5:58 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday.
5:54 p.m. Senator Moreno achieved the following during wrap up:
- Adopted by unanimous consent: S.Res.847 – Pennsylvania State University Men’s Wrestling.
- Adopted by unanimous consent en bloc: S.Res.859 – 9/11 25th Anniversary, S.Res.860 – National Voter Registration Day, and S.Res.861 – Oklahoma University Baseball Championship.
5:15 p.m. Senator Kennedy spoke on artificial intelligence development. He then asked unanimous consent to pass S.5417; Senator Paul reserved the right to object. Senator Paul asked unanimous consent to modify Senator Kennedy’s request; Senator Kennedy reserved the right to object. Senator Kennedy then objected to Senator Paul’s request; Senator Paul then objected to Senator Kennedy’s original request.
3:25 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke on the Memphis Crime Taskforce.
2:13 p.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke on tariffs.
1:51 p.m. Senator Murray spoke about tariffs.
1:38 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke about University of Northern Iowa
1:26 p.m. Senator Hickenlooper spoke about housing costs.
12:19 p.m. Senator Peters spoke on the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline.
11:08 a.m. By voice vote, the Senate passed H.R.7250 – To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000 (Daines). By unanimous consent, the Senate passed. H.R.3657 – Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act (Cortez Masto).
11:05 a.m. Senator Cortez Masto spoke on hydropower and commerce.
11:03 a.m. Senator Daines spoke on two bills with Senator Cortez Masto on hydropower energy and commerce.
10:51 a.m. Senator Barrasso spoke on energy.
10:44 a.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke on tariffs, Iran, and interest rates.
10:19 a.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on the Protect College Sports Act.
10:02 a.m. Senator Grassley spoke on his 99 county meetings.
The Senate will convene at 10:00 a.m. and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.4668, the Protect College Sports Act, post-cloture.
All time during recess, adjournment, Leader remarks and morning business count post-cloture on the motion to proceed.
Votes are possible.
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Cloture will ripen on Wednesday on the nomination of Kasdin Mitchell to be a US District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
UC agreement: No later than Friday, October 2nd, H.Con.Res.89 (war powers regarding Iran) will be discharged from the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate will proceed to its consideration; with up to 6 hours for debate only, and following the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate vote on adoption of the concurrent resolution.
