David Clay Fowlkes

Where this nomination stands

Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. · January 3, 2026

1. ReceivedNovember 18, 2025
2. Sent to committeeNovember 18, 2025
3. HearingNovember 19, 2025
4. Committee voteDecember 11, 2025
5. On the Senate calendarDecember 11, 2025
6. Senate votenot on record
7. ReturnedJanuary 3, 2026

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Description on the record: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, vice Paul Kinloch Holmes, III, retired.

Senate votes

Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.

No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.

Committee steps

• Referred To November 18, 2025: Judiciary Committee
• Hearings By (full committee) November 19, 2025: Judiciary Committee
• Markup By December 11, 2025: Judiciary Committee
• Reported By December 11, 2025: Judiciary Committee

Every recorded action

• November 18, 2025Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• November 19, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-313.
• December 11, 2025Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 595.
• December 11, 2025Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
• December 11, 2025Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported favorably.
• January 3, 2026Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.