despite the unanimous vote in the foreign relations committee, senator bill frist, then the majority leader, declined to bring the convention up in the senate. so in 2012, we tried again. and the committee undertook an even lengthier process. resulting in a 17-4 vote to refer the convention to the full senate. by that time, senator harry reid had become majority leader, and he, too d clined to bring the law of the sea before the full senate. in 2009 and 2010, discussions occurred on the law of the sea wib within the obama administration passing the convention was apparently not accorded a high priority. there was no action on the part to move the law of the sea. the obama administration's 2009 treaty priority list listed no emphasis on the law of the sea, listing it among 17 treaties among which action was supported. to my knowledge, the only mention of law of the sea by the president in the first two years was one like in his executive order covering policies which was issued on july 19, 2010. clearly, however, now the enthusiasm for law of the sea has increased within the administr