SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NANCY ERICKSON, 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

By Michelle Haynes, Executive Clerk

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS 

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

*(updated at 5:00 p.m.)

FIRST SESSION {

SECOND SESSION {

Issue No. 39

CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2009

*1st update 

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RESOLUTIONS

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TREATIES

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* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

NOMINATIONS

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

* 29 65-3 Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner 

of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

for a term expiring April 13, 2012, vice Rueben 

Jeffery III, resigned. 

Mar 17, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Harkin, Committee on 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry, without printed 

report. 

* 30 65-4 Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman of 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 

vice Reuben Jeffery III, resigned. 

Mar 17, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Harkin, Committee on 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 31 139 David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Secretary of the Interior, vice Patricia Lynn 

Scarlett, resigned. 

Mar 18, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

32 81 Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an 

Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman 

Goldsmith III, resigned. 

Mar 19, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

34 115 Tony West, of California, to be an Assistant 

Attorney General, vice Gregory G. Katsas, 

resigned. 

Mar 26, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

35 88 Lanny A. Breuer, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Alice S. 

Fisher, resigned. 

Mar 26, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

36 89 Christine Anne Varney, of the District of 

Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 

vice Thomas O. Barnett, resigned. 

Mar 26, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

NOMINATIONS

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 [NEW REPORTS] 

INTERNATIONAL BANKS 

* 37 69 Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be United 

States Governor of the International Monetary 

Fund for a term of five years; United States 

Governor of the International Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development for a term of 

five years; United States Governor of the InterAmerican Development Bank for a term of five 

years; United States Governor of the African 

Development Bank for a term of five years; 

United States Governor of the Asian 

Development Bank; United States Governor of 

the African Development Fund; United States 

Governor of the European Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development, vice Henry 

M. Paulson Jr., resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

* 38 166 Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative 

Affairs), vice Matthew A. Reynolds, resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 39 167 Esther Brimmer, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Secretary of State 

(International Organization Affairs), vice Brian 

H. Hook, resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 40 168 Philip H. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to 

be an Assistant Secretary of State (European 

and Eurasian Affairs), vice Daniel Fried, 

resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 41 203 Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be an 

Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and 

Compliance), vice Paula A. DeSutter, resigned. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 42 170 Karl Winfrid Eikenberry, of Florida, to be 

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 

of the United States of America to the Islamic 

Republic of Afghanistan. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 
* Signifies nominee’s commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate 

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* 43 171 Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, a Career 

Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 

Career Minister, to be Ambassador 

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 

United States of America to the Republic of 

Iraq. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

* 44 172 Melanne Verveer, of the District of Columbia, to 

be Ambassador at Large for Women's Global 

Issues. 

Mar 31, 2009 Reported by Mr. 

Kerry, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 
NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S DESK

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBJECT TO PROCEEDING

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 When following the objection to a unanimous consent request to proceeding to, and, or passage of, a measure or matter on their

behalf, a Senator has notified the appropriate leader, or their designee, in writing and submits such objection for inclusion in the 

Congressional Record and the Senate Executive Calendar, it shall be placed in the section of the Executive Calendar entitled “Notice 

of Intent to Object to Proceeding”. (Sec. 512, P.L. 110-81)