The Senate will convene at 10:00am.

Passed, 49-45: Passage of H.J.Res.131, Murkowski Disapproval of Biden Coastal Plain Program ROD CRA.

Not invoked, 43-37: Motion to invoke cloture on S.Res.520 (a resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar).

Confirmed, 57-32: Executive Calendar #475 Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.

The Senate stands in recess until 3:00pm on Monday, December 8th, 2025.

At 5:30pm, the Senate will vote on the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the nomination of Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Leader Thune filed cloture on the following nominations:

  1. Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.
  2. William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  3. James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Leader Thune sent an Executive Resolution (S. Res. 532 – a resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar) to the desk, asked for its immediate consideration and then objected to his own request. The Executive Resolution will lie over one day.

The Senate recessed at 3:50pm.

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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.