I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3501 to Amendment No. 3500

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The yeas and nays were ordered.

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] proposes an amendment numbered 3502 to Amendment No. 3501…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3502 to Amendment No. 3501

I have an amendment to my instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] proposes an amendment numbered 3501 to the…

I have a motion to refer with instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] moves to refer the House message to the Senate…

Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a message from the…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum be waived with respect to the cloture motion and that the cloture vote occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 15. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 15; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…

I move to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, and I have a cloture motion at the desk on the motion to concur. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3500

I move to concur in the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill with an amendment which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative…

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 7:18 p.m., adjourned until Monday, March 15, 2010, at 2 p.m.

I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3499 to Amendment No. 3498

I send a second-degree amendment to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] proposes an amendment numbered 3499 to amendment No. 3498…

Mr. President, tonight cloture was filed on the motion to concur with respect to the legislative vehicle for the HIRE Act. The cloture vote will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. ____________________

On rollcall No. 102, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

Madam President, I just heard an interesting colloquy between two distinguished friends from across the aisle in reference to health care. Although I found that back-and-forth dialogue very interesting, one problem with the dialogue was it…