6:43 p.m. The Senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Tuesday June 10th 2025. The Senate will them resume consideration of David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
At 11:15 a.m. The Senate will proceed to two roll call votes.
- Confirmation of David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Department of Agriculture.
Following the vote on the Vaden nomination, the Senate will recess until 2:15 p.m. for the weekly caucus lunches
At 2:15 p.m. the Senate will vote on the following
- Confirmation of Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Department of Agriculture.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
6:40 p.m. By a vote of 53-43, the Senate invoked cloture on David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the EPA.
6:09 p.m. By a vote of 51-41, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Not voting: Senators Baldwin, Bennet, Hagerty, Hirono, Ossoff, Reed, Schiff, and Young.
5:30 p.m. The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General.
5:20 p.m. Senator Capito spoke in support of the Fatouhi nomination.
5:08 p.m. Senator Whitehouse spoke on the Fatouhi nomination.
4:22 p.m. Senator Murphy spoke about U.S. foreign policy.
3:37 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke on the budget reconciliation bill.
3:02 p.m. Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on the nomination of William Long of Missouri to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue. He then withdrew amendment #2228 to S.1582, the GENIUS Act, filed cloture on the substitute amendment #2307 to S.1582, filed cloture on the underlying bill, S.1582, and then filled the amendment tree. He then spoke on the federal budget.
3:00 p.m. The Senate convened.
The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m. and following any leader remarks will be in a period of morning business.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. the Senate will proceed to two votes:
1. Confirmation of the nomination of Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General.
2. Cloture on the nomination of David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Cloture has also been filed on the following nominations:
1. Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
2. Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
