Mr. President, it is my understanding the time on our side is controlled by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is right.

Mr. President, I object to the modification offered by the Senator from South Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the original request by the Senator from Washington?

Mr. President, I just listened to the Senator from Arizona, who is my friend and whom I respect. I cannot remember how many pages were in the McCain-Feingold bill. I voted for it. I believed in it. I did not count the pages. I thought he…

Can really take away my health insurance protection. I ask the Senator from Iowa, hasn't he heard, as I have from people in my State, how vulnerable they are when you empower health insurance companies to bail out when you need them the…

So if the Senator from Wyoming prevails and I am one of the grandfathered plans--in other words, I have my health insurance plan that I like through my employer--my health insurance company on my grandfathered plan can literally cut me off…

I would like to ask the Senator from Iowa, if the Senator from Wyoming prevails in what he is seeking to do this morning, it is my understanding that almost half the people in America who currently have health insurance through their…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the majority leader be authorized to sign any duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions until Monday, October 4. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute 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…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Con. Res. 52. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the concurrent…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 667, S. Res. 668, S. Res. 669, S. Res. 670, S. Res. 671, and S…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 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, and that any statements relating to…