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March 21, 2026
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Routine Proceedings, pages S1461-S1493 Measures Passed:
Simoncic: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 372, honoring the life of Kansas City, Kansas police officer Hunter Simoncic, and the resolution was then agreed to.
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Honoring the Life of Hays, Kansas Police Sergeant Scott Heimann: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 425, honoring the life of Hays, Kansas police sergeant Scott Heimann, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Measures Considered: SAVE America Act—Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, taking action on the following amendments and motions proposed thereto:
Thune motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill.
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with Thune (for Schmitt) Amendment No. 4420 (to the House amendment to the bill), in the nature of a substitute. Page S1461
Thune (for Tuberville/Blackburn) Amendment No. 4421 (to Amendment No. 4420), to protect women and girls in athletics. Page S1461
Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, Thune Amendment No. 4422, to change the enactment date. Page S1461
Thune Amendment No. 4423 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4422), of a perfecting nature. Page S1461
Thune Amendment No. 4424 (to Amendment No. 4423), of a perfecting nature. Page S1461
By 49 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 60), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on Thune (for Tuberville/ Blackburn) Amendment No. 4421, to the motion to concur in the House message to accompany the bill, with Thune (for Schmitt) Amendment No. 4420 (listed above). Page S1465
By 41 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 61), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to suspend the operation of Rule XXV, paragraph (n)(1) to permit the Committee on Rules and Administration to consider the pending motion with respect to the message to accompany S. 1383 to fund the TSA and as noticed in the Congressional Record on March 16, 2026. Pages S1466-67
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Page S1466 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7147, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
McDonald Nomination—Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
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in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Page S1467
consider the nomination. Page S1467 Additional Cosponsors:
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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total—61)
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., until 12 noon on Sunday, March 22, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S 1484.)