Congress: the Republican led House – the Senate


  • The Senate Convenes at 2pmET June 27, 2011
  • Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until
    6pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the
    exception of Senator Sanders, who will be recognized at 4pm for up to 90
  • minutes.
  • As previously announced, there will be no roll call votes on Monday.  The
    next roll call vote will occur prior at approximately 12:00pm on Tuesday, June
    28, 2011 on confirmation of the Cole nomination.The Senate previously entered into a consent agreement with respect to the
    Cole, Monaco and Seitz nominations and has now determined a time to begin debate
    on the nominations.At 10am on Tuesday, June 28th, the Senate will proceed to
    Executive Sessionto consider the following nominations, en bloc:

    There will be 2 hours for concurrent debate on the nominations equally
    divided in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time (at
    approximately 12:00pm), the Senate will proceed to vote on the nominations in
    the order listed.  

    • Passed H.R.2279, FAA extension (extends to July 22, 2011)
    • Adopted S.Con.Res.15, A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and
      ideals of World Malaria Day, and reaffirming United States leadership and
      support for efforts to combat malaria as a critical component of the President’s
      Global Health Initiative with a DeMint amendment
    • Adopted S.Res.217, a resolution calling for a peaceful and multilateral
      resolution to maritime territorial disputes in Southeast Asia.
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112th Congress, 1st Session · The House is not in session

The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on June 28, 2011.