I would say to the Senator from Vermont, I do not recall, but I think he might recall. Does he?

I would be happy to yield. But I would say also to the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from Kentucky, there is a version of this unanimous consent request which will give you your vote. If the Senator would agree to that. You will…

No. Mrs. McCASKILL. Have we had this many? Have there been this many obstructions to the regular order of the Senate traditionally?

I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks and the remarks of the Senator from Kentucky and the remarks of the Senator from Tennessee for debate only--let me suspend this unanimous consent request. Mr. President, I will attempt to…

I have been here 14 years--14 years in the House, 14 years in the Senate. This Senate has changed so dramatically in the 14 years I have been here. We actually had debates on the floor of the Senate. We had Members offering amendments back…

If that is a question, I agree. In defense of the question, I agree with what the Senator said. I yield to the Senator from Rhode Island.

I thank the Senator. I am happy to yield for a question from the Senator from Tennessee. =========================== NOTE =========================== On pages S791 and S792, February 25, 2010, the Record reads: . . . in this economy in my…

Mr. President, I ask for the regular order. I yielded for the purpose of a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois yielded for a question.

I would say to the Senator from Tennessee, here is the difficulty we face. Of the stimulus funds currently sitting there, they have been obligated. They will be spent. There won't be a surplus, we are told, of any funds. This would have…

Mr. President, I am going to ask this unanimous consent request one last time this evening. I will not be making another unanimous consent request until tomorrow morning. There will be an opportunity, I believe, with the Senate coming into…

It is my understanding we will now move to closing the session. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, particularly on the Democratic side, for sticking with me through the course of the evening. None of us had planned for this…

If the Senator would not mind repeating his unanimous consent, I didn't quite hear the end of it.

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Kentucky. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn after the statements that have already been noted as part of this request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Reserving the right to object, I believe the Senator from Tennessee said 4891. I think the bill was 4691.

I would say, in response to the Senator from Vermont, the last time we went through this exercise about unemployment benefits, he may recall there was a Republican Senator who insisted on an amendment on the bill relating to ACORN. If he…

Would you like to speak after I have made the request so I could make the adjournment subject to your speaking?

I say to the Senator from Oregon that is exactly why I am standing. I didn't plan on doing this. I had a pretty full day down at the Blair House and other places. I believed, by the end of the day, the Senator from Kentucky would agree to…