Mr. President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. As a reminder, cloture was filed on S. 23, the America Invents Act. The filing deadline for first-degree amendments is 1 p.m. today, Friday, March 4. There will be no rollcall votes today. We should expect at least three rollcall votes at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, March 7. The first two votes will be on the confirmation of judges and the third vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 23, the patent bill. Would the Chair announce morning business. ____________________
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