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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 01:30 AM Jan 2012

Senators return to D.C. from their 'recess' Monday and will be doing 'some' work in The Senate [View all]


... Monday, January 23rd at 2:00pm. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until 4:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Calendar #438, John M. Gerrard, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska with up to 90 minutes of debate, 60 minutes equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Grassley, or their designees and 30 minutes under the control of Senator Sessions or his designee.

Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 5:30pm), the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on confirmation of the Gerrard nomination.

SNIP

http://democrats.senate.gov/2011/12/17/senate-floor-schedule-for-pro-formas-and-monday-january-23-2012/


p.s. We will get a hint regarding if the GOP is going to retaliate against President Obama for making those four recess appoints while the Senate was in 'recess/pro-forma session'. If each and every one of the GOPers vote 'no' on the Gerrand nomination - then "it's war!"


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