Monday: Campaign spending, suspensions

The Senate will consider nominations and an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Citizens United decision, while the House will vote a series of bills under suspension of the rules.

{mosads}The Senate will convene at 2 p.m. for leadership remarks. At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will vote on the following nominations: 

– Jill Pryor to be a U.S. circuit judge for the eleventh circuit.
– Henry J. Aaron to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring on Sept. 30, 2014.  

Voice votes are expected afterward on the following nominations:

– Henry J. Aaron to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring on Sept. 30, 2020.
– Alan L. Cohen to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board.
– Lanhee J. Chen to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board.

Following disposition of the nominations, the Senate will vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to a measure that would amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision so that Congress and states have the authority to regulate campaign spending.

Meanwhile, the House will vote at 6:30 p.m. on a series of suspensions, including post office namings as well as H.R. 744, which would enhance prosecutions of tax return identity theft, and H.R. 5309, which would authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tsunami detection program through 2017.