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Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, August 2, 2012

  • Convenes: 9:30am
  • Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.
  • Following the remarks of the Majority Leader, the Senate will begin consideration of S.3326, the African Trade/CAFTADR/Burma Sanctions legislation and the Coburn amendment.  There will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators Baucus and Coburn or their designees.
  • Following the debate on the Coburn amendment, the time until 11:00am will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.
  • As a reminder, cloture was filed on S.3414, the Cybersecurity bill on Tuesday.  As a result, the filing deadline for 2nd degree amendments to S.3414 is 10:00am on Thursday.
  • At 11:00am on Thursday, there will be two roll call votes in relation to the following:
    • Cloture on S.3414, the Cybersecurity bill
    • Coburn amendment to S.3326.  (under a previous order, if the Coburn amendment is not agreed to, which is expected, the Senate will pass S.3326 by consent).
  • Additional roll call votes are possible.  Senators will be notified when they are scheduled.