The Senate Convenes at 10amET May 18, 2011

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 10:30am for debate only with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.

At 10:30am, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Calendar #43, S.953, the Offshore Production and Safety Act with up to 4 hours of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form.

Upon the use or yielding back of time (approximately 2:30pm), the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.953, with a 60-vote threshold.

The Senate is now in Executive Session to consider Calendar #80, Goodwin Liu, of CA, to be US Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit.

Votes:

73: Motion to proceed to S.953, (Oil leases)(60-vote threshold);

Not Agreed To: 42-57.

There will be no further roll call votes today.

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The next meeting in the House  is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on May 23, 2011.