The Senate convened at 10:00am.

Leader Thune filed cloture on Executive Calendar #43 Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Invoked, 73-25: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar #38 Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Confirmed, 74-25: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #38 Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Invoked, 53-46: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #44 Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the NIH.

Invoked, 56-44: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #45 Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health & Human Services.

Confirmed, 56-44: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #45 Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health & Human Services.

Invoked, 52-47: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #39 James Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The Senate adjourned at 9:29 PM.

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Floor Schedule

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Thursday, July 10, 2025.

At 11:00am, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes relative to the following:

  1. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years.
  2. Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.

If cloture is invoked on the Hermandorfer nomination, all post-cloture time will be considered expired, and the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be determined on Monday July 14th by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Democratic Leader.

At approximately 1:45pm, if cloture is invoked, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of the Gould nomination.