The Senate convened at 3:00pm.

Cloture Invoked, 51-45: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025.

Two votes at 11:30am:

  1. Confirmation of Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
  2. Motion to Invoke Cloture on Allison Hooker to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs).

Following the cloture vote on the Hooker nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly party caucus lunches.

Two votes at 2:15pm (if cloture is invoked):

  1. Confirmation of Allison Hooker to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs).
  2. Motion to Invoke on Dale Marks to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Leader Thune filed cloture on the following nominations:

  1. Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
  2. Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ireland.
  3. James O’Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Senate adjourned at 6:50pm.

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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.