Schedule for Monday, December 5, 2011

Schedule for Monday, December 5, 2011

On Monday, December 5, the Senate will convene at 2:00pm.

Following Leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 4:30pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the nominations listed below. There will be up to 1 hour for debate on the nominations.

#363 Edgardo Ramos - to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York 

#364 Andrew L. Carter, Jr. - to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York 

#365 James Rodney Gilstrap - to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas 

#406 Dana L. Christensen - to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana

At 5:30pm there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of one of the judicial nominations. We expect the remaining three judges to be confirmed by consent. As a reminder, cloture was filed on the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia. That cloture vote will occur at noon on Tuesday.