Madam President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 3217, the Wall Street reform legislation. The cloture vote on the Dodd-Lincoln substitute amendment will occur at 2:30 p.m. today, and everyone should be reminded that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments is 1:30. Votes may occur on amendments prior to the cloture vote, if agreement is reached. The Senate will recess from 10:40 until 12 noon today for a joint meeting of Congress at 11 a.m. where we will hear an address by His Excellency Filipe Calderon Hinojosa, the President of Mexico. This will be a joint meeting of Congress. We will gather here, and I encourage all Senators to be here by 10:30 so we may proceed to the House at about 10:40 as a body. ____________________
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