Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:20 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, June 9, 2011, at 9:30…

Mr. President, there are several amendments pending to the EDA bill on the floor. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. ____________________

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 any statements be printed in the Record. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 205 submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 205)…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 206) was agreed…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 206 which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill clerk continued with the call of the roll.

Mr. President, if my colleagues are interested in smalltown America, they should be interested in the businesses that operate in smalltown America, and they are begging us to vote no on the Tester-Corker amendment. I happen to live in a…

Mr. President, I understand I have 2 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 2 minutes.

I mentioned on the floor earlier that I would like to give to my colleague 2 minutes, and then I will take 2 minutes, and that will be it. So I ask unanimous consent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

Mr. President, if Senator Tester returns to the floor and wants to speak before the vote, I will ask unanimous consent to each have 2 minutes for that purpose. Perhaps he is not going to, but I want to make this a matter of record here…

How much time is remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 13 minutes 52 seconds.

Mr. President, I have high regard for the Senator from Montana. He is my friend, and he will be my friend whatever the outcome of the vote happens to be, which will happen in about 40 minutes. But I do disagree with him on this issue. I…

Madam President, I thank my colleague from Wyoming. Our relationship and friendship has been growing over the years. I respect him so much as one of the real voices of retailers and small business. I had an opportunity to spend some time…

Madam President, the groups that stand behind me on this effort know what we are up against. When we take a look at the most powerful special interest groups in Washington, we have to put the banking industry near the top, if not on the…

Madam President, this afternoon there will be a critical vote that will take place on the Senate floor. It is one of the most controversial, business-oriented votes that we have faced. Leading up to this vote has been one of the most…