I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows…

Yes, after the Senator from New Hampshire. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3388

Madam President, after I speak I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Delaware be able to speak for a period of time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Madam President, I rise to speak on H.R. 4213. One amendment has already been dropped. I do plan to submit a second amendment. This amendment is dealing with the Recovery Act funds. During my three terms as State comptroller of Illinois, I…

Madam President, my colleagues and I have spent much of last year debating the issue of health care reform. After nearly a century of false starts and broken promises, Democrats came to Congress determined to enact comprehensive reform. We…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, we just had a press conference this afternoon with reference to don't ask, don't tell, the action we want to take in the Senate for our military people. I would like to make some brief remarks in that regard. I come to the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak about 5 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Burris pertaining to the introduction of S. 3065 are…

Monday marked the kickoff of Women's History Month, and in celebration, every day of this month the House will be opened by a woman Member. As co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, I am honored to be a part of the largest…

Mr. President, last night, I met the mayor of Kankakee, IL. She told me about a problem she has. Kankakee has 28,000 residents. The economy has hurt them. They have lost sales tax revenues. They do not have the income they had just last…

Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. ____________________

I am honored to come to the floor with my good friend, Congressman Jones, and also two members of the Board of Visitors, Congressman Hall, who also represents that area, and Congressman Marshall, who served honorably in the Vietnam…

I have asked unanimous consent that the last 5 minutes on the Democratic side be reserved for Senator Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, today the Senate confirmed Justice Barbara Keenan to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by a vote of 99-0. But the vote took place only after an unsuccessful Republican filibuster of her…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Bunning amendment. The Senator from Kentucky has decided, after 1 week, to accept exactly what was offered to him last week. Last week, we said to the Senator from Kentucky: If you want to come up…

Mr. President, I also received some e-mail and letters from Kentuckians. It is a great State. It is the ancestral home of many Durbins--one hailed from Sunfish, KY, which is a pretty tiny town, I am told, and came up north to Illinois. It…