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Senate Floor Schedule for Thursday, December 8, 2011

  • Convenes: 9:30am
  • Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Calendar #413, the nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with the time until 10:30am equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees.
  • At 10:30am, the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Cordray nomination.
  • When the Senate resumes Legislative Session, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1944, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011.
  • As a reminder to all Senators, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to S.1944, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011 during Wednesday's session.  Unless an agreement is reached, this vote will be Friday morning.