my concern, today we're going to vote on the nomination of susan carney. this will be for the u.s. circuit judge for the second circuit. ms. carney received her a.b. cum laude from harvard university in 1973 and her juries doctorate magna cum laude from harvard law school in 1977. upon graduation from law school, she clerked for judge campbell on the first circuit and then entered private practice. after eight years of private practice, ms. carney was self-employed for the next six years, engaged in contract legal work and doing consulting. in 1994, the nominee returned to legal practice as counsel to bretthoff and kaiser here in washington, d.c. in 1996, she moved to the peace corps where she served as associate general counsel for two years. in 1998, she joined the general counsel's office at yale university where she has been the deputy general counsel for the past nine years. my concern with ms. carney's nomination is her lack of experience. she has judicial experience and has limited litigation experience. ms. carney has never authored any scholarly legal work of note, and much

senators approved the nomination of susan carney to be a u.s. appeals court judge by a vote of 71-28. this afternoon, senators will debate a measure repealing oil and gas company tax breaks and will move that vote forward on a bill that's set for 6:15 today. a republican bill expanding domestic oil and gas production comes up tomorrow with a vote set for tomorrow afternoon. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise to move to the legislation. really to speak out for taxpayers and against continuing to provide subsidies to multibillion-dollar big oil companies. and we're talking about the big five. we're not talking about any other entity, just the big five. a vote on my bill presents a positive vote on my -- a positive vote on my bill presents a simple choice for everyone in this chamber: are you on the side of working-class families or are you on the side of big oil? there are lots of ways to cut the deficit. many of our colleagues, partic

roll call vote will be around noon on tuesday, may 17 on the confirmation of the nomination of susan carney of connecticut to be united states circuit court judge. senators are encouraged to come to the floor on monday to debate the carney nomination. mr. president, i believe there is no further business to come before the senate. if that is traourbgs and i believe it is -- if that is true, and i believe it is, i ask we adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> today a senate attended a meeting with president obama at the white house to talk about the negotiations. we've have more live senate coverage here on c-span2. >> now senior military chiefs questioned by the house of commons defense committee in london on operations in afghanistan. the united kingdom has 10,000 troops deployed. they covered events in 2006 when british forces took responsibility of helmand provinces in the south, the most violence region in the country. they reflect on issues like u.s.-u.k. military relations on the ground and the impact

president there, will be a roll call vote around noon tomorrow on the confirmation of susan carney of connecticut to be a circuit judge. additionally, there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 940, the close big oil tax loopholes act. that vote will occur at approximately 6:15 tomorrow night. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order following the remarks of senator merkley. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. i rise to speak to senate bill 940. tomorrow evening, we're going to have a vote on whether to proceed to debate this bill which closes oil and gas tax loopholes, thereby raising a significant amount of additional revenue for important projects here in the united states of america. i rise in favor of this cloture motion tomorrow, because if we have a successful vote tomorrow evening, we will finally get to debate this issue of whether or not we sh

earlier today approved a judicial nomination of susan carney by a vote of 71-28. >> this began on american history tv on c-span3 from lectures in history, cleveland state's prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington -- duke ellington and the effort to preserve the jefferson bylaw. and live from jackson, mississippi, a celebration of 13 men and women, black and white on a bus bound from new orleans, their goal to integrate bus stops. press the c-span alert button to get our alert e-mails directly to you. >> history, as you know, is much more than just politics and soldiers. and social issues. it is also medicine and science and art and music and theater and poetry and ideas. and we shall not lump things in two categories. >> the samuel morse, james valdemoro cooper, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison on sunday q&a, one of two parts with david mccullough, americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. >> earlier today at the white house, president obama and king of dela of jordan met with reporters following -- king of dela of jordan met with .eporters sa the presi

the first roll call vote of the week will be around noon tomorrow on the confirmation of susan carney of connecticut to be united states circuit judge for the second circuit. i'm told there are two bills at the desk due for second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 1229, an act to amend the outercontinental shelf's land act to facilitate the save atomic reduction from the gulf of mexico and so forth and for other purposes. s. 990, a bill to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the small business act and the small business investment act of 1958, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings with respect to these two bills. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, imagine there is a choice for congress to make. here's the choice. there are two doors, we're standing before both of them. we have to pick one of the doors. behind door number one is a choice the chairman of th

before they broke, they approved the nomination of susan carney to the second quarter of appeals. the vote was 71-28. they will return later this afternoon with a bill to curtail tax breaks for the oil industry. a procedural vote on that coming up a 6:15 eastern. you can follow the senate debate when they return at 2:15 on our companion network, c-span2. >> policies and's "washington journal" on twitter -- followed c-span's "washington journal." you can tweak questions to our guests and add comments to the conversation theory did not miss any updates. start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> this june, the balance between security and to become the difficulties of a climate change treaty and the limits of international law. your questions for author and university of chicago professor eric posner. live sunday, june 5, on c-span2 's "boaoktv." >> you are watching c-span, bringing a policy and public affairs. every morning, "washington journal," connecting with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forms. a

scott brown, massachusetts, susan collins, maine, lisa merkow ski, alka, olympia snowmain, and senator rand paul, kentucky. tim carneyat else happened ininthat race? i'm thinking about it, remember the name of jack davis. >> he was a democrat who was running a pretend tea party candidacy. >> what happened? >> he brought in 9%. >> did they do that with a purpose in mind? >> yes, i think -- >> it's a convinced democrat. >> yes. >> and he managed the tea party -- >> may have done that -- [everyone talking at once] >> yes, they had done in in other districts. >> why did they do that? >> it was a strategy they tried in other districts. [everyone talking at once] delivering this republican seat to the democrats. >> i don't think you can say every one of his votes would have con to corwin. >> how many would you say would have gone to him? >> i don't know it. would have bin a -- the fact -- [everyone talking at once] >> the fact that it was 4 points. >> now, he would even easily have delivered that. [everyone talking at once] >> playing math is not politics, john. that's traditionally republican district. this is a third --