Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1722, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Con. Res. 52. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the concurrent…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment to the resolution be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the majority leader be authorized to sign any duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions until Monday, October 4. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would like to ask the Senator from Iowa, if the Senator from Wyoming prevails in what he is seeking to do this morning, it is my understanding that almost half the people in America who currently have health insurance through their…

So if the Senator from Wyoming prevails and I am one of the grandfathered plans--in other words, I have my health insurance plan that I like through my employer--my health insurance company on my grandfathered plan can literally cut me off…

Can really take away my health insurance protection. I ask the Senator from Iowa, hasn't he heard, as I have from people in my State, how vulnerable they are when you empower health insurance companies to bail out when you need them the…

Mr. President, I just listened to the Senator from Arizona, who is my friend and whom I respect. I cannot remember how many pages were in the McCain-Feingold bill. I voted for it. I believed in it. I did not count the pages. I thought he…

Mr. President, I object to the modification offered by the Senator from South Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the original request by the Senator from Washington?

Mr. President, it is my understanding the time on our side is controlled by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is right.

Mr. President, I thank the chairman for that time. One of the first amendments we will consider is a 5-percent across- the-board cut. There is some surface appeal to this because it is almost like taking money and not leaving any…

I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. Mr. McCONNELL. The…

Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 6200, received from the House and at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements related to the bill be printed at this point in the Record, with no intervening action or debate. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 77, S. 685. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of S. 3774 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…