Mr. President, following leader remarks, if any, the Senate will begin en bloc consideration of several resolutions to change the Senate rules. There will be up to 8 hours of debate prior to a series of stacked rollcall votes in relation…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the clerk begin calling the quorum and that the time be evenly divided for the duration of the consideration of the resolutions. If there are quorum calls during this debate, I ask unanimous…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, on Friday, January 28, S. 223 be considered to have received a second reading, an objection made to further proceedings, and the bill placed on the…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

I object to any further proceedings with respect to each of these bills. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bills will be placed on the calendar.

Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask the time be charged equally against both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to…

Madam President, following leader remarks, if any, there will be a period of morning business until 10:30 this morning, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each during that period of time. The Republicans will control the…

Mr. President, it is my understanding that all time has been used under the order that is now before the Senate. If it has not, let's pretend it has and let's start the vote now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the order for the…

Madam President, there are three bills at the desk due for their second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bills en bloc. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 162) to cut $500,000,000,000 spending in…

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order and under the provisions of S. Res. 14, as a further mark of respect for the victims and heroes of…

Madam President, if all time is used, Senators should expect a series of rollcall votes tomorrow night about 7 o'clock. We hope that a lot of this time can be yielded back, but we have to wait and see. Those votes will be in relation to a…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, January 27; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

Madam President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty transmitted to the Senate on January 26 of this year by President Obama: Protocol Amending Tax Convention…

Madam President, I have had a number of conversations this evening with my counterpart, the Republican leader. We on this side have a caucus scheduled for tomorrow at 12:30 and so do the Republicans. These votes are all going to occur…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, after consultation with the Republican leader, the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following resolutions en bloc: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 10 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…