The Senate met for a pro forma session at 6:30 p.m., Senator Whitehouse presided. No business was conducted.

The Senate meets next at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14th, with a vote that evening at 5:30 p.m. on cloture on the nomination of Courtney O’Donnell to be US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, with the rank of Ambassador.