The Hill:

Showdown scheduled: Senate votes Tuesday on Dems’ plan to strip oil industry tax breaksThe Senate will hold a test vote Tuesday evening on a Democratic plan to repeal several tax breaks for the big five oil companies. The plan would repeal an estimated $21 billion worth of incentives over a decade from Exxon, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Chevron.The vote on a motion to formally proceed to the bill will require support from 60 senators, and it faces big hurdles amid widespread opposition from Republicans and Democrats from oil producing states. A key Democrat, in an interview broadcast Sunday, predicted it would fail to advance. Stay tuned.
State of Play: President Obama’s offshore drilling policies will take center stage Tuesday when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.Salazar — along with Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich — will weigh in on four offshore drilling bills that the panel is considering.
Obama endorsed major portions of two of the bills during his weekly radio address Saturday.Echoing legislation introduced by Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Obama said he would establish an interagency task force to coordinate permitting for offshore drilling in Alaska. He also agreed to extend offshore leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska by one year, a decision that mirrors legislation by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas).Expect the officials to put more meat on the bones of Obama’s radio address, in which he outlined a plan aimed at showing he is serious about expanding domestic oil and gas production.