Senate Meets Pro Forma, Adjourns Until January 20, 2026

The Senate convened for a pro forma session on January 16, 2026. During this brief session, Senator Shelley Moore Capito was appointed Acting President pro tempore by President pro tempore Chuck Grassley. The Senate then recessed until Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 10 a.m., without conducting any substantive legislative business.

This pro forma session served a procedural requirement to keep the Senate technically in session, preventing a formal adjournment that would require a new convening. No substantive legislative actions or debates occurred, and no new legislation was introduced or advanced.