SRES 520 Blocked in the Senate

Authorizes the Senate to vote on 88 pending nominations as one package instead of one at a time.

Official title: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

Outcome Blocked in the Senate: it did not get the 60 votes needed to end debate

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Senate

Introduced 01-DEC-2025

On the calendar 02-DEC-2025

Blocked 04-DEC-2025

Key points

Lists 88 nominees on the Executive Calendar, including assistant secretaries, U.S. attorneys, ambassadors, inspectors general, and board members.
Covers posts at the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Treasury, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs, plus the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Labor Relations Board.
Sets the procedure for considering the listed nominations together in Executive Session; it does not itself confirm any nominee.

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Sponsor John Thune (R-SD) Cosponsors · 0

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