I announce that the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) is necessarily absent.

I see the Senator from Florida is here, but I wanted to ask a question through the Chair. Is it my understanding that we have been debating this small business bill, which has come out of the committee the Senator from Louisiana chairs…

She made reference to the fact that the Senator from Arkansas, Senator Lincoln, had asked for some agricultural disaster assistance which is now included in this bill, and she has represented in the Senate that this has bipartisan support?

Mr. President, Illinois, over the weekend, had torrential rains hit our State. They took a terrible toll on already strained water and flood control systems across Illinois. In a matter of hours, Chicago and northwestern Illinois were…

If the Senator from Louisiana will yield for a question, the majority leader just said we are going to continue to work on this, but I remember yesterday, during the debate on the DISCLOSE Act, the Republican leader came to the floor and…

I don't know if the Senator has heard from others that they object to her adding this in the bill, but if I am not mistaken, we are prepared to take a vote on that on the floor on the agricultural disaster assistance, if that is what is…

Mr. President, in just a few moments Senator Landrieu is going to come to the floor to talk about the small business bill, and I will just say a word or two about my support for her efforts. She did something extraordinary last week. She…

Madam President, I come to the floor to say thank you to someone who has, for more than 20 years, been my right hand on Capitol Hill. Tom Faletti is one of the most decent, honest, and caring persons I have ever known. Tom came to work for…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New York for his leadership on this legislation. We are here because the Supreme Court, across the street, decided, in a case called Citizens United, to change the way we campaign for office in…

I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) is necessarily absent.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 587) was agreed…

Mr. President, there will be no rollcall votes during Monday's session of the Senate. The next vote will occur at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27. That vote will be on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the DISCLOSE…