Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 441, S. Res. 442, S. Res. 443, S. Res 444, and S. Res. 445, which were submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any related statements be printed in the Record. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the bills be printed in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar Nos. 371 through 381 en bloc, all post office naming bills. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senate proceeded to consider the bills.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that two fellows in the office of Senator Patty Murray, Stephanie Doherty Wilkinson and Eric Brooks, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 112th Congress. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

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

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, May 7, 2012, at 4:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 508, 568, and 569; that there be 60 minutes for debate equally…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 263, 502, 566, 567, 572, 624, 653, 654, 656, 657, 658, 659, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived, and a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2343 occur at noon on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

I have a cloture motion at 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 Motion We, the undersigned…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 365, S. 2343. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to S. 2343, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to…

Mr. President, I will briefly say--I know everyone is anxious to get to work--we have had some pretty good work in recent days. The postal bill was extremely difficult to get done. We had the highway bill; that was difficult to get done…

I ask unanimous consent the committee-reported substitute be withdrawn, that a Leahy substitute amendment which is at the desk be made pending, and the only amendments in order to the Leahy substitute or the underlying bill be the…

Mr. President, the Senate is now considering S. 1925, with the time until 11:30 for debate only. The Republicans will control the first 45 minutes and the majority will control the second 45 minutes. At 11:30 today the Senate will proceed…

Mr. President, the reason why so many people across the political spectrum support the Leahy-Crapo bill and the reason they oppose this amendment is it is going to remove the historic emphasis of women in VAWA. The improvements we have…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--I will not object--and I know we will be getting back onto this matter and I will be seeking time, I certainly do not object to my two friends taking time now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, today we are finally going to vote on the nominations of Gregg Costa and David Guaderrama to fill judicial emergency vacancies on the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Both of these…

Mr. President, I will speak further about the Violence Against Women Act because I believe the Leahy-Crapo, et al, bill has the best balance possible to protect the most people possible.