I see. Is the Senator from Massachusetts prepared to have a vote on one of these amendments or all of these amendments?

The latest count, eight amendments. We are on the third day of debate. How many of these amendments have been called for a vote?

I have just checked with the clerk and it is my understanding eight amendments have been filed to date on this START treaty.

Madam President, this has been an important week for me, the most junior Senator. We passed bipartisan legislation to prevent a huge scheduled tax increase from hitting our Illinois economy in the teeth of a great recession, and we did…

If the Senator will yield, I understand the S-300 has not been delivered, even though the Russians signed a contract to deliver this to the Islamic Republic of Iran. But most of the missile threat to Israel is against Russian-built and…

And 6,000 earmarks will not now move forward? Mr. McCAIN. Yes. I feel badly about some of those earmarks because I had so much fun with them.

I congratulate the Senator. Mr. McCAIN. Thank you. Mr. President, I yield the floor The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I agree with my colleague from Arizona on many things when it comes to…

All of the GOP Senators just signed a letter to the leadership this morning saying we should not move forward with this as representatives of the new mandate. It seems that change has come to the Senate tonight with the death of this $1.1…

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with saying that taxation is the price that we pay for a civilized society. And today we need the money. As a matter of fact, I was in a meeting 2 days ago at CEDA--that's the organization in…

As the most junior people, for those who don't understand what just happened, did we just win? Mr. McCAIN. I think there is very little doubt. The majority leader of the U.S. Senate would not have taken the action he just took if he didn't…

So for economic conservatives, a 1,924-page bill just died? Mr. McCAIN. A 1,924-page bill just died.

Reclaiming my time, clearly it's not deficit neutral. Clearly, it does add to the deficit, which is why I said that it's not completely satisfactory. So Mr. Ryan, as ranking member and incoming chairman of the Budget Committee, has…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The State of Washington is cutting the working health care for the working poor? That's what we heard a minute ago. But wasn't it just an argument just a couple of months ago, Mr. Chair, that if this…

The Speaker was talking about how the Republicans held hostage 150 million Americans in favor of 6,600 families who will get this inflated break on their estate taxes. Who are those families? The Koch Family: the primary funders of the tea…

Madam President, I understand Senator Thune is the next to speak on the Republican side. I ask unanimous consent to follow him after he has spoken, and Senator Chambliss would then follow me. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Tennessee for the kind words about the deficit commission. It was a controversial vote. I think it was the right vote to deal with our deficit and the problems we face. I want to put what happened…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

As a former member of the Appropriations Committee, is the Senator aware of the process in that committee, a bipartisan process where the ranking Republican member and the Democratic chairman of each subcommittee sit down to literally have…