Mr. President, with that, I would say au revoir, and I will see everybody in the morning. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:36 p.m., recessed subject to the call of the Chair and reassembled at 5:49 p.m., when called to…

Mr. President, I just wanted to go on record tonight as saying we have made just incredible progress on this bill, and I look forward to tomorrow, where we will complete work on it. I think we are showing bipartisan spirit here and…

Mr. President, I understand that Senator Shaheen no longer intends to offer her amendment, so we can strike that from the list. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk…

Mr. President, I send a managers' package to the desk which has been approved by both managers and both leaders. Under the provisions of the previous order, I ask unanimous consent that it be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

Mr. President, I hope we will oppose this amendment. It is very controversial. It is opposed by a very broad and diverse group of business and labor organizations. It would overturn a 60-year prohibition on allowing commercial services at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Shaheen amendment No. 1678 be considered following Paul amendment No. 1556. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1742 There is now 2…

This would essentially devolve the whole program, go against what Dwight Eisenhower had in mind when he started the National Highway System. I urge a ``no'' vote. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio…

Madam President, could we have order? First, thank you to all colleagues for your amazing cooperation. I hope we vote this down because we already did vote down a similar amendment. This is another amendment that would devolve the Federal…

Mr. President, this is a killer amendment. Our committee voted 18 to 0 on a bipartisan bill that set out the formulas in a very fair way. What did we do? We didn't want to jolt the States in the middle of a tough economic time, so we kept…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. ____________________

I am asking for that. Fine. I think this is so critical. The DeMint amendment is the end of the Federal highway and transportation system. It is a system that has been in place since Republican President Dwight Eisenhower told us how…