Madam President, as I said, I know of no further debate on those amendments. We are ready to vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.

Madam President, I withdraw my pending amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is withdrawn.

Madam President, again, I know of no further amendments or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the adoption of the committee substitute, as amended. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was…

I say to my friend I am hopeful we will have final passage today. We are working through it. We are down to just a couple of amendments. I haven't seen any others pop up right now. So I am hopeful we will have this series of votes, people…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the pending amendments be set aside and the following amendments be made pending: Portman No. 2827; Tester No. 2834; Thune No. 2838; Warren No. 2842; and Bennet No. 2839, as modified. The PRESIDING…

For the information of all Senators, it is our understanding we will need one roll call vote in this sequence and the remaining amendments can be disposed of by voice vote.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at 12:15 p.m. today, the Senate proceed to votes in relation to the following amendments in the order listed: Coburn No. 2830, as modified; Portman No. 2827; Tester No. 2834; Thune No. 2838…

The leader is right. Senator Lee was very accommodating in letting us move forward on this bill. I appreciate that. We accomplished a lot in the floor process, as Senator Alexander said. I think we can adopt the legislation, making it an…

Madam President, if I could have the attention of Senator Alexander and Senator Burr. I am about to propose a unanimous consent request.

First of all, I just want to say--and I mentioned it on the floor the other day--that I spent this weekend in Iowa at two early learning centers, and what became clear to me was the number of different conduits of funding and the different…

Mr. President, a lot of work has gone into this bill. The person who led that whole work for a 2-year period of time was Senator Mikulski. I happen to be chair of the committee. But it was Senator Mikulski and Senator Burr, working…

I am told we expect the amendments we are bringing up to be voice-voted this afternoon. Vote on Amendment No. 2830 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is now on agreeing to amendment No. 2830, as modified, offered…

If we don't have any kind of extended debate on the floor, I would say probably at least by 3, I would hope we would be finished. If we work out agreement on a couple amendments, we might be done before that.

The Senator from North Carolina is correct that HHS has shared with me that S. 1086, and any further congressional changes made to S. 1086, would override the May 2013 notice of proposed rulemaking to the CCDF.

Yes, I would agree. As our committee report explains, it is intended that ``States exercise this provision in an attempt to maximize the effective administration and delivery of Federally subsidized childcare, and not for purposes that…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following disposition of the Bennet amendment, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, en bloc: Calendar Nos. 634, 625, and 550; that the Senate proceed…

Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Vote on Amendment No. 2827 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to…

Madam President, I move to reconsider and then move to lay those motions on the table, for all the voice votes we just considered. The motions to lay on the table were agreed to. ____________________