Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be…

Madam President, pending before the Senate is the question of whether we are going to extend unemployment compensation to the unemployed across our Nation. It is an issue which recurs in the Senate with some frequency, and it baffles me…

Mr. President, I join my colleagues in expressing my sorrow to the families of West Virginia for the coal miners who were lost in that disaster. Illinois is a coal mining State. Throughout our history we have had terrible mine disasters…

I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, tomorrow, we will continue to try to reach an agreement to take up and pass legislation to extend for 30 days the important unemployment and COBRA benefits that expire soon. ____________________

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 9:30 a.m., tomorrow, Friday, March 26; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Michigan, and I yield the remaining time of the 15 minutes to the Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon is recognized.

Mr. President, I am now going to be asking unanimous consent that would extend the unemployment benefits for an additional 30 days. I make it formally in this form. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate…

Let me thank the Senator from Oklahoma for his professionalism and his own decorum during the course of this debate. We want to maintain that on this side of the aisle. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3187 introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3186, the Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table and that any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…