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Floor & Vote Schedule

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025

The Senate will convene at 10 AM.

At 11:30 am, on Tuesday, April 29th, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:

1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #80 David Perdue to be Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #77 Warren Stephens to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

At 2:15 pm, if cloture is invoked, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:

1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #77 Warren Stephens to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #78 Thomas Barrack to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey.

News Events

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025

NEWS CONFERENCE: Senator Blunt Rochester on the Clean Slate Initiative
9:00 AM
Senate Swamp 

NEWS CONFERENCE: Senator Schiff and others introduce the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
1:30 PM
Senate Swamp

NEWS CONFERENCE: Senator Schumer, along with Representative Jefferies and others
Senate Steps
2:30 PM

SPECIAL EVENT: Senate Judiciary Dems to hold a spotlight hearing on Jan. 6  
2:30 PM
SD-226

Committee Hearings Schedule

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025

9:30 AM Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider S.714 and the nominations of Preston Griffith, and Dario Gil; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie Beyer, and Andrea Travnicek, both of the Department of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, and Tristan Abbey, both of the Department of Energy.
SD-G50
Coverage: SRS (channel 15)

10:00 AM Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary (Political Affairs), all of the Department of State.
S-116

10:00 AM Finance
Business meeting to consider S.558, and S.163.
SD-215
Coverage: C-SPAN, FedNet, SRS (channel 14)

10:00 AM Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider S.558, to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and S.163, to require institutions of higher education participating in Federal student aid programs to share information about title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including a link to the webpage of the Office for Civil Rights where an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimination in violation of such title.
SD-430
Coverage: SRS (channel 12)

10:00 AM Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure programs, focusing on the IIJA’s successes.
SD-562
Coverage: SRS (channel 11)

  10:00 AM Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider S.29, S.191, S.196, S.259, S.320, S.580, S.606, S.688, S.725, S.1003, S.1081, S.1278, S.1378, S.1433, S.1437, S.1492, and the nominations of Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and routine lists in the Coast Guard.
SR-253
Coverage: SRS (channel 16)

10:15 AM Judiciary
Hearings to examine certain pending nominations.
SD-226
Coverage: SRS (channel 13)

10:30 AM Appropriations
Hearings to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America’s edge in innovation.
SD-106
Coverage: SRS (channel 10)

2:30 PM Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.

SH-219

3:30 PM Aging
Hearings to examine the rise of Antisemitism and supporting older Americans.
SH-216
Coverage: SRS (channel 10)

4:00 PM Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SVC-217

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