As a result of the agreement just entered, there will be a vote on confirmation of the Cogburn nomination at 3 p.m. today. Further, the Senate Small Business Committee reported S. 493, the SBIR and STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011. They did that yesterday, and we hope to begin consideration of that bill early next week. ____________________
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