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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

The Senate convened at 11:00am.

Now voting: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #4, S.6, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Not invoked, 52-47: Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #4, S.6, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

Votes scheduled: Under the regular order, at 11:00am, on Thursday, January 23rd, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1 John Ratcliffe to be Director of the CIA.

Under the regular order, if cloture is invoked, at approximately 1:30pm, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:

  1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1 John Ratcliffe to be Director of the CIA.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #3 Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.

If cloture is invoked on the Hegseth nomination, absent an agreement there will be 30 hours of post-cloture debate.

Leader Thune has filed cloture on:

  1. Executive Calendar #4 Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
  2. Executive Calendar #5, Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury.

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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.

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