And I will object at the end of this reservation. We had an opportunity to pass flood insurance last week, and not a single Senator from Senator Vitter's side of the aisle would vote for the package because it provided unemployment…

Mr. President, I am going to make a unanimous-consent request, I notify my colleague from Louisiana. This unanimous-consent request will extend and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, the reason he came to the floor. It…

Madam President, I know an issue that was always important to Robert Byrd was the working men and women of West Virginia. If there was one thing that innervated him and inspired him, it was the memory of his youth and growing up in the…

Then I yield the floor. Since I see no Republican seeking time in morning business, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 3 additional minutes, and to extend the same 3 minutes on the Republican side, if they care to use it. The ACTING…

Madam President, how much time is remaining in morning business on our side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Madam President, first, I wish to thank the Senator from Montana for allowing me to make some brief remarks, and then I will turn to him. I join my colleague, Senator Burris, in asking my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote in…

Madam President, Members of the Senate are coming to the floor today from both sides of the aisle to acknowledge a moment in our history: the passing of Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. Senator Byrd was the longest serving Senator in the…

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the…

Reserving the right to object, Madam President, for 8 weeks Senator Baucus and Senator Reid have negotiated with Republicans in an attempt to pass this important jobs bill. They have been asked to make the package smaller, which they did…

The filibuster that has been waged by the Republicans in the Senate has gone on now for 2 months to stop unemployment benefits. What the minority leader just offered was a 1-month extension. We have been limping and dragging our way from…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.