Senate Majority Leader-in-waiting John Thune plans to have the chamber in session for 10 straight weeks to start 2025.
That’s according to the Senate’s 2025 legislative calendar released by the South Dakota Republican on social media Thursday. The calendar has senators in session for five days a week for most of the year, which, if adhered to, would be a change in the chamber’s current flow of usually eschewing Friday votes.
The Senate is expected to have a busy start to the year with hearings and votes on President-elect Donald Trump’s announced nominees. Republicans have also begun to plot out their legislative agenda for two budget reconciliation packages – one to address border, defense and energy-related priorities, plus a sweeping tax package. Lawmakers will also likely have to pass a long-term spending bill in the first few months of the year, with Congress expected this month to extend government funding into March.
