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Sunday, 27 January 2013

postheadericon Senate Session 2011-10-13 (10:00:21-11:05:29)

Senate Session 2011-10-13 (10:00:21-11:05:29) Video Clips. Duration : 65.13 Mins.


*Back in on THURSDAY, OCT. 13 at 10am for morning business until noon. *At noon , the Senate will turn to Executive Session to consider the following nominations for up to two hours of debate: -Alison Nathan of New York to be a US District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York -Susan Hickey of Arkansas to be a US District Court Judge for the Western District of Arkansas -Katherine Forrest of New York to be a US District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York *At 2pm, the Senate will take a pair of roll call votes. Unfortunately, the nominations that are expected to get roll call votes weren t specified in the wrap-up. I ll find out what they are tomorrow morning and let you know. *At 3:40pm, the Senate will gather as a body and proceed to the House chamber for a Joint Meeting to hear an address by the President of South Korea . *Senate ML Reid says it his intention (as soon as there s an agreement with Republicans) to begin work on the following three appropriations bills as one package: -HR 2112, Agriculture; -HR 2596, Commerce-Justice-Science; -S 1596, Transportation-Housing and Urban Development The goal now, by House and Senate leaders, is to begin moving some of the regular fiscal 2012 spending bills in so-called mini-buses meaning smaller packages rather than one big omnibus that includes all 12 spending bills.

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