2:32 p.m. The Senate adjourned and will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20th. At 5:30 p.m. they will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. (House-passed CR)

Agreed to en bloc during wrap-up:

• S. Res. 455, a resolution commending and congratulating the Summerlin South Little League Team on winning the 2025 Little League World Series United States Championship.
• S. Res. 456, a resolution commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

2:18 p.m. Senator Moran spoke on appropriations and Ukraine.

2:09 p.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act and then filed cloture on the following:

• Motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. (House-passed)
• Executive Calendar #294 Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
• Executive Calendar #372 William W. Mercer to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana.
• Executive Calendar #373 Stephen Chad Meredith to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

2:08 p.m. By a vote of 50-44, the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4016, Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

• Democrat senators voting in favor: Cortez Masto, Fetterman, & Shaheen.
• Senators not voting: Budd, Cassidy, Cornyn, Duckworth, Tillis and Tuberville.
• Majority Leader Thune changed his vote to No and entered a motion to reconsider.

1:34 p.m. The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4016, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

1:22 p.m. Senator Slotkin spoke about cyber attacks. She asked unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to and pass S.2983. Senator Paul objected

1:02 p.m. Senator Murkowski spoke on Department of Defense Appropriations and devastating storms that hit the coast of Alaska.

12:52 p.m. Senator Coons spoke on Department of Defense Appropriations.

12:26 p.m. Senator Ernst spoke on the government shutdown.

12:20 p.m. Senator Murray spoke on the government shutdown and health care costs.

12:19 p.m. The Senate invoked cloture on the Mooty nomination, 62-34.

• Democrats voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch and Whitehouse.
• Senators not voting: Cassidy, Duckworth, Tillis and Tuberville.

11:47 a.m. The Senate began voting on cloture on the nomination of Harold Mooty to be a District Judge for Northern Alabama.

11:46 a.m. The Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, the House-passed CR, 51-45.

• Democrats/Independents voting in favor: Cortez-Masto, Fetterman, King.
• Republicans voting against: Paul & Thune- only in order to offer a motion to reconsider.
• Not voting: Cassidy, Duckworth, Tillis & Tuberville.

11:02 a.m. The Senate began voting on cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, the House-passed CR.

10:53 a.m. Senator Durbin paid tribute to Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. He then spoke on wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

10:46 a.m. Senator Barrasso spoke on the government shutdown.

10:28 a.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke on the government shutdown. He then spoke on an article published yesterday in Politico. He also discussed the Gateway Program.

10:07 a.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on the House-passed Continuing Resolution, H.R. 5371.

10:02 a.m. Senator Grassley spoke on rural health care.

10:00 a.m. The Senate is now in session and is in a period of morning business.

The Senate will convene at 10:00 a.m. and be in a period of morning business.

At 11:00 a.m. the Senate will proceed to two votes:
1. Cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, the House passed CR.
2. Cloture on the nomination of Harold Mooty to be a District Judge for northern Alabama. 

If cloture is invoked on the Mooty nomination, the confirmation vote will occur at a time to be determined no earlier than Monday, October 20^th.

At 1:30 p.m. the Senate will proceed to one vote: Cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4016, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026.