The Senate convened at 12:00pm.

Invoked, 50-48: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #788 Jonathan E. Hawley to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois.

Confirmed, 50-46: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #788 Jonathan E. Hawley to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois.

Cloture Invoked, 50-48: Executive Calendar #620 David Huitema to be Director of the Office of Government Ethics for a term of five years.

Vote update at 5:15pm: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #714 Cathy Fung, of California, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Joseph H. Gale, retired.

Invoked, 58-37: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #714 Cathy Fung to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.

The Senate passed H.R.5464 – To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Guntersville, Alabama, as the “Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”.

The Senate passed H.R.7333 – To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the “Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center”.

The Senate passed S. 5314, to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the James Mountain Inhofe V.A. Medical Center.

The Senate passed H.R. 5861, an act to extend reemployment services and eligibility assessments to all claimants for unemployment benefits and for other purposes.

The Senate passed S.1316 – An Act to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to expand the definition of an active duty military consumer for purposes of certain credit monitoring requirements, and for other purposes.

The Senate adjourned at 6:44 PM.

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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.