The Senate convened at 3:00pm.

Cloture Invoked, 53-39: Executive Calendar #56 Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Two votes at 11:30am:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #56 Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #54 George Glass to be Ambassador to Japan.

Following the cloture vote on the Glass nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm for the weekly party caucus lunches.

Two votes at 2:15pm, (if cloture is invoked):

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #54 George Glass to be Ambassador to Japan.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #67 Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to the State of Israel.

Senator Thune has filed cloture on the following nominations:

  • Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
  • George Glass to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.
  • Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Israel.
  • Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.
  • Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States.
  • Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama.
  • Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2026.
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Floor Schedule

The Senate stands in recess until Monday, April 13, 2026, other than for pro forma sessions only, with no business conducted, on the following dates and times:

  1. Monday, March 30th at 10:30am
  2. Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00am
  3. Monday, April 6th at 1:00pm
  4. Thursday, April 9th at 12:00pm

When the Senate next convenes at 3:00pm on Monday, April 13th, following Leader remarks, it will proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the nomination of John Thomas Shepherd to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

5:30pm Monday, April 13th the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Shepherd nomination.

Cloture was filed on the following nominations:

  1. The nomination of John Thomas Shepherd to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
  2. The nomination of Christopher R. Wolfe to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.