The Senate convened at 3:00pm.
Cloture Invoked, 53-39: Executive Calendar #56 Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
The Senate will convene at 10:00am on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Two votes at 11:30am:
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #56 Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #54 George Glass to be Ambassador to Japan.
Following the cloture vote on the Glass nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm for the weekly party caucus lunches.
Two votes at 2:15pm, (if cloture is invoked):
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #54 George Glass to be Ambassador to Japan.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #67 Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to the State of Israel.
Senator Thune has filed cloture on the following nominations:
- Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
- George Glass to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.
- Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Israel.
- Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.
- Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States.
- Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama.
- Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2026.
