How much time remains? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 7 minutes 45 seconds remaining.

Let me wrap up with something. If the Nelson amendment passes, this is the effect: These are businesses, real people who are going to be hurt because they are left out. In the State of Iowa, 3,334 businesses are left out; in the State of…

Mr. President, how much time is on this side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Forty-five seconds.

I will defer to the Senator from Wyoming for 3 minutes, and yield 3 minutes of my time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Wyoming.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, let me take a moment to analyze what the Senator has proposed. We have no objection. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Hearing no objection, it is so ordered. The amendments, as modified, are…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on behalf of the amendment I offer, which is called the Johanns amendment. I think and very respectfully I say that the Senator from Montana has really joined the issues here. On one hand, we have this…

But the truth is, the IRS has already announced steps to implement that exact same policy. The unfortunate thing about this exemption is that it will cause more problems, not fewer: pay by check, pay by credit card; property, nonproperty…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for another minute. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, never before in history has an administration claimed to have so much love for small businesses. In fact, the President recently stated: This is as American as apple pie. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum calls during today's morning business be charged equally to both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, a Senator has an enormous duty when it comes to evaluating a Supreme Court nominee. The duty demands that Senators examine whether the person nominated to the highest Court in the land will uphold and defend the principles…

Mr. President, today I introduce legislation to address issues of great concern to me and to all who care about public safety in Alaska Native villages. Last week President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order bill into law. That…

Mr. President, I am pleased to support the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. By any objective standard, Elena Kagan offers a well-rounded combination of academic legal expertise and…

Mr. President, today I would like to add to the heartfelt sentiments we have heard expressed by many colleagues and many more around the country over these past several weeks in paying tribute to our departed colleague, Senator Robert C…

Mr. President, late last month I had the honor and the privilege to be in Sitka, AK, to honor the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that went down in the waters off of the State of Washington. That helicopter was based at the Coast…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. honoring alaska airmen

Mr. President, I rise to honor four members of Alaska's military family who lost their lives in a tragic airplane accident in Anchorage last week. MAJ Michael Freyholtz and MAJ Aaron Malone were pilots assigned to the Alaska Air National…

Mr. President, I come for a few minutes on the floor. I am down here with Senator Wyden from Oregon, and I want to talk a little bit and probably in an informal way about a piece of legislation, a bipartisan piece of legislation on tax…