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Senator-designate Alan Armstrong, of Oklahoma, was administered
the oath of office by the President Pro Tempore.
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Routine Proceedings, pages S1561-S1588 Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 4165-4184, and S.J. Res. 142.
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. 629, to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under the emergency conservation program, and the bill was then passed.
Measures Considered: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act—Cloture: 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.
Pages S1561-65, S1570-77
withdrawn. Page S1568
to consideration of the bill, and, 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 Thune (for Husted) Amendment No. 4732 (to Amendment No. 4420), to the House amendment to S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access. Page S1569 Direct the Removal of U.S. Armed Forces from Iran: By 47 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 69), Senate rejected the motion to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S.J. Res. 116, to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress, pursuant to section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act.
House Messages: SAVE America Act—Agreement: Senate resumed 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:
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. (By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 67), Senate tabled the motion.)
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Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, Thune Amendment No. 4422, to change the enactment date. (By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 68), Senate tabled the motion.) Pages S1568-69 Withdrawn:
Thune (for Tuberville/Blackburn) Amendment No. 4421 (to Amendment No. 4420), to protect women and girls in athletics. Page S1569 Pending:
Thune motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the bill.
Page S1561
with Thune (for Schmitt) Amendment No. 4420 (to the House amendment to the bill), in the nature of a substitute. Page S1561
Thune (for Husted) Amendment No. 4732 (to Amendment No. 4420), to require voters to provide photo identification. Page S1569
Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, Thune Amendment No. 4772, to change the enactment date. Pages S1569-70
Thune Amendment No. 4773 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4772), of a perfecting nature. Page S1570
Thune Amendment No. 4774 (to Amendment No. 4773), of a perfecting nature. Page S1570
By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 66), Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. Page S1568
Thune Amendment No. 4423 (to the instructions (Amendment No. 4422), of a perfecting nature, fell when Thune motion to refer the message of the House on the bill to the Committee on Rules and Administration, with instructions, Thune Amendment No. 4422 (listed above) was tabled.
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Thune Amendment No. 4424 (to Amendment No. 4423), of a perfecting nature, fell when Thune Amendment No. 4423 (to (the instructions) Amendment No. 4422) (listed above) fell. Pages S1568-69
Amendment No. 4732 (to Amendment No. 4420) (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Pages S1569-70
consideration of the House message to accompany the bill at approximately 12 noon, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Page S1584 Swearing in of Senator Armstrong: The Chair laid before the Senate the certificate of appointment of Senator-designate Alan Armstrong, of the State of Oklahoma, and the oath of office was then administered as required by the U.S. Constitution and prescribed by law.
By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 65), Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Pages S1567, S1588 Measures Discharged:
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 8:33 p.m., until 12 noon on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1584.)