Madam President, following leader remarks, if any, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the New START treaty. Rollcall votes are expected to occur throughout the day in relation to amendments to the treaty. The managers…

Mr. President, it doesn't take a person with a PhD to understand that I differ with what my friend, the senior Senator from Kentucky, said, things that don't indicate what history is in the Senate. We have been facing 87 filibusters this…

Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2965, and I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the…

Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 3, with an amendment which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr…

Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. I would say, Mr. President, that we have made contact with the Republicans, and they…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorums required under rule XXII be waived with respect to the cloture motions filed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment to my instructions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 4831 to amendment…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 4831 To Amendment No. 4830

Mr. President, I have an amendment to my instructions which is at the desk. I ask the clerk to report that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an…

Thank you, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect the H.R. 5281. The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the House…

Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect to H.R. 5281. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator withhold for a second?

I hope the court reporter will take down the smile I have on my face because the answer to the question is kind of easy. We have had to file cloture 87 times in this Congress because, on everything we have tried to do, we have been…

That is fine. Mr. McCONNELL. I was not talking about the process by which the bill was developed in committee. And I started off, I would say to my friend from Nevada, commending the committee for its work. What I was commenting upon was…

It is work that has been done over the last year, or more in some instances, to come up with a product. So if you break it down per subcommittee, it is certainly a reasonable number of pages on each subcommittee. Remember, there are 12…

I am aware of it. But my friend, the Republican leader, wants to ask a question or make some statement. But I would say this to my friend from Washington, remember, this bill, which is 1,900 pages long, consists of the work of 12…

Yes. I am going to file cloture tonight on the DREAM Act. We will have a cloture vote on that Saturday morning fairly early. I am going to file cloture on don't ask, don't tell tonight. So those will be sequenced for Saturday or whenever…

Mr. President, Members on both sides anticipated my filing cloture tonight on the spending bill that would take us through next year. Everyone knows we are operating under a continuing resolution that expires Saturday night at midnight…