The Senate convened at 11 AM.

Confirmed, 77-23: Executive Calendar #7 Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Confirmed, 54-46: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General.

Cloture Invoked, 55-45: Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Votes scheduled: At 11:30am, on Wednesday, February 5th, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #11 Eric Scott Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #13 Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Floor Schedule

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Thursday, April 30th. Following Leader Remarks, the Senate will be in a period of Morning Business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each.

At approximately 11:30am, the Senate is expected to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.Res.690, an executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of (49) certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.  If cloture is invoked on S.Res.690, all post-cloture time will be considered expired and the Senate will vote on adoption of the resolution at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, no earlier than Friday, May 1st.

At approximately 1:45pm, a roll call vote on the motion to discharge S.J.Res 184, A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Schiff) is expected.

Additional votes are possible during Thursday’s session of the Senate. A whip alert will be sent when more information is available.