4:00 p.m. The Senate convened for a pro forma session, Senator Whitehouse presided and no business was conducted.
The Senate will return for business on Monday May 10th at 3:00 p.m. and resume consideration of the nomination of Andrea Palm to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, with a cloture vote on the nomination at 5:30 p.m.
Cloture has also been filed on the nomination of Cynthia Marten to be Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs.