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Wrap Up for Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Roll Call Votes

  1. Motion to invoke cloture on the 48 nominations included in S.Res.377, en bloc (60 vote threshold); not agreed to: 51-48.
  2. Motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote; agreed to: 51-47.
  3. Shall the decision of the Chair stand that the threshold for cloture on en bloc nominations pursuant to an Executive resolution with a calendar number on the Executive Calendar, other than those on Level 1 of the Executive Schedule under 5 USC 5312, or Article 3 judges, is 60 votes?; not sustained: 47-52.
  4. Motion to invoke cloture on the 48 nominations included in S.Res.377, en bloc, upon reconsideration (majority threshold); agreed to: 52-47.

 

Legislative Business

Adopted S.Res.400, National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

 

Notwithstanding Rule XXII, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader in consultation with the Democratic Leader, no later than Friday, October 10, 2025, S.J.Res.71 will be discharged from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Senate will proceed to its consideration.  There will be 6 hours for debate only with the time equally divided between the Leaders or their designees on the joint resolution and following use or yielding back of time, the joint resolution will be read a third time and the Senate vote on the resolution.

            S.J.Res.71, A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy


Amendments pending to Cal. #115, S.2296, NDAA:

Wicker substitute amendment #3748 as modified

Ernst amendment #3427 (study on casualty assistance and long-term care programs)

Thune amendment #3863 (date change)

Thune amendment #3864 (date change)

Thune amendment #3865 (date change)

Thune amendment #3866 (date change)

Thune amendment #3867 (date change)

Thune amendment #3868 (date change)

 

Executive Business

Cloture invoked during Wednesday’s session on the following nominations (included in S.Res.377) en bloc:

  1. Executive Calendar #89 – Jessica Kramer, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  2. Executive Calendar #105 – Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy.
  3. Executive Calendar #107 – Brandon Williams, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security.
  4. Executive Calendar #121 – Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
  5. Executive Calendar #122 – Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
  6. Executive Calendar #123 – Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy).
  7. Executive Calendar #124 – Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
  8. Executive Calendar #132 – Justin Overbaugh, of Florida, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
  9. Executive Calendar #133 – Scott Pappano, of Pennsylvania, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration.
  10. Executive Calendar #135 – Michael Cadenazzi, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  11. Executive Calendar #136 – Sean O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
  12. Executive Calendar #137 – Michael Obadal, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  13. Executive Calendar #139 – Katherine Sutton, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  14. Executive Calendar #141 – William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior.
  15. Executive Calendar #142 – Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy).
  16. Executive Calendar #152 – Matthew Napoli, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration.
  17. Executive Calendar #153 – Richard Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
  18. Executive Calendar #154 – Conner Prochaska, of Texas, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
  19. Executive Calendar #156 – Tina Pierce, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy.
  20. Executive Calendar #157 – Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
  21. Executive Calendar #161 – Robert Gleason, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years.
  22. Executive Calendar #177 – Sean McMaster, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
  23. Executive Calendar #180 – Donald Bergin III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs).
  24. Executive Calendar #185 – John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  25. Executive Calendar #251 – Daniel Aronowitz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  26. Executive Calendar #276 – Michael Dodd, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. (New Position)
  27. Executive Calendar #277 – William Gillis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  28. Executive Calendar #278 – Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  29. Executive Calendar #279 – Brent Ingraham, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army.
  30. Executive Calendar #283 – George Wesley Street, of Virginia, to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
  31. Executive Calendar #285 – Peter Thomson, of Louisiana, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency.
  32. Executive Calendar #289 – Jeffrey Bartos, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  33. Executive Calendar #290 – Jennifer Locetta, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  34. Executive Calendar #297 – Dudley Hoskins, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
  35. Executive Calendar #298 – Scott Hutchins, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
  36. Executive Calendar #303 – Benjamin DeMarzo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  37. Executive Calendar #305 – Jovan Jovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2029.
  38. Executive Calendar #324 – Richard Fordyce, of Missouri, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.
  39. Executive Calendar #344 – Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.
  40. Executive Calendar #346 – Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  41. Executive Calendar #352 – Jason Evans, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management).
  42. Executive Calendar #356 – Edward Aloysius O'Connell, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
  43. Executive Calendar #362 – Katherine Scarlett, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
  44. Executive Calendar #365 – Bryan Switzer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Textiles, Investment, Services, and Intellectual Property), with the rank of Ambassador.
  45. Executive Calendar #149 – Callista Gingrich, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States  of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  46. Executive Calendar #286 – Kimberly Guilfoyle, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Greece.
  47. Executive Calendar #302 – Christine Toretti, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Sweden.
  48. Executive Calendar #350 – Peter Lamelas, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic.
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