I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

there are many traditions around this holiday season that I cherish, but I must confess that the tradition of spending Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve on the floor of the Senate is not one of those traditions. Happily, this year we won't…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on the next…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, submitted earlier today: S. Res. 325, S. Res. 326, and S. Res. 327. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senate will…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 265, S. 1845. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1845) to provide for…

I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of PN 877 and 878; that the nominations be confirmed; the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening…

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 ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 269, S. Res. 75. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 75) condemning…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New York…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3343, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 460 through and including Calendar No. 477, and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, and…

last week Senators Enzi, Murphy and I introduced a resolution on the political tensions in Bangladesh as that country prepares for a national election on January 5. Since then, Senators Boxer, Boozman, Shaheen, Kaine, Blunt, and Menendez…

I understand we are at a point of great emotions and feelings, stress in the Senate over the change in the rules about the use of the filibuster in the Senate. Unfortunately, it appears that we are going to stay in that state for at least…

first I wish to thank my colleagues from New Hampshire and South Carolina. There is at least an opportunity or a tradition at the end of a calendar year that we take the nominations pending in the Senate, both in committee and on the…

I ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I object to any further proceedings with respect to these bills en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bills will be placed on the calendar. ____________________

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

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to S. Con. Res. 30, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I understand there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1859) to amend the…

I further ask that the committee-reported amendment to the resolution be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R…

I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) would vote ``yea.''

I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) would vote ``aye.''

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, that the motion to reconsider be made, and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I want to tell him that I am going to admit this on the floor and give him credit but be happy to join him in this effort.