Monday, May 18th, 2026

3:01 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke on on Iran.

3:00 p.m. The Senate convened.

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The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m. today and resume consideration of the en bloc nominations provided for under the provisions of S.Res.690, post-cloture.

At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on confirmation of the en bloc nominations provided for under the provisions of S.Res.690.

As a reminder, Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on the following nominations on Thursday:

  1. Sheria Akins Clarke to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  2. Evan Rikhye to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.