12:51 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke on the White House Correspondents Association dinner.

12:27 p.m. Senator Kennedy spoke carbon dioxide capture injection wells in Louisiana. He then paid tribute to one of his employees moving to another job.

12:10 p.m. Majority Leader Thune spoke on law enforcement.

12:03 p.m. Senator Grassley spoke on fentanyl.

12:00 p.m. The Senate has convened.

The Senate will convene at 12:00 noon and following any Leader remarks will be in a period of morning business.

At 2:15 p.m. the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination Robert Cekada, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

At 4:45 p.m. the Senate will likely vote in relation to motions to proceed to the following:

1. S.J.Res.139, disapproving the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Air Plan Disapproval; Colorado; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period” (Bennet)

2. S.J.Res.99, disapproving the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to “Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents” (Rosen).

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Cloture was filed on Tuesday on Executive Calendar #5, S.Res.690, authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of (49) certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. This cloture vote is expected during Thursday’s session.

Unanimous consent agreement: The Senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to S.4344, a bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for three years, at a time to be determined no later than Friday, May 1, 2026