UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT 

Jim Nussle (Cal. No. 278) 

Ordered, That at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, the Senate proceed to executive session to 

consider the nomination of Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget; provided 

further, that there be three hours for debate with two hours equally divided between the Chairman of the 

Committee on the Budget and the Ranking Member and one hour under the control of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. Sanders); provided further, that at the conclusion, or yielding back of time, the Senate vote on confirmation of 

the nomination; that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; the President be immediately notified of the 

Senate's action and the Senate return to legislative session. 

(August 3, 2007.)
RESOLUTIONS

CALENDAR 

NO

S. RES 

NO

SUBJECT REPORTED 

BY

1

 
TREATIES

CALENDAR 

NO

TREATY

DOC NO

SUBJECT REPORTED 

BY

2

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

NOMINATIONS

CALENDAR 

NO

MESSAGE

NO

NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

BY

3

MARINE CORPS 

74 199-2 The following named officers for appointment in 

the United States Marine Corps to the grade 

indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: 

Mar 28, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Levin, Committee on Armed 

Services, without printed 

report. 

to be Major General 

 Brig. Gen. John F. Kelly, 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

* 117 307 Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of 

Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission for the term 

expiring June 30, 2012. (Reappointment) 

May 23, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON 

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY 

* 152 46 Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a 

Member of the Board of Directors of the 

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority 

for a term expiring May 30, 2012. 

(Reappointment) 

May 24, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

* 206 73 James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be Deputy 

Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development, vice Frederick W. 

Schieck. 

Jun 27, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Biden, Committee on Foreign 

Relations, without printed 

report. 

THE JUDICIARY 

238 25 William Lindsay Osteen, Jr., of North Carolina, 

to be United States District Judge for the 

Middle District of North Carolina, vice William 

L. Osteen, Sr., retired. 

Jul 24, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

239 27 Martin Karl Reidinger, of North Carolina, to be 

United States District Judge for the Western 

District of North Carolina, vice Graham C. 

Mullen, retired. 

Jul 24, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

241 353 Janis Lynn Sammartino, of California, to be 

United States District Judge for the Southern 

District of California, vice Judith Nelsen Keep, 

deceased. 

Jul 24, 2007 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

CALENDAR 

NO

MESSAGE

NO

NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

BY

4

242 22 Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, of New York, to be 

United States District Judge for the Eastern 

District of New York, vice David G. Trager, 

retired. 

Jul 24, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

* 255 395 R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant 

Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, vice Harold 

Craig Manson. 

Jul 31, 2007 Reported by Mrs. 

Boxer, Committee on 

Environment and Public 

Works, without printed report. 

 May 23, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Bingaman, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION 

* 275 571 Ronald Spoehel, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 

Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, vice Gwendolyn Brown, 

resigned. 

Aug 02, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Inouye, Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation, without 

printed report. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

* 278 688 Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget, vice Robert J. 

Portman. 

Aug 02, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Conrad, Committee on the 

Budget, without printed report. 

 Aug 01, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Lieberman, Committee on 

Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, without 

printed report. 

 [NEW REPORTS] 

THE JUDICIARY 

291 2 Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United 

States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice 

Charles W. Pickering, Sr., retired. 

Aug 03, 2007 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

CALENDAR 

NO

MESSAGE

NO

NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR REPORTED 

BY

5

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

292 184 Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of Puerto Rico, to 

be United States Attorney for the District of 

Puerto Rico for the term of four years, vice 

Humberto S. Garcia, resigned. 

Aug 03, 2007 Reported by Mr. 

Leahy, Committee on the 

Judiciary, without printed 

report.