nominations, S187 [22JA], S227 [23JA], S570 [7FE], S958 [27FE], S1121 [5MR], S1958 [19MR], S2435 [22MR], S2474 [8AP], S2509 [9AP], S2619–S2627 [11AP], S2905 [23AP], S3097 [6MY], S3586 [16MY], S3880–S3882 [23MY], S3913 [3JN], S4846 [20JN], S5313 [26JN], S5575 [9JY], S5715 [16JY], S5924 [24JY], S5980–S5984 [25JY], S6397 [11SE], S6545 [17SE], S6672 [19SE], S7581 [28OC], S7686 [30OC], S7932 [7NO], S7964 [12NO], S8011 [13NO], S8291 [19NO], S8538 [21NO], S8777 [12DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S718 [13FE], S1121, S1135, S1136 [5MR], S2436 [22MR], S2817, S2818 [18AP], S3885, S3886 [23MY], S3993, S3994 [6JN], S5511 [27JN], S6261, S6263 [1AU], S6902 [24SE], S7432 [12OC], S7834 [5NO], S9116, S9117 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S7933 [7NO]

Army: nominations, S187 [22JA], S227, S228 [23JA], S570 [7FE], S958 [27FE], S1122 [5MR], S1958–S1964 [19MR], S2435 [22MR], S2509, S2510 [9AP], S2619, S2627 [11AP], S2655 [15AP], S2817 [18AP], S2905 [23AP], S3098 [6MY], S3586 [16MY], S3631 [20MY], S3880 [23MY], S3913 [3JN], S3964 [4JN], S4025 [7JN], S4434 [12JN], S4846, S4847 [20JN], S5102 [24JN], S5313 [26JN], S5510 [27JN], S5575–S5580 [9JY], S5689 [15JY], S5715 [16JY], S5924 [24JY], S6397–S6400 [11SE], S6545 [17SE], S6672 [19SE], S6687 [23SE], S6761 [24SE], S7272–S7274 [7OC], S7355 [9OC], S7581, S7582 [28OC], S7687 [30OC], S8291 [19NO], S8538 [21NO], S8777 [12DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S718 [13FE], S1121, S1135, S1136 [5MR], S2437 [22MR], S2818 [18AP], S3885, S3886 [23MY], S3993, S3994 [6JN], S5511 [27JN], S6261, S6262, S6263 [1AU], S6902 [24SE], S7834 [5NO], S9116, S9117 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

Coast Guard: nominations, S2510 [9AP], S2627 [11AP], S2655 [15AP], S2905 [23AP], S5575 [9JY], S6672 [19SE], S7932 [7NO]

——— nominations confirmed, S5511, S5512 [27JN], S6261 [1AU], S8070 [14NO], S9117 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S18 [3JA]

Marine Corp: nominations, S229 [23JA]

Marine Corps: nominations, S188 [22JA], S570 [7FE], S958 [27FE], S1958 [19MR], S2435 [22MR], S2509 [9AP], S2627 [11AP], S3098 [6MY], S3588 [16MY], S5924 [24JY]

——— nominations confirmed, S718 [13FE], S1121, S1136 [5MR], S2436, S2437 [22MR], S2818 [18AP], S3886 [23MY], S3994 [6JN], S6262 [1AU]

——— nominations returned, S9124 [3JA]

Navy: nominations, S188 [22JA], S232 [23JA], S570 [7FE], S718 [13FE], S958 [27FE], S1122 [5MR], S1958, S1964 [19MR], S2234 [21MR], S2435, S2436 [22MR], S2509, S2510 [9AP], S2627 [11AP], S2655 [15AP], S2905–S2907 [23AP], S3061 [25AP], S3098 [6MY], S3213 [7MY], S3586, S3587 [16MY], S3631 [20MY], S3880, S3882–S3884 [23MY], S3913, S3914 [3JN], S4846, S4847 [20JN], S5102 [24JN], S5510, S5511 [27JN], S5575, S5580 [9JY], S5924 [24JY], S5984–S5987 [25JY], S6400–S6402 [11SE], S6672 [19SE], S7274 [7OC], S7582 [28OC], S8011 [13NO], S8291 [19NO], S8777 [12DE]

——— nominations confirmed, S719 [13FE], S1121, S1136 [5MR], S2436 [22MR], S2818 [18AP], S3885, S3886 [23MY], S3994 [6JN], S5511, S5512 [27JN], S6261, S6262, S6263 [1AU], S6902 [24SE], S7834, S7835 [5NO], S9117 [20DE]

——— nominations returned, S18, S9124 [3JA]

——— nominations withdrawn, S3098 [6MY]

Motions

Archuleta, Katherine: nomination to be OPM Director, S7565 [28OC]

Block, Sharon: nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY]

Connor, Michael L.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S8838 [16DE]

Cordray, Richard: nomination to be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, S5651 [11JY]

Davis, Brian J.: nomination to be district judge, S8837 [16DE]

Engler, Richard J.: nomination to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, S8838 [16DE]

Estevez, Alan F.: nomination to be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, S7565 [28OC]

Gibson, Sloan D.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S8837 [16DE]

Griffin, Richard F., Jr.: nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY]

Halligan, Caitlin J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1084 [4MR], S1146 [6MR]

Hochberg, Fred P.: nomination to be Eximbank President, S5652 [11JY]

Koskinen, John A.: nomination to be IRS Commissioner, S8836 [16DE]

——— nomination to be IRS Commissioner, unanimous-consent agreement, S9041 [19DE]

Lew, Sec. of the Treasury: nomination to be IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Governor, S7565 [28OC]

Mayorkas, Alejandro N.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security, S8836 [16DE]

McCarthy, Regina: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S5653 [11JY]

Millett, Patricia A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7566 [28OC], S7708 [31OC], S8416, S8417 [21NO]

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), H1973 [12AP]

Pearce, Mark G.: nomination to the NLRB, S5652 [11JY]

Perez, Thomas E.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S5653 [11JY]

Pillard, Cornelia T.L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8594 [10DE]

Raskin, Sarah Bloom: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury, S8838 [16DE]

Sewall, Sarah: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, S8837 [16DE]

Watt, Representative: nomination to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, S7566 [28OC], S8584, S8585 [10DE]

Wheeler, Thomas E.: nomination to the FCC, S7565 [28OC]

Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8027 [14NO]

Wright, Jessica Garfola: nomination to be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, S8838 [16DE]

Yellen, Janet L.: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S8837 [16DE]

Notices

Intention to object to nomination of Jeh C. Johnson to be Sec. of Homeland Security: Senator Grassley, S8409 [20NO]

Intention to object to nomination of Susan J. Helms to be vice commander of Air Force Space Command, S2903 [23AP]

Press releases

AMVETS National Commander Approves Defense Secretary Nomination: AMVETS (organization), S832 [26FE]

Questions and answers

John O. Brennan’s position on use of waterboarding during interrogations, S1254 [7MR]

Remarks in House

Brennan, John O.: nomination to be CIA Director, H399–H406 [6FE]

——— suitability to be CIA Director relative to position on Islamic jihadists, H399 [6FE]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (H.R. 301), H5564–H5567 [17SE], H7561 [5DE], E31 [15JA], E284 [13MR], E1330 [18SE], E1615 [30OC]

Forsman, Leonard: nomination to President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, E1824 [10DE]

Hagel, Chuck: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, H347 [5FE]

Jones, B. Todd: confirmation as ATF Director, E1224 [2AU]

Mossman, Kenneth L.: nomination to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, E1215 [2AU]

National Security Agency: require Director and Inspector General to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate (H.R. 3436), H7337 [21NO]

NLRB: exempt protections for employment and election rights of veterans and American workers against outsourcing, abuse by foreign firms, unsafe working conditions and discrimination from legislation prohibiting certain actions, H1973, H1974 [12AP]

——— Federal appellate court ruling on recess appointment of certain members, H6448 [9OC]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), H1915, H1947 [11AP], H1962, H1963–H1975 [12AP]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), consideration (H. Res. 146), H1923–H1931 [11AP]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), motion to recommit, H1973–H1975 [12AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4208, H4210 [8JY]

Senate: prohibit payment of salaries to Presidential recess appointees until they are formally confirmed, H4323 [10JY], H4966 [23JY]

Smithsonian Institution: revise composition of the Board of Regents so that members are appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by the leadership of the Congress (H.R. 2620), E1014, E1021 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Archuleta, Katherine: nomination to be OPM Director, S7603 [29OC], S7646–S7648, S7660 [30OC]

Bacharach, Robert E.: confirmation as circuit judge, S805 [25FE]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, S674 [13FE], S799, S803–S805 [25FE]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S754 [14FE]

Barkow, Rachel E.: nomination to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, S3990 [6JN]

Barnett, Mark A.: nomination to be U.S. Court of International Trade judge, S3877 [23MY]

——— nomination to be U.S. Court of International Trade judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3585 [16MY]

Block, Sharon: nomination to the NLRB, S5677 [15JY], S5704 [16JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S5704 [16JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador in 2005, S750 [14FE]

Brennan, John O.: nomination to be CIA Director, S1075 [4MR], S1137, S1150–S1226 [6MR], S1240, S1247, S1249–S1256 [7MR]

——— nomination to be CIA Director, motion to proceed, S1226 [6MR]

——— nomination to be CIA Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S1255 [7MR]

——— nomination to be CIA Director, unanimous-consent request, S1181 [6MR]

——— suitability to be CIA Director relative to leaks of classified information, congressional oversight, interrogation, and detention matters, S1252 [7MR]

——— suitability to be CIA Director relative to position on use of waterboarding during interrogations, S1254 [7MR]

——— suitability to be CIA Director relative to role as counterterrorism advisor to President Obama, S1240 [7MR]

Breyer, Charles R.: nomination to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, S3990 [6JN]

Broderick, Vernon S.: nomination to be district judge, S6284–S6287 [9SE]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6253 [1AU]

Brown, Debra M.: nomination to be district judge, S7790–S7793 [4NO]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7778 [31OC]

Brown, Marilyn A.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6307 [10SE]

Bruce, Colin S.: nomination to be district judge, S7260, S7265 [7OC]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7008 [27SE]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be OMB Director, S2919–S2925 [24AP]

——— nomination to be OMB Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S2904 [23AP]

Campbell-Smith, Patricia E.: nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, S6486 [17SE]

——— nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6471 [12SE], S6474 [16SE]

Caproni, Valerie E.: confirmation as district judge, S6438 [12SE]

——— nomination to be district judge, S4449 [13JN], S6284–S6287 [9SE]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6253 [1AU]

——— suitability to be district judge relative to response to request for copies of e-mails on national security letters issued by FBI while serving as FBI general counsel, S4449 [13JN], S6285–S6287 [9SE], S6438 [12SE]

Chappell, Sheri Polster: nomination to be district judge, S3597–S3604 [20MY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3585 [16MY]

Chen, Pamela K.M.: nomination to be district judge, S1075, S1078, S1082 [4MR]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S1071 [28FE]

Chen, Raymond T.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6147, S6153 [1AU]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6100 [31JY]

Comey, James B., Jr.: nomination to be FBI Director, S5989, S5995–S6001, S6003 [29JY]

——— nomination to be FBI Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S5978 [25JY], S6003 [29JY]

——— suitability to be FBI Director relative to role in issuance of Dept. of Justice legal opinions on torture, S6000 [29JY]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): nomination lists, S870 [26FE], S2748 [17AP], S6068 [30JY]

Congress: authority of cabinet level officials to carry out policy, S4565 [18JN]

Connor, Michael L.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S8838 [16DE]

Cordray, Richard: confirmation as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, S5749, S5751 [17JY]

——— nomination to be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, S3605 [20MY], S5675, S5678 [15JY], S5692–S5699, S5702–S5705 [16JY]

——— nomination to be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S5704 [16JY]

——— nomination to be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit and district judges (S. 1385), S6428 [12SE]

——— impact of budget sequestration on the judicial system, S1078 [4MR], S2449 [8AP], S2646 [15AP], S2915 [24AP], S3600 [20MY], S5520 [8JY], S6698 [24SE]

——— reallocate Federal judgeships for the courts of appeals (S. 699), S2566 [10AP], S3812 [23MY], S4512 [17JN], S7596–S7598 [29OC], S7651 [30OC], S7692, S7696, S7698, S7699, S7710 [31OC], S8578 [9DE]

——— role of special interests in influencing judicial appointments and decisions, S7971 [13NO]

——— Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S673–S675 [13FE], S803–S805 [25FE], S1078 [4MR], S1095, S1104, S1113 [5MR], S1138 [6MR], S1280–S1283 [11MR], S2449 [8AP], S2478–S2480 [9AP], S2547, S2548 [10AP], S2644 [15AP], S2782–S2784 [18AP], S2873–S2875 [23AP], S2914, S2915 [24AP], S3305 [9MY], S3508, S3509, S3511, S3516 [15MY], S3598–S3603 [20MY], S3702–S3706 [22MY], S3793, S3794, S3807–S3815, S3877 [23MY], S3894, S3895 [3JN], S4352, S4357 [12JN], S4444–S4448 [13JN], S4512–S4515 [17JN], S4536–S4537 [18JN], S4625, S4637–S4640 [19JN], S5519–S5521 [8JY], S5532, S5540, S5542 [9JY], S5584 [10JY], S5625–S5634, S5641, S5645, S5651 [11JY], S5679–S5681 [15JY], S6147 [1AU], S6285 [9SE], S6486 [17SE], S6698 [24SE], S7638–S7640, S7652, S7664–S7666 [30OC], S7701 [31OC], S7790–S7792 [4NO], S7821 [5NO], S7917 [7NO], S7944 [12NO], S7971–S7973, S7993 [13NO], S8084, S8086, S8089–S8092, S8094 [18NO], S8144 [19NO], S8294–S8297, S8318, S8319 [20NO], S8419–S8431, S8434–S8437, S8443, S8445 [21NO], S8558 [9DE], S8624, S8656–S8659 [11DE], S8986, S9045 [19DE], S9091 [20DE]

Davis, Brian J.: nomination to be district judge, S8837 [16DE], S8920 [18DE], S8986, S8994 [19DE], S9079 [20DE]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S9041 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults through transition of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response positions to nominative or ‘‘high visibility’’ positions (S. 992), S3660 [21MY]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (S. 653), S7612 [29OC]

Dick, Shelly Deckert: nomination to be district judge, S3305–S3308 [9MY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3275 [8MY], S3300 [9MY]

Dorsey, Jennifer A.: nomination to be district judge, S5532, S5537, S5540–S5543 [9JY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S5508 [27JN]

Ellis, Sara Lee: nomination to be district judge, S7260, S7265, S7267 [7OC]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7008 [27SE]

Engler, Richard J.: nomination to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, S8838 [16DE]

Estevez, Alan F.: nomination to be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, S7584 [29OC], S7637, S7639, S7641–S7645 [30OC], S7718 [31OC]

Executive departments: Senate process for confirmation of political and judicial nominees, S7702, S7703 [31OC], S8417 [21NO], S8581, S8583 [10DE], S8608, S8609, S8633–S8640, S8662–S8665 [11DE], S8678, S8680, S8701, S8709, S8719, S8724, S8754–S8756, S8768 [12DE], S8839 [16DE], S8920 [18DE]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S893 [27FE], S2440 [8AP], S2874 [23AP], S3286 [9MY], S3516 [15MY], S3702–S3706 [22MY], S3793, S3807 [23MY], S4357 [12JN], S4536–S4537 [18JN], S4625 [19JN], S5124 [25JN], S5532 [9JY], S5584 [10JY], S5625–S5637, S5641–S5651, S5653–S5659 [11JY], S5676–S5683 [15JY], S5693 [16JY], S5722–S5726, S5749 [17JY], S5831 [23JY], S5998, S6001 [29JY], S6033–S6035 [30JY], S7583 [29OC], S7993 [13NO], S8294–S8297 [20NO], S8419–S8428 [21NO], S8558, S8574–S8579 [9DE], S8986 [19DE]

Failla, Katherine Polk: nomination to be district judge, S1075, S1078, S1081 [4MR]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S1071 [28FE]

Fardon, Zachary T.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S7559 [16OC]

Feldblum, Chai R.: nomination to the EEOC, S8678, S8692, S8710 [12DE]

——— nomination to the EEOC, unanimous-consent request, S8633 [11DE]

Foreign Service: nominations, S2683 [16AP]

Foxx, Anthony R.: nomination to be Sec. of Transportation, S5116 [25JN], S5320, S5329 [27JN]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Transportation, unanimous-consent agreement, S4985 [21JN], S5258 [26JN]

Froman, Michael: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S4641, S4661–S4663 [19JN]

——— nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, unanimous-consent agreement, S4657 [19JN]

FRS: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without a constitutionally confirmed Director (S. 190), S645 [12FE]

——— provide an Inspector General for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S5698 [16JY]

Gibson, Sloan D.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S8837 [16DE]

Gonzales, Kenneth J.: nomination to be district judge, S4511–S4516 [17JN]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S4494 [13JN]

Gordon, Andrew P.: nomination to be district judge, S1275, S1280–S1283 [11MR]

Griffin, Richard F., Jr.: nomination to be NLRB general counsel, S7563, S7567–S7569 [28OC], S7583, S7595, S7596 [29OC]

——— nomination to the NLRB, S5677 [15JY], S5704 [16JY], S7532 [16OC]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S5704 [16JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Hagel, Chuck: confirmation as Sec. of Defense, S940 [27FE]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S389 [30JA], S430 [31JA], S680–S686, S689, S690 [13FE], S721–S725, S727, S738–S751 [14FE], S819, S821–S833, S844–S847 [26FE]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Defense, unanimous-consent agreement, S816 [25FE]

——— request for further financial disclosure information relative to nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S682, S689, S690 [13FE], S744–S748 [14FE]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Defense relative to position on Iran, S389 [30JA], S430 [31JA], S823–S826, S829, S832, S833, S844 [26FE]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Defense relative to position on Israel, S389 [30JA], S430 [31JA], S823, S826, S828–S833 [26FE]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Defense relative to position on several national security issues, S740–S742, S746 [14FE], S844 [26FE]

Haikala, Madeline Hughes: nomination to be district judge, S7471–S7473 [14OC]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7243 [5OC]

Hail, Michael W.: nomination to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees, S7559 [16OC]

Halligan, Caitlin J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S804 [25FE], S1080–S1082 [4MR], S1096, S1098, S1104–S1107, S1110–S1116, S1120 [5MR], S1138–S1146 [6MR], S1280 [11MR], S2914 [24AP], S8295 [20NO]

——— suitability to be circuit judge relative to personal activism in rulings, S1139, S1140, S1143, S1144 [6MR]

Helms, Susan J.: nomination to be Air Force Space Command vice commander, S4020 [7JN]

——— nomination to be vice commander of Air Force Space Command, S2841 [22AP]

——— suitability to be Air Force Space Command vice commander relative to actions while serving as a courts martial convening authority to overturn a jury verdict in a sexual assualt case, S4020 [7JN]

Hirozawa, Kent Y.: nomination to the NLRB, S6029 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S5978 [25JY], S6003 [29JY], S6047 [30JY]

Hochberg, Fred P.: nomination to be Eximbank President, S5718–S5722, S5736 [17JY]

——— nomination to be Eximbank President, unanimous-consent agreement, S5704 [16JY]

——— nomination to be Eximbank President, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY], S5736 [17JY]

Hughes, Todd M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6697 [24SE]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6672 [19SE]

Jackson, Ketanji B.: nomination to be district judge, S2436 [22MR]

James, Deborah Lee: nomination to be Sec. of the Air Force, S8740, S8764, S8768 [12DE], S8839 [16DE]

Jewell, Sarah: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S2542–S2547 [10AP]

——— nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, unanimous-consent agreement, S2534 [10AP]

Johnson, Harry I., III: nomination to the NLRB, S6029 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S6047 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Johnson, Jeh C.: confirmation as Sec. of Homeland Security, S8835, S8862 [16DE], S8907 [17DE]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, S8355 [20NO], S8632 [11DE], S8801 [13DE], S8824–S8830 [16DE]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Homeland Security, unanimous-consent agreement, S8795 [13DE]

Jones, B. Todd: nomination to be ATF Director, S4448, S4472 [13JN], S4545 [18JN], S5658 [11JY], S5994, S5996, S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6100 [31JY]

——— nomination to be ATF Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S5994 [29JY], S6089 [31JY]

——— suitability to be ATF Director relative to allegations of retaliation against whistleblower in U.S. Attorney’s Office, S4448 [13JN], S6001–S6003 [29JY], S6095–S6099 [31JY]

Kaplan, Elaine D.: nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, S6486 [17SE]

——— nomination to be U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6471 [12SE], S6474 [16SE]

Kayatta, William J., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S672–S675 [13FE]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S668 [13FE]

Kelly, Clarie R.: nomination to be U.S. Court of International Trade judge, S3877 [23MY]

——— nomination to be U.S. Court of International Trade judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3585 [16MY]

Kelly, Jane: nomination to be circuit judge, S2914–S2917, S2923 [24AP]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2817 [18AP], S2904 [23AP]

Kerry, Senator: nomination to be Sec. of State, S245 [24JA], S344–S352 [29JA]

——— nomination to be Sec. of State, unanimous-consent agreement, S344 [29JA]

Koskinen, John A.: nomination to be IRS Commissioner, S8836 [16DE], S8986, S8988 [19DE], S9080 [20DE]

Lettre, Marcel J., II: nomination to be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Intelligence, S7777 [31OC]

Lew, Jacob J.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S892–S902, S906–S908, S911–S918, S922 [27FE]

——— nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, unanimous-consent agreement, S892 [27FE]

——— suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury relative to actions and compensation as a top executive of Citigroup Inc., S894 [27FE]

——— suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury relative to fiscal responsibility as OMB Director, S895–S902, S906–S908 [27FE]

Lew, Sec. of the Treasury: nomination to be IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Governor, S7584 [29OC]

——— nomination to be IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Governor, unanimous-consent agreement, S7663 [30OC]

Linick, Steve A.: nomination to be Dept. of State Inspector General, S6544 [17SE]

Mayorkas, Alejandro N.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security, S6001 [29JY], S8836 [16DE], S8900–S8902 [17DE], S8937, S8969–S8971 [18DE], S8986, S9019, S9022–S9029, S9032–S9036 [19DE], S9072–S9079 [20DE]

——— nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security, unanimous-consent agreement, S9041 [19DE]

——— suitability to be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security relative to allegations of procuring a visa as a political favor, S6001 [29JY], S8900–S8902 [17DE], S9022–S9029, S9032 [19DE], S9072–S9079 [20DE]

McCafferty, Landya B.: nomination to be district judge, S8711, S8717, S8718 [12DE]

McCarthy, Regina: confirmation as EPA Administrator, S8678 [12DE]

——— nomination to be EPA Administrator, S1766 [13MR], S3286, S3294 [9MY], S3516 [15MY], S3605 [20MY], S5109 [25JN], S5523, S5524 [8JY], S5610 [10JY], S5679 [15JY], S5729, S5738–S5740, S5746, S5747 [17JY], S5759–S5763, S5766–S5768, S5776, S5779–S5781, S5783–S5787 [18JY], S6006 [29JY]

——— nomination to be EPA Administrator, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

——— suitability to be EPA Administrator relative to lack of transparency at the EPA, S1766 [13MR], S3605 [20MY], S5738–S5740 [17JY], S5766 [18JY]

McShane, Michael J.: nomination to be district judge, S3590, S3597–S3604 [20MY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3585 [16MY]

Meade, Christopher J.: nomination to be Dept. of the Treasury General Counsel, S867 [26FE]

Medine, David: nomination to be Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman, S3104, S3107 [7MY]

——— nomination to be Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman, unanimous-consent agreement, S3058 [25AP]

Millett, Patricia A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7637–S7640, S7650, S7658, S7664–S7666 [30OC], S7691–S7693, S7696, S7698–S7708 [31OC], S7790, S7792 [4NO], S7914–S7918 [7NO], S7993 [13NO], S8294, S8295 [20NO], S8552, S8553 [9DE], S8581–S8584 [10DE]

Miscimarra, Philip A.: nomination to the NLRB, S6029 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S6047 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Moniz, Ernest J.: nomination to be Sec. of Energy, S3538–S3541, S3543, S3547, S3548, S3550–S3552 [16MY]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Energy, unanimous-consent agreement, S3351 [9MY]

Moore, Raymond P.: nomination to be district judge, S2436 [22MR]

Morris, Brian: nomination to be district judge, S8614 [11DE]

National Security Agency: require Director to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, S8347 [20NO]

NLRB: consideration of nominations, S5124 [25JN], S5682 [15JY], S6031–S6035 [30JY]

——— court decisions on legality of recess appointments of certain members and validity of agency actions made prior to resolution of such court cases, S5678 [15JY]

——— Federal appellate court ruling on recess appointment of certain members, S302–S304 [28JA], S381–S383 [30JA]

——— history, effectiveness, and need for fully staffed board relevant to negotiations with business and industry, receiving of workers complaints, and protection of workers against unfair labor practices, S5831 [23JY]

——— prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (S. 188), S405 [30JA]

Nominations: considered and confirmed en bloc, S692 [13FE], S1121 [5MR], S2815 [18AP], S3058 [25AP], S3875 [23MY], S3990, S3991 [6JN], S5508 [27JN], S5572 [9JY], S6253–S6257 [1AU], S6674 [23SE], S6899 [24SE], S7419 [12OC], S7558 [16OC], S7634 [29OC], S7833 [5NO], S8069 [14NO], S8558 [9DE], S9110, S9111 [20DE]

Nuland, Victoria J.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, S6471 [12SE]

Nunley, Troy L.: nomination to be district judge, S2436 [22MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S5699 [16JY], S5723 [17JY]

O’Connell, Beverly Reid: nomination to be district judge, S2645–S2648 [15AP]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2619 [11AP]

O’Rielly, Michael P.: nomination to the FCC, S7559 [16OC], S7584 [29OC]

Orrick, William H., III: nomination to be district judge, S3508–S3512 [15MY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3351 [9MY], S3496 [15MY]

Patterson, Anne W.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs, S8824 [16DE]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs, unanimous-consent agreement, S8795 [13DE]

Pearce, Mark G.: nomination to the NLRB, S5677 [15JY], S5704 [16JY], S6029 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S5704 [16JY], S5978 [25JY], S6047 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY]

Perez, Thomas E.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S3216, S3233–S3239 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3512–S3514 [15MY], S3604, S3605 [20MY], S5676 [15JY], S5724–S5726, S5729–S5733, S5735–S5737, S5740–S5746 [17JY], S5759–S5767, S5773–S5776 [18JY], S6001 [29JY]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Labor, unanimous-consent agreement, S5770 [18JY]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Labor, unanimous-consent request, S5653, S5654 [11JY], S5737 [17JY]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Labor relative to actions while serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division relative to False Claims Act case against St. Paul, MN, S3512–S3514 [15MY], S5724, S5729–S5733, S5735–S5737, S5740–S5743 [17JY], S5773 [18JY], S6001 [29JY]

——— suitability to be Sec. of Labor relative to alleged bias while serving as Assistant Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, S3233 [8MY], S5743–S5746 [17JY], S5760, S5763, S5765, S5767, S5773, S5774 [18JY]

Phillips, Gregory A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5519–S5522 [8JY]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S5508 [27JN]

Pillard, Cornelia T.L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S7822 [5NO], S7893, S7914–S7918 [7NO], S7937–S7940, S7945–S7949 [12NO], S7993 [13NO], S8045 [14NO], S8294, S8295 [20NO], S8594 [10DE], S8609, S8627, S8643, S8646, S8652, S8656, S8662–S8665, S8667 [11DE]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent request, S8633 [11DE]

Polite, Kenneth A., Jr.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S6544 [17SE]

Power, Samantha: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S6097 [31JY], S6148, S6156–S6161 [1AU]

——— nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, unanimous-consent agreement, S5994 [29JY], S6100 [31JY]

——— nomination to be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Representative, S6257 [1AU]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S8094 [18NO], S8144 [19NO], S8445 [21NO]

Pritzker, Penny S.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S5116, S5119, S5120, S5122–S5124 [25JN]

——— nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, unanimous-consent agreement, S4985 [21JN], S5117 [25JN]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, S3990 [6JN]

Quiñones Alejandro, Nitza I.: nomination to be district judge, S4356 [12JN], S4444–S4450 [13JN]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3993 [6JN], S4440 [13JN]

Raskin, Sarah Bloom: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury, S8838 [16DE]

Restrepo, Luis F.: confirmation as district judge, S4571 [18JN]

——— nomination to be district judge, S4511–S4515 [17JN]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S4494 [13JN]

Roman, Nelson S.: nomination to be district judge, S3305 [9MY]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3275 [8MY], S3300 [9MY]

Rooney, Jo Ann: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Navy, S7776 [31OC]

Rymer, Jon T.: nomination to be Dept. of Defense Inspector General, S6544 [17SE]

Schiffer, Nancy J.: nomination to the NLRB, S6029 [30JY]

——— nomination to the NLRB, unanimous-consent agreement, S5978 [25JY], S6047 [30JY]

Schmehl, Jeffrey L.: nomination to be district judge, S4356 [12JN], S4444–S4450 [13JN]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3993 [6JN], S4440 [13JN]

Schultz, William B.: nomination to be Dept. of HHS General Counsel, S867 [26FE]

Senate: executive calendar, unanimous-consent agreement, S9041 [19DE]

——— executive calendar, unanimous-consent request, S6673, S6674 [23SE], S9089 [20DE]

——— legislative priorities, S7563–S7565 [28OC]

Senate Rules: clarify difference between use of filibuster to impede confirmation of Presidential nominees and a cloture motion, S924–S926 [27FE], S1110 [5MR]

——— improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations, S4637–S4640 [19JN]

——— improve debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations (S. Res. 15), S256–S264, S270–S274 [24JA], S4625 [19JN]

——— reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S5549 [9JY], S5654–S5659 [11JY]

——— use of filibuster to impede confirmation of judicial nominees, S2914, S2915 [24AP]

——— use of filibuster to impede confirmation of Presidential nominees, S744–S750 [14FE], S1075, S1076 [4MR], S1138, S1140, S1143, S1144 [6MR], S8414 [21NO]

Sewall, Sarah: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, S8837 [16DE]

Shelanski, Howard A.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S5509 [27JN]

Shwartz, Patty: nomination to be circuit judge, S2478–S2482 [9AP]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2434 [22MR], S2439 [8AP]

Srinivasan, Srikanth: nomination to be circuit judge, S2547, S2548 [10AP], S3698 [21MY], S3807–S3816 [23MY], S3894 [3JN]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3794 [23MY]

——— nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent request, S3704, S3705 [22MY]

Suh, Rhea S.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, S7684 [30OC]

Taranto, Richard G.: nomination to be circuit judge, S674 [13FE], S1275, S1280–S1283 [11MR]

Tavenner, Marilyn B.: nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, S3508, S3510, S3514, S3515, S3518 [15MY]

——— nomination to be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, unanimous-consent agreement, S3313 [9MY], S3496 [15MY]

Torres, Analisa: nomination to be district judge, S2782–S2784 [18AP]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2619 [11AP], S2774 [17AP]

Tower, John: nomination to be Sec. of Defense in 1989, S738–S740 [14FE]

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia: caseload, S7652, S7658 [30OC], S7692, S7698, S7699, S7701 [31OC], S7893 [7NO], S7937–S7940, S7944–S7949 [12NO], S8045 [14NO], S8084, S8086, S8089 [18NO], S9037 [19DE]

——— impact of filling judgeship vacancies on caseload and decisions on Federal regulatory issues, S7596–S7598 [29OC], S7691, S7695, S7709, S7710 [31OC], S7971 [13NO], S8552 [9DE], S8624, S8627, S8635, S8646, S8657–S8659 [11DE], S8680, S8701, S8764 [12DE]

——— importance, S1076 [4MR], S1140, S1141, S1143, S1144 [6MR], S4512 [17JN]

——— judicial vacancies, S7914–S7918 [7NO], S8076 [18NO]

Wald, Patricia M.: nomination to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, S7996 [13NO], S8749 [12DE], S8840 [16DE]

Watson, Derrick K.: nomination to be district judge, S2782–S2784 [18AP]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2619 [11AP], S2774 [17AP]

Watt, Representative: nomination to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, S7584 [29OC], S7651, S7659 [30OC], S7692, S7694, S7696–S7698, S7700, S7702 [31OC], S7993 [13NO], S8294 [20NO], S8581, S8586, S8593 [10DE], S8624 [11DE]

Watters, Susan P.: nomination to be district judge, S8614 [11DE], S8757 [12DE]

West, Derek A.: nomination to be Associate Attorney General, S5933–S5937 [25JY]

——— nomination to be Associate Attorney General, unanimous-consent agreement, S5508 [27JN]

——— suitability to be Dept. of Justice Associate Attorney General relative to actions while serving as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division relative to False Claims Act case against St. Paul, MN, S5935 [25JY]

Wheeler, Thomas E.: nomination to the FCC, S7584, S7610 [29OC]

White, Mary Jo: confirmation as SEC Chair, S2441–S2443 [8AP]

——— nomination to be SEC Chair, S2439 [8AP]

Wilkins, Robert L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8076, S8084, S8086–S8092 [18NO], S8294, S8295 [20NO]

Wolford, Elizabeth A.: nomination to be district judge, S8711, S8712 [12DE]

Wood, Andrea R.: nomination to be district judge, S7465, S7471–S7473 [14OC]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7243 [5OC]

Woods, Gregory H.: nomination to be district judge, S7790–S7793 [4NO]

——— nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7778 [31OC]

Wright, Jessica Garfola: nomination to be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, S8838 [16DE]

Yellen, Janet L.: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S7584 [29OC], S8837 [16DE], S8920 [18DE], S8986, S8995 [19DE], S9080 [20DE]

——— nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, unanimous-consent agreement, S9041 [19DE]

Reports

Reallocation of Federal Judgeships for the Courts of Appeals: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (2007) (excerpt), S7653 [30OC]

Reports filed

Air Force Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S437 [31JA], S870 [26FE], S2026 [20MR], S2748 [17AP], S3759, S3760 [22MY], S3985 [6JN], S5263 [26JN], S6068 [30JY], S6517 [17SE], S7724 [31OC], S8845 [16DE]

Army Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S437 [31JA], S870 [26FE], S2026 [20MR], S2748 [17AP], S3759, S3760 [22MY], S3985 [6JN], S5263 [26JN], S6068 [30JY], S6518 [17SE], S7724 [31OC], S8845 [16DE]

Coast Guard Nominations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4058 [10JN], S6069 [30JY], S7951 [12NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 146) (H. Rept. 113–32), H1908 [10AP]

Foreign Service Nominations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2683 [16AP]

Marine Corps Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S437 [31JA], S870 [26FE], S2026 [20MR], S2748 [17AP], S3759, S3760 [22MY], S3985 [6JN], S6068 [30JY]

Navy Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S438 [31JA], S870 [26FE], S2026 [20MR], S2748, S2749 [17AP], S3759, S3760 [22MY], S3985, S3986 [6JN], S5263, S5264 [26JN], S6068, S6069 [30JY], S6518 [17SE], S7724 [31OC], S8845 [16DE]

Nomination of Adam M. Scheinman To Be Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Alan F. Estevez To Be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2026 [20MR]

Nomination of Alejandro N. Mayorkas To Be Deputy Sec. of Homeland Security: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S8667 [11DE]

Nomination of Alexa Lange Wesner To Be Ambassador to Austria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of Allison M. Macfarlane to the NRC: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Amos Rojas, Jr. To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Amy J. Hyatt To Be Ambassador to Palau: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Analisa Torres To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Andrea R. Wood To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Andrew P. Gordon To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Ann M. Ravel to the FEC: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S6518 [17SE]

Nomination of Anne W. Patterson To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Anthony L. Gardner To Be U.S. Representative to the EU: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Anthony R. Foxx To Be Sec. of Transportation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4058 [10JN]

Nomination of Avi Garbow To Be EPA Assistant Administrator and General Counsel: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of B. Todd Jones To Be ATF Director: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5667 [11JY]

Nomination of Beth F. Colbert To Be OMB Deputy Director for Management: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7271 [7OC]

Nomination of Beth Labson Freeman To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Beverly Reid O’Connell To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Brent F. Nelsen to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Brian A. Nichols To Be Ambassador to Peru: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Brian C. Deese To Be OMB Deputy Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

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Nomination of Brian J. Davis To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Brian Morris To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Bruce M. Ramer to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Caitlin J. Halligan To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Carlos R. Moreno To Be Ambassador to Belize: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of Carol Waller Pope to the Federal Labor Relations Authority: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7062 [30SE]

Nomination of Caroline B. Kennedy To Be Ambassador to Japan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7062 [30SE]

Nomination of Carolyn B. McHugh To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Carolyn Hessler Radelet To Be Peace Corps Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Catherine E. Lhamon To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Civil Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Catherine M. Russell To Be Dept. of State Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Chai R. Feldblum to the EEOC: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7673 [30OC]

Nomination of Charles R. Breyer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3843 [23MY]

Nomination of Christopher A. Hart to the NTSB: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Christopher A. Smith To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8913 [17DE]

Nomination of Christopher J. Meade To Be Dept. of the Treasury General Counsel: Committee on Finance (Senate), S870 [26FE]

Nomination of Chuck Hagel To Be Sec. of Defense: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S657 [12FE]

Nomination of Claire R. Kelly To Be U.S. Court of International Trade Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Colin S. Bruce To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Constance B. Tobias To Be Board of Veterans’ Appeals Chairman: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S8565 [9DE]

Nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pillard To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Crystal Nix-Hines To Be U.S. Representative to UNESCO: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Cynthia L. Attwood to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5620 [10JY]

Nomination of Dana J. Hyde To Be Millennium Challenge Corp., Chief Executive Officer: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Daniel A. Clune To Be Ambassador to Laos: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Daniel A. Sepulveda To Be Deputy Assistant Sec. of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Daniel B. Baer To Be Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Daniel L. Russel To Be Assistant Sec. of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Daniel M. Tangherlini To Be GSA Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5017 [24JN]

Nomination of Daniel W. Yohannes To Be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of David D. Pearce To Be Ambassador to Greece: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of David Hale To Be Ambassador to Lebanon: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6204 [1AU]

Nomination of David Medine To Be Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1011 [28FE]

Nomination of David Weil To Be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks To Be Public Printer: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S5907 [24JY]

Nomination of Deborah A.P. Hersman To Be NTSB Chairman: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Deborah A.P. Hersman to the NTSB: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Deborah K. Jones To Be Ambassador to Libya: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3429 [14MY]

Nomination of Deborah Lee James To Be Sec. of the Air Force: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6753 [24SE]

Nomination of Debra M. Brown To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Denise Campbell Bauer To Be Ambassador to Belgium: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of Dennis V. McGinn To Be Assistant Sec. of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6068 [30JY]

Nomination of Derek A. West To Be Associate Attorney General: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4481 [13JN]

Nomination of Derrick K. Watson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Donald Lu To Be Ambassador to Albania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of Douglas E. Lute To Be NATO Council U.S. Permanent Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Dwight L. Bush, Sr., To Be Ambassador to Morocco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Elaine D. Kaplan To Be U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3986 [6JN]

Nomination of Elizabeth A. Wolford To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Elizabeth Frawley Bagley To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Alternate Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Elizabeth M. Robinson To Be Under Sec. of Energy for Management & Performance: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7308 [8OC]

Nomination of Eric K. Fanning To Be Under Sec. of the Air Force: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2026 [20MR]

Nomination of Ernest J. Moniz To Be Sec. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S2797 [18AP]

Nomination of Ernest W. Dubester to the Federal Labor Relations Authority: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7062 [30SE]

Nomination of Esther Puakela Kia’aina To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Insular Affairs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8913 [17DE]

Nomination of Eunice S. Reddick To Be Ambassador to Niger: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Evan Ryan To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6596 [18SE]

Nomination of F. Scott Kieff to the ITC: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5968 [25JY]

Nomination of France A. Cordova To Be NSF Director: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Frank A. Rose To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Verification and Compliance: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Frank G. Klotz To Be Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6753 [24SE]

Nomination of Fred P. Hochberg To Be Eximbank President: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4021 [7JN]

Nomination of Frederick Vollrath To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Readiness and Force Management: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2026 [20MR]

Nomination of Gary L. Blankinship To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Geoffrey R. Pyatt To Be Ambassador to Ukraine: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Gregory A. Phillips To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2797 [18AP]

Nomination of Gregory B. Starr To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Diplomatic Security: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Gregory D. Winfree To Be Dept. of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Administrator: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Gregory H. Woods To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Harry I. Johnson III to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Harry R. Hoglander to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Heather A. Higginbottom To Be Deputy Sec. of State for Management and Resources: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Howard A. Husock to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Howard A. Shelanski To Be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5017 [24JN]

Nomination of Jacob J. Lew To Be Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S870 [26FE]

Nomination of James B. Comey, Jr., To Be FBI Director: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of James C. Swan To Be Ambassador to Democratic Republic of the Congo: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of James Cole, Jr., To Be Dept. of Education General Counsel: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7673 [30OC]

Nomination of James Costos To Be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6071 [30JY]

Nomination of James Donato To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of James F. Entwistle To Be Ambassador to Nigeria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of James J. Jones To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of James Knight To Be Ambassador to Chad: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3429 [14MY]

Nomination of James M. Moody, Jr., To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of James W. Brewster, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Dominican Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of James W. Brewster, Jr., To Be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Jamie M. Morin To Be Dept. of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Director: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Jane Kelly To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2328 [22MR]

Nomination of Janet L. Yellen To Be FRS Board of Governors Chairman: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S8456 [21NO]

Nomination of Jannette L. Dates to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Jason Furman To Be Council of Economic Advisers Chairman: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Jeffrey A. Meyer To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Jeffrey L. Schmehl To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1269 [7MR]

Nomination of Jeffrey Shell To Be Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Jeh C. Johnson To Be Sec. of Homeland Security: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S8360 [20NO]

Nomination of Jennifer A. Dorsey To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3569 [16MY]

Nomination of Jenny R. Yang to the EEOC: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S2564 [10AP]

Nomination of Jessica Garfola Wright To Be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6753 [24SE]

Nomination of Jo Ann Rooney To Be Under Sec. of the Navy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Jo E. Handelsman To Be Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7951 [12NO]

Nomination of John A. Koskinen To Be IRS Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8809 [13DE]

Nomination of John B. Emerson To Be Ambassador to Germany: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of John F. Hoover To Be Ambassador to Sierra Leone: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of John H. Thompson To Be Bureau of the Census Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of John O. Brennan To Be CIA Director: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S1126 [5MR]

Nomination of John R. Gifford To Be Ambassador to Denmark: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of John R. Phillips To Be Ambassador to Italy and San Marino: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of Jon T. Rymer To Be Dept. of Defense Inspector General: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6068 [30JY]

Nomination of Joseph W. Nega To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5968 [25JY]

Nomination of Joseph Y. Yun To Be Ambassador to Malaysia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of Kara M. Stein to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Karen Clark Stanton To Be Ambassador to Timor-Leste: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Karol V. Mason To Be Assistant Attorney General for Justice Programs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2797 [18AP]

Nomination of Katherine Archuleta To Be OPM Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Katherine M. O’Regan To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Katherine Polk Failla To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Kathryn D. Sullivan To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7951 [12NO]

Nomination of Keith M. Harper To Be Ambassador to U.N. Human Rights Council: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6446 [12SE]

Nomination of Kenneth F. Hackett To Be Ambassador to the Holy See: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of Kenneth J. Gonzales To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2589 [11AP]

Nomination of Kenneth J. Kopocis To Be EPA Assistant Administrator for Water: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Kenneth L. Mossman to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Kenneth R. Weinstein to the Broadcasting Board of Governors: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6596 [18SE]

Nomination of Kent Y. Hirozawa to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5907 [24JY]

Nomination of Ketanji B. Jackson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Kevin A. Ohlson To Be U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Judge: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6753 [24SE]

Nomination of Kirk W.B. Wagar To Be Ambassador to Singapore: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of Krysta L. Harden To Be Deputy Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5968 [25JY]

Nomination of Landya B. McCafferty To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Lee E. Goodman to the FEC: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate), S6518 [17SE]

Nomination of Liliana Ayalde To Be Ambassador to Brazil: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6204 [1AU]

Nomination of Linda A. Puchala to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Linda A. Schwartz To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S8565 [9DE]

Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield To Be Assistant Sec. of State for African Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6070 [30JY]

Nomination of Loretta C. Sutliff to the Corp. for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Luis F. Restrepo To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1269 [7MR]

Nomination of Madeline Hughes Haikala To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Marcel J. Lettre II To Be Principal Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Intelligence: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6753 [24SE]

Nomination of Marilyn A. Brown to the TVA Board of Directors: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Marilyn B. Tavenner To Be Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator: Committee on Finance (Senate), S2896 [23AP]

Nomination of Mark A. Barnett To Be U.S. Court of International Trade Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Mark B. Childress To Be Ambassador to Tanzania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of Mark E. Lopes To Be U.S. Executive Director of Inter-American Development Bank: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Mark E. Schaefer To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Mark G. Pearce to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Mary Jo White to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1950 [19MR], S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Matthew C. Armstrong to the Broadcasting Board of Governors: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Matthew T. Harrington To Be Ambassador to Lesotho: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Matthew W. Barzun To Be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6204 [1AU]

Nomination of Michael B. Thornton To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5968 [25JY]

Nomination of Michael D. Lumpkin To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Michael Froman to Be U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4212 [11JN]

Nomination of Michael G. Carroll To Be AID Inspector General: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Michael J. McShane To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1269 [7MR]

Nomination of Michael K. O’Keefe To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Michael K. Yudin To Be Assistant Sec. of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S7673 [30OC]

Nomination of Michael L. Connor To Be Deputy Sec. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7308 [8OC]

Nomination of Michael S. Hoza To Be Ambassador to Cameroon: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Michael S. Piwowar to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Morrell J. Berry To Be Ambassador to Australia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Nanci E. Langley to the Postal Regulatory Comission: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7876 [6NO]

Nomination of Nancy J. Schiffer to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5907 [24JY]

Nomination of Nelson S. Roman To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1011 [28FE]

Nomination of Nicholas C. Geale to the National Mediation Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Nisha Desai Biswal To Be Assistant Sec. of State for South Asian Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6596 [18SE]

Nomination of Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1269 [7MR]

Nomination of Pamela K. Hamamoto To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Geneva Office: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Pamela K.M. Chen To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Pamela L. Reeves To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Patricia A. Millett To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith To Be U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3986 [6JN]

Nomination of Patricia M. Haslach To Be Ambassador to Ethiopia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Patricia M. Wald to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6960 [26SE]

Nomination of Patrick H. Gaspard To Be Ambassador to South Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Patrick Pizzella to the Federal Labor Relations Authority: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7062 [30SE]

Nomination of Patty Shwartz To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Penny S. Pritzker To Be Sec. of Commerce: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4058 [10JN]

Nomination of Peter C. Tobin To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Peter J. Kadzik To Be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Philip A. Miscimarra to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Philip S. Goldberg To Be Ambassador to the Philippines: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Rachel E. Barkow to the U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3843 [23MY]

Nomination of Raymond P. Moore To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Raymond T. Chen To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3569 [16MY]

Nomination of Regina McCarthy To Be EPA Administrator: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S3569 [16MY]

Nomination of Representative Watt To Be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Reuben E. Brigety II To Be Ambassador to the African Union: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Rhonda K. Schmidtlein to the ITC: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8809 [13DE]

Nomination of Richard Cordray To Be Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1950 [19MR]

Nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., To Be NLRB General Counsel: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6596 [18SE]

Nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Richard G. Taranto To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S519 [7FE]

Nomination of Richard J. Engler to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Richard Stengel To Be Under Sec. of State for Public Diplomacy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Richard T. Metsger to the National Credit Union Administration Board: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Robert A. Sherman To Be Ambassador to Portugal: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of Robert Bonnie To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S5968 [25JY]

Nomination of Robert D. Okun To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Robert E. Bacharach To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S519 [7FE]

Nomination of Robert F. Cohen, Jr., to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of Robert L. Hobbs To Be U.S. Marshal: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S9051 [19DE]

Nomination of Robert L. Wilkins To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Robert M. Simon To Be Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7951 [12NO]

Nomination of Robert O. Blake, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Indonesia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Rose E. Gottemoeller To Be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7725 [31OC]

Nomination of Ryan C. Crocker to the Broadcasting Board of Governors: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6206 [1AU]

Nomination of Samantha Power To Be U.N. Ambassador and U.N. Security Council Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Samantha Power To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Sara Lee Ellis To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin To Be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8809 [13DE]

Nomination of Sarah Jewell To Be Sec. of the Interior: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S2145 [21MR]

Nomination of Sarah Sewall To Be Under Sec. of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Scott S. Dahl To Be Dept. of Labor Inspector General: Committee on Health, Education. Labor, an Pensions (Senate), S6596 [18SE]

Nomination of Sec. of the Treasury Lew To Be IMF U.S. Governor: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2683 [16AP]

Nomination of Senator Kerry To Be Sec. of State: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S357 [29JA]

Nomination of Sharon Block to the NLRB: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3760 [22MY]

Nomination of Shelly Deckert Dick To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1011 [28FE]

Nomination of Sheri Polster Chappell To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1269 [7MR]

Nomination of Sloan D. Gibson To Be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate), S8565 [9DE]

Nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3569 [16MY]

Nomination of Stephanie Sanders Sullivan To Be Ambassador to Republic of the Congo: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Stephen N. Zack To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Alternate Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Stephen W. Preston To Be Dept. of Defense General Counsel: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6068 [30JY]

Nomination of Stevan E. Bunnell To Be Dept. of Homeland Security General Counsel: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7062 [30SE]

Nomination of Steve A. Linick To Be Dept. of State Inspector General: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6204 [1AU]

Nomination of Steven Croley To Be Dept. of Energy General Counsel: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8913 [17DE]

Nomination of Steven J. Anthony to Railroad Retirement Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Stuart F. Delery To Be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5667 [11JY]

Nomination of Susan J. Rabern To Be Assistant Sec. of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6068 [30JY]

Nomination of Susan P. Watters To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6646 [19SE]

Nomination of Suzanne E. Spaulding To Be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for National Protection Programs: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7063 [30SE]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell To Be OMB Director: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S2749 [17AP]

——— Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2749 [17AP]

Nomination of Ted Strickland To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Alternate Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8048 [14NO]

Nomination of Terence P. McCulley To Be Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6205 [1AU]

Nomination of Terrell McSweeny to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7951 [12NO]

Nomination of Thomas C. Carper to the Amtrak Board of Directors: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez To Be Sec. of Labor: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S3569 [16MY]

Nomination of Thomas E. Wheeler to the FCC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6069 [30JY]

Nomination of Thomas F. Daughton To Be Ambassador to Namibia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7727 [31OC]

Nomination of Timothy L. Brooks To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7728 [31OC]

Nomination of Timothy M. Broas To Be Ambassador to the Netherlands: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7726 [31OC]

Nomination of Todd M. Hughes To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5799 [18JY]

Nomination of Tomasz P. Malinowski To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of Tony Hammond to the Postal Regulatory Commission: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7876 [6NO]

Nomination of Troy L. Nunley To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S772 [14FE]

Nomination of Tulinabo S. Mushingi To Be Ambassador to Burkina Faso: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5148 [25JN]

Nomination of Valerie E. Caproni To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4481 [13JN]

Nomination of Vernon S. Broderick To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4481 [13JN]

Nomination of Victoria J. Nuland To Be Assistant Sec. of State for European and Eurasian Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5839 [23JY]

Nomination of Vince G. Chhabria To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S8049 [14NO]

Nomination of Vincent G. Logan To Be Dept. of the Interior Special Trustee for American Indians: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S8975 [18DE]

Nomination of Wanda Felton To Be Eximbank First Vice President: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7724 [31OC]

Nomination of William B. Schultz To Be Dept. of HHS General Counsel: Committee on Finance (Senate), S870 [26FE]

Nomination of William H. Orrick III To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1011 [28FE]

Nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., to the U.S. Sentencing Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3843 [23MY]

Nomination of William I. Althen to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S6126 [31JY]

Nomination of William J. Kayatta, Jr., To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S519 [7FE]

Nomination of William W. Nooter To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Judge: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7876 [6NO]

Nomination of Zachary T. Fardon To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S6960 [26SE]

Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1120) (H. Rept. 113–30), H1855 [9AP]

Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia Establishment: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 653), S8975 [18DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Millett, Patricia A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8417, S8418 [21NO]

Watt, Representative: nomination to be Federal Housing Finance Agency Director, S8585 [10DE]

Statements

Development of Spending Plan for Judiciary Funding: William B. Traxler, Jr., Judicial Conference of the U.S., S3306 [9MY]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez To Be Sec. of Labor: Several State Attorneys General, S3234 [8MY]

——— Stephen Gillers, New York University, S3236 [8MY]

Nominations of Colin S. Bruce and Sara Lee Ellis To Be District Judges: Senator Leahy, S7265 [7OC]

Summaries

Comparison Between Senate Confirmation of Judicial Nominees During Past Presidential Administrations and the Obama Administration, S2873 [23AP]

Fiscal Year 2013 Sequestration Impacts on the Federal Judiciary: Executive Office of the President, S4447 [13JN]

Judiciary Fiscal Year 2013 Emergency Supplemental Request: Judicial Conference of the U.S., S3601 [20MY]

Tables

Total days from nomination to confirmation for FBI Director nominees, S5999 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 146, consideration of H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, H1923 [11AP]

H.R. 301, Dept. of State Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia establishment, H5564 [17SE]

H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, H1963 [12AP]

S. 699, Court Efficiency Act, S2566 [10AP]

S. Res. 15, improve Senate Rules on debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations, S272, S293 [24JA]

Tributes

Johns, Marie C., S3654 [21MY]