3:38 p.m. Senator Moody spoke on school choice.

3:27 p.m. Senator Lankford spoke on school choice.

2:57 p.m. Senator Hickenlooper spoke on immigration enforcement.

1:00 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke about the Tennessee National Guard and State elected officials actions during the snow storm. She then spoke on online ticket sales.

12:47 p.m. Senator Marshall spoke on the one year anniversary of the mid-air collision over the Potomac.

12:33 p.m. Senator Capito spoke on energy and the appropriations process.

12:20 p.m. Senator Tillis spoke on FEMA aid to North Carolina.

12:19 p.m. By a vote of 45-55, the Senate did not agree to the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7148, (Minibus – DOD, FSGG, LHHS, T-HUD, DHS, and SFOPS funding).

• Republican Senators voting no: Budd, Johnson, Lee, Paul, Moody, Scott (Fl), Thune, and Tuberville. Majority Leader Thune voted no and entered a motion to reconsider.

11:32 a.m. The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7148 (Minibus – DOD, FSGG, LHHS, T-HUD, DHS, and SFOPS funding).

11:17 a.m. Senator Collins spoke on appropriations.

11:15 a.m. Senator Murray spoke on government funding.

11:03 a.m. Senator Barrasso spoke on government funding.

10:52 a.m. Minority Leader Schumer spoke on the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

10:41 a.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on school choice.

10:32 a.m. Senator Grassley spoke on National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.

10:30 a.m. The Senate convened.

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The Senate will convene at 10:30 a.m. and following any Leader remarks, will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. 

At approximately 11:30 a.m. the Senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed.

Additional votes are possible .