Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, the bill, S. 3092, is at the desk. I understand it is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3092) to…

Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will turn to a period of morning business until 2 p.m. this afternoon. Senators during this time will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The majority will control the first 30…

The amendments fall; is that right? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendments fall; that is correct.

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. 3092 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. 3092 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, there was debate this morning and a lot of talk outside the Chamber regarding the TANF summer jobs program. The objection of a number of Senators raised was that it was paid for over 10 years rather than 5 years. In an…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I would ask that the request be modified to allow Senator Isakson to speak for 2\1/ 2\ minutes following the agreement to this unanimous consent request, and that I thereafter be recognized to…

Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will turn to a period of morning business until 11 o'clock this morning. Senators during that time will be able to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first…

Mr. President, I want to spend a minute talking about some remarks I made this morning, especially in light of how they are being irresponsibly mischaracterized by those seeking to score political points. Today, we learned that 36,000…

Mr. President, I send another cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent we move to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we move to H. Con. Res. 236. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (H. Con…

I now ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent…

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 2:19 p.m., adjourned until Monday, March 8, 2010, at 2 p.m.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, March 9, after the Senate resumes consideration of H.R. 4213, it proceed to vote in relation to the following amendments, in the order listed, and with no amendments in order to the…

Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the tax extenders bill. There will be no rollcall votes today. The next vote will be Tuesday morning. ____________________

Mr. President, we had a good, hard week working on this legislation dealing with the tax extenders, expiring provisions--COBRA, unemployment compensation, FMAP. So those watching don't think it is some kind of coded message, these are very…