if it meets with the approval of the Senator from Tennessee in leadership on the Republican side, I suggest we yield back all time, and I ask unanimous consent to proceed to the vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection…

pending is S. 1323, which is the sense-of- the-Senate resolution. For those who follow the Senate, this is not a law. It will not be a law, if passed. It is merely an expression of sentiment by the Senate on an issue. It can be summarized…

I am going to speak to another issue first. But I want to thank my colleague from Georgia for his comments. We are in different political parties, but I listened to him and I know he is sincere. I think it is that spirit that can lead us…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent. Mr. McCONNELL. the following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander)…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Vermont…

if people have been following the debate on the Senate floor this afternoon, they understand it is focused almost exclusively on the Federal budget deficit and what we are going to do about it. It is a legitimate and timely question…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1310 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I thank my colleague from Rhode Island. So people understand this debate, we have a deficit problem--serious. We borrow 40 cents from other countries for every $1 we spend. We cannot sustain that. Our economy may be the strongest in the…

the bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission was created by Congress to establish guidelines that are used by Federal judges when they sentence criminal defendants. Tomorrow, the Sentencing Commission will take an important vote. The…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``nay.''

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``nay.'' The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any…

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``nay.'' The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any…

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Are there any…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``yea.''

I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I rise today to introduce the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act. This bill, which I also introduced in the 111th Congress, would extend the important protections of the Family and Medical Leave Act to same-sex couples in America. I am…

I do not think that you should give a podium to people who are in our country illegally.

Do not blame the President. The Congress of the United States did not do it.

The major structural flaw of the War Powers Resolution has been that it requires an automatic termination after 60 days.

hostilities by remote control are still hostilities.

the President of the United States accepts the constitutionality of the War Powers Act and sought to live by it.

Thus, pursuant to our ongoing consultations, I wish to express my support for the bipartisan resolution drafted by Senators Kerry, McCain, Levin, Feinstein, Graham, Lieberman.

Every one of us has immigrant parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents somewhere down the line.

I am discouraged that after 10 years this law has not passed, but I am not so discouraged as to give up the effort.

Children pay the penalty for their parents' misdeeds. If a parent does not pay the mortgage and the house gets foreclosed, sometimes the children suffer.