This resolution lets the Senate move to en bloc consideration in Executive Session of a long list of nominations on the Executive Calendar. The resolution names 49 specific nominations. Those nominees include many U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals, several ambassadors, assistant secretaries and deputies, members of commissions (for example the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Surface Transportation Board), a Bureau of Land Management Director, members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and other executive-branch officeholders.
The resolution text says it "shall be in order to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration" of the listed nominations. The resolution was submitted by Senator John Thune on April 27, 2026. According to available metadata, the Senate agreed to the resolution without amendment by a Yea-Nay vote of 46-45 (Record Vote Number 114). The stage is listed as In Progress.
This is a procedural step. It allows the Senate to consider many nominations together in a single, combined action in Executive Session. It does not itself confirm or appoint anyone; it only permits the Senate to proceed with en bloc consideration of the named nominations.
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