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I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognition of the Majority Leader The majority leader is recognized. ____________________
I move to proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. ____________________
I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 83. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I sent a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…
I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
I understand there is a bill from Senator Merkley at the desk that is due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1668) to…
I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 42. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…
I change my vote to no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. On the motion, the yeas are 48, the nays are 49. On this vote, three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The motion…
I enter a motion to reconsider the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is entered. ____________________
I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…
I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 84. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…
He believes that FEMA and its response in many, many circumstances has failed the American people, and that FEMA, as it exists today, should be eliminated.
one of Republicans' biggest priorities this year is extending the tax relief we passed in 2017 and preventing a massive tax hike on hard-working Americans. We took a big step forward before Easter with the passage of a budget resolution…
If Democrats were interested in further changes, as they claim, they would have had the chance to make those changes on the floor, all they had to do was vote for cloture.
FEMA, as it exists today, should be eliminated — empowering states to respond to disasters with federal government support.
We've got a lot of other stuff we've got directly in front of us at the moment.