SRES 377 · An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 517.
- Introduced
- Sep 8, 2025
- Latest action
- Sep 15, 2025
- Sponsor
- Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
- Policy area
- Congress
- Cosponsors
- 0
Summary
This resolution provides for the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of nominations for various executive officers and ambassadors. The agencies in which the executive officers shall serve include the Departments of Defense, Energy, the Interior, and Labor. The ambassadors shall represent the United States to Argentina, Greece, Liechtenstein, and Sweden.
Recent actions
- Sep 15, 2025 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 517.
- Sep 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 517.
- Sep 15, 2025 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6591)
- Sep 11, 2025 Upon reconsideration, cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 516. (CR S6564)
- Sep 11, 2025 Ruling of the Chair that the point of order raised by Senator Thune with respect to the precedent set on November 21, 2013 regarding the threshold for cloture on an Executive resolution for en bloc consideration of nominations with a calendar number on the Executive Calendar, other than those on level 1 of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5312, or Article 3 judges not sustained by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 53. Record Vote Number: 515.
- Sep 11, 2025 Motion by Senator Thune to appeal the ruling of the chair that the threshold for cloture on an Executive resolution for en bloc consideration of nominations with a calendar number on the Executive Calendar, other than those on level 1 of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5312 or.
- Sep 11, 2025 Ruling of the Chair that the point of order raised by Senator Thune with respect to the precedent set on November 21, 2013 regarding the threshold for cloture on an Executive resolution for en bloc consideration of nominations with a calendar number on the Executive Calendar, other than those on level 1 of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5312, or Article 3 judges, ruled out of order.
- Sep 11, 2025 Point of order by Senator Thune that consistent with the precedent of the Senate on November 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on an Executive resolution for en bloc consideration of nominations with a calendar number on the Executive Calendar, other than those on Level 1 of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5312, or Article 3 judges, is a simple majority raised in Senate.
Votes
- On the Resolution Agreed to · Sep 15, 2025, 10:14 PM
- On the Motion to Reconsider Agreed to · Sep 11, 2025, 12:00 AM
- On the Cloture Motion Agreed to · Sep 11, 2025, 9:31 PM
- On the Decision of the Chair Not Sustained · Sep 11, 2025, 9:08 PM
- On the Cloture Motion Rejected · Sep 11, 2025, 7:46 PM
- On the Motion to Proceed Agreed to · Sep 9, 2025, 11:36 PM
- On the Motion to Table Agreed to · Sep 9, 2025, 10:28 PM