mr. simon received his b.a. suma cum laude from university of california los angeles in 1978 and j.d. cum laude from harvard law school in 1981. he began his legal career as trial attorney with the antitrust division justice department. in 1985, he spent six months as special tant u.s. -- special assistant u.s. attorney for eastern district virginia and argued one appeal before the fourth circuit. mr. simon joined a large law firm as an associate in 1986. since 1990, he has been a partner and head of litigation for the firm's portland office. throughout his career, mr. simon has advocated on behalf of the american civil liberties union of oregon as a pro bono attorney but his involvement in the aclu goes beyond mere representation of a client. mr. simon has been a member of the aclu of oregon since 1986. he is an active member of their lawyers committee and served as a board member from 1997 to the year 2004. he was the vice president for legislation 1997-1998 and vice president for litigation

mr. simon's name for consideration by the president. we're enthused by his subsequent nomination, and we are now hopeful that he will soon be able to continue his service to the people of oregon in this new capacity. michael simon is both a distinguished lawyer and a legal scholar with a diverse and impressive legal career, and that career includes work as a public servant, as a litigator, a pro tempore judge and as a professor. michael simon now is a partner at the firm of parliamentary pen portland and he has worked there since 1986. after graduating suma cum laude from ucla, mr. simon attended harvard law school where he again graduated with honors cum laude. mr. simon began his legal career in the department of justice antitrust division where he served as trial attorney for five years. during his time working in washington, d.c., mr. simon also volunteered for and served as special u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia, and it was through his work at the antitrust division tha

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handling the case involving reporter james risin and his confidential source as i think back to mr simone. into that only the military making it seems to do the work to bring justice to accountability. i have every right to know what my government's doing you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize the bottom line as the charismatic solution of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charming welcome to the big picture.

. >> but on the way out, if anyone wants to communicate with mr. simon about that, please do. >> or you can twitter me. [laughter] >> thank you. [applause] >> let's take a five-minute break and set up for the next one. >> 140 characters -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> seven republican presidential candidates debate tonight in new hampshire. this morning, "washington journal" talked to a reporter who is going to be following that debate. his comments are about 5 minutes and it will take us up to live coverage of the u.s. senate at 2:00 eastern. >> host: seven contenders for the republican field for president of the united states will meet for a debate that's sponsored by cnn here to talk about it james holeman of the politico. he serves as their national political reporter. mr. holeman, you may have seen the papers already but "usa today" takes a look at the debate in saying that mitt romney has an edge going into it. would you conclude the same thing? >> guest: absolutely pedro, great to be with you. mitt romney is the front run

mrs. robinson" is of course just one of so many of simon's songs that evoke deep memories, even nostalgia,ked the man himself if he spends much time looking back to earlier days. >> not really, if at all it would be prior to the '60s, it would be for the 50s, you know around the age of young teenager, 13 to 15, everything i heard then that i absorbed so thoroughly and completely. >> brown: and what comes to you about then? >> oh, i just see pictures, mental pictures of myself and my neighborhood that i grew up in and, like well yesterday, i was coaching my son's little league team. he's just 13, he was playing centerfield, which is where i used to play. and he kind of looks like me at 13-- you know, a little bit better looking-- but there he was in centerfield. it was so clear the recollection. ♪ ♪ i've been working on my rewrites, that's right ♪ i'm gonna change the ending >> brown: in "rewrite", one of the songs on his new album, paul simon creates a character who decides he's going to go back and rewrite his own life story to make it all turn out better. >> ♪ i'll eliminate the pages wh

mr. president, i am advised that there will be no roll call votes on monday. the next roll call vote will begin at approximately noon on tuesday, june 21st, on confirmation of the simon nomination. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> earlier the senate voted to kill tax credits and end tariffs on imported ethanol. a similar amendment was blocked tuesday. but today, diane feinstein joined oklahoma's tom c oburn in offering the amendment and passed 23-27 after falling 23 votes the first go around. it's an development bill heading to the house after final passage. this debate on the passage runs 45 minutes. >> thank you, mr. president. i rise in support of the ethanol subsidy and tariff repeal act that senator coburn and i are offering. the other co-sponsors on this amendment are senator webb and senator collins. this is identical to a bill that we have submitted, and on that bill, there are many co-sponsors. they are cardin, webb, lee, collins, and tuomy, and so i wanted to have the record straigh

mr. president, the first roll call vote of the week will begin at approximately noon tomorrow on confirmation of the simon nomination. senators should expect up to three additional roll call votes at 4:15 p.m. on confirmation of the panetta nomination, cloture on the economic development act and cloture on the motion to proceed to the presidential appointment efficiency and streamlining act. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> an ohio guy. we're glad to have them here. and then jack of the law firm based in washington, d.c. gentleman, welcome to the council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. i appreciate it. i want to thank the council of the american cities to give us the opportunity to come over here and talk to you all. let me just briefly give you a little bit of background on me. i'm not a mortgage servicer or a banker. safeguard properties is a company that provides services to the banking industry. we are a company that when alone goes