The Floor
SENATE SCHEDULE

Proceed to the consideration of H.R.1, Economic Recovery and reinvestment Act of 2009. At 3:15pm the Senate will debate the nomination of Eric Holder, to be Attorney General, with the time until 6:15pm equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Specter. There will be no further Roll...

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

Resume consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The following amendments are pending to HR2, as amended by Baucus substitute amendment which is text of S.275: Coburn #49 (Improper Payments) Coburn #50 (Improper Payments) DeMint #85 (Tax Deduction)...

Resume consideration of H.R.2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.

Resume consideration of Calendar #18, H.R.2, the Children's Health Insurance Program Improvements Act. 12:30pm Senator-appointee Gillibrand will be sworn in. Following the swearing in, the Senate will stand in recess until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons.

Morning Business until 4:00pm, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. 4:00pm Executive Session to consider the nomination of Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of Treasury. 6:00pm Roll Call Vote on confirmation of the nomination. Following the vote, the Senate will proceed to the...

Morning Business for 1 hour, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the Majority will control the second 30 minutes. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Executive Session and consider the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State. The Senate will recess from 12:45 until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus luncheons to meet. S.181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following Leader remarks, Senator Salazar will give his farewell speech. 11:00am swearing in of Senator-appointee Kaufman (DE)

Morning Business until 12:00 o'clock 12:00 o'clock resume S.22, the Public Lands bill. The following amendments were agreed to in the Managers' package: Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #23 Bingaman-Murkowski amendment #24 At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on passage of S.J. Res....

Resume consideration of S.22, the Lands bill, with the time until 10:30am equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. The filing deadline for second degree amendments to S.22 is 10:00am.

Morning Business for up to 1 hour with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Majority will control the first 30 minutes and the Republicans will control the second 30 minutes. Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.22, the Lands bill. The Senate...

Morning Business for 1 hour for tributes to the Republican Leader for achieving the status of the longest serving senator from the state of Kentucky. Resume motion to proceed to S.22, the Lands bill, post cloture. Time during any adjournment or period of morning business counts post cloture. The...

Resume motion to proceed to S.22, Lands bill, with the time equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees. At 2:45pm there will be a special Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the Stimulus.

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The motion to proceed to S.22, Land bill, is pending.

At 10:30am the Senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. At 1 p.m., in the House Chamber, there will be a Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral ballots. All Senators are invited and should gather in the Senate Chamber at...

Morning Business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly Democratic caucus luncheon. This morning Senator Reid introduced the Bingaman Lands bill, S.22, and began the Rule 14 process.

Swearing in of newly elected and reelected senators. The Senate is in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

Pro Forma Session