Senate Meets Pro Forma, Adjourns to Thursday

The Senate convened for a brief pro forma session on January 20, 2026. The session began at 10 and 1 second a.m., with Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming presiding as Acting President pro tempore following an appointment by President pro tempore Chuck Grassley. No legislative business was conducted during this short session. The Senate subsequently recessed at 10 and 24 seconds a.m.

This was a pro forma session, held solely to satisfy procedural requirements and maintain the legislative calendar. No substantive legislative actions, debates, or votes occurred, indicating that the session served a purely administrative purpose without engaging in official business.