The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of the small business capital bill, with a final vote scheduled to begin at 12:30 on amendments and final passage.
Cloture vote on the House-passed version of S 2038, a bill to explicitly ban lawmakers and some aides from buying or selling stock or other securities based on confidential information obtained in the course of their jobs.
After the votes on legislation, there will be three more roll call votes on the following three judicial nominations in this order:
David Nuffer to be a US District Court Judge for the district of Utah
Ronnie Abrams to be a US District Court Judge for the southern district of New York
Rudolph Contreras to be a US District Court Judge for the District of Columbia