I know they talked all evening long, but I am not sure that Senator McCain was made aware that the Senator would propose this tonight.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Illinois…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Oklahoma…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cardin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result…

the American people are asking two big questions: Why has the Senate not acted to stop the $4\1/2\ trillion tax hike that will occur on January 12 unless we act; and, second, why has the Senate not voted to replace the across-the-board…

reserving the right to object, it is our view that the extension of many provisions of the Tax Code, which is the subject of the leader's request, makes some sense if we extend all of the provisions of the Tax Code we can. With that in…

might I make a response to the leader? Mr. McCAIN. I believe it is not Senator Paul who sets the parameters for how many hours of debate and amendments and others; I believe it is the majority leader. Could I talk to the majority leader…

reserving the right to object, I ask unanimous consent the agreement be modified so that rather than amending H.R. 8, that bill--namely H.R. 8--would be considered read a third time and passed. This request would let that bill go directly…

if I might continue, I think the point is this unanimous consent was made before everyone had been fully consulted. I appreciate the leader is trying to move things along, but it does illustrate the proposition that everyone needs to be…

reserving the right to object, I appreciate the majority leader's attempt to put several of these items together. I would note that our side has only had a little over an hour to try to work this through our membership. I know there is one…

And the leader is right with regard to intentions. His intention was to object to my request; mine is to object to his request. That is correct.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

reserving the right to object, I had asked the distinguished majority leader if I requested an amendment to his request to add a piece of legislation that he and I both support whether he would have to object to that, and I am presuming…

We would also then object to the original request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, would the majority leader yield?

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe,) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) would have voted: ``yea.'' The yeas and…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). Further, if present and voting…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 95, nays 1, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 191 Leg.] YEAS--95 Akaka Alexander…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Ohio (Mr…

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

I would like to speak about two claims that were made at the recent Democratic Convention that I believe require a response. Obviously, the Republican Convention went first and they did not have an opportunity to respond to everything that…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I rise today to introduce the Free Press Act. The FPA would create a Federal anti-SLAPP statute for journalists, bloggers, and other news media, authorizing them to bring a special motion to dismiss lawsuits brought against them that arise…

I want to take a moment to recognize the service of one of my longtime legal counsels on the Judiciary Committee, Joe Matal. Joe will be leaving the Senate in a few weeks after 12 years of Senate service, and I wanted to say a few words of…

all of us recognize the need to strengthen our cyber security defense to protect our defense industrial base, financial sector, and government networks from nation states and independent hackers. GEN Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S…