The Senate convened at 10:00am.

Invoked, 51-46: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #26 Steven Bradbury to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.

Confirmed 51-46: Executive Calendar #26 Steven Bradbury to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.

Invoked, 77-19: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #28 Abigail Slater to be an Assistant Attorney General.

Confirmed 78-19: Executive Calendar #28 Abigail Slater to be an Assistant Attorney General.

The Senate will convene at 11:00am on Wednesday, March 12th.

12:00pm noon – 1 vote:

  1. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #31 Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

2:15pm – 2 votes (if cloture is invoked):

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #31 Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #34 Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.

5:15pm – (if cloture is invoked):

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #34 Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.

The Senate completed the Rule 14 process and placed the following bills on the Calendar:

  1. S. 924 (Making further continuing appropriations for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2025)
  2. H.R. 1968 (Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2025).

Leader Thune filed cloture on the following:

  1. The nomination of William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
  2. The nomination of Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.
  3. S.331, HALT Fentanyl Act.

The Senate adjourned at 7:07pm.

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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.