Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 1000, the nomination of RADM Sandra L. Stosz to serve as Director of the Coast Guard Reserve; that the nomination be confirmed and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the resolution…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 592, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the resolution…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 601, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read the third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, without any intervening action…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 486, H.R. 1454. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will state the bill by title. The assistant…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the Record, without further intervening…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 477, S. 258. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will state the bill by title. The assistant…

Madam President, we have had a very enlightening debate this morning on the floor that started at 9:30. It has been continuing until now. The good news about this debate is that although we did not win on this vote--cloture was not…

I very much would like to yield to the Senator from California for a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

I would like to answer the Senator from California by saying the record will speak for itself because that vote we just took, there were 59 Senators, all on this side of the aisle, who pushed a green light, and there were 41 on the other…

Absolutely, the Senator is correct. I am glad I have this chart to answer her question because she has been representing the State of California beautifully for so many years. She knows this without me showing it, but 81 percent of the…

That is exactly what it looks like. The Senator from Illinois has described it accurately. If anybody believes he has not described it accurately, let them come to the floor because he has described the truth. He has said the truth. So I…

Madam President, I am going to speak for some time and try and reengage this debate. We had an excellent debate this morning between 9:30 and 12:30 trying to find a way forward on a very important bill, the small business bill. This is the…

That is absolutely true. I say to the Senator, in some ways I have some trepidation of continuing to read this because I have had any number of Democrats come to me and say: But there are more Republican provisions in this bill than there…

I thank the ranking member of the full committee for yielding time. I rise in opposition to the bill. And while a few of the tax provisions in this bill may not be unobjectionable, let's be clear, this bill is a continuation of the same…

That seems to be where we are. That is why I said I feel like I am ``Alice in Wonderland,'' because it is topsy-turvy.