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Thursday, January 25, 2024

The Senate convened at 10:00am.

Confirmed, 87-6: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #475 Gretchen S. Lund to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana.

Invoked, 51-42: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #471 Kirk Edward Sherriff to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California.

Leader Schumer filed cloture on the following: Executive Calendar #311 Karoline Mehalchick to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Executive Calendar #142 Joseph Goffman to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Cloture Invoked, 66-29: Executive Calendar #459 Joshua Paul Kolar to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.

The Senate agreed to S. Res. 533, expressing support for the designation of January 1 through January 27 as national board-certified teacher’s week.

The Senate adjourned at 3:48 p.m.

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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.

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