Harry Reid

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:27 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 10 a.m…

We are now going to have three voice votes on nominations. There will be one more rollcall vote tonight. That is it. ____________________

It is so good to see the President pro tempore and to be back in this place where we have spent a lot of years of our lives. I am glad to see everybody here ready to go so we can wrap up this double lame duck session. ____________________

I don't want to surprise anyone when I say this but I don't think it comes as a big surprise that a Majority Leader of either party is interested in what appointments the President makes.

Majority Leaders care.

There will be no rollcall votes on Tuesday. The next rollcall vote will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 8. And when I say Tuesday, that is this Tuesday coming up a few days from now. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 2:39 p.m., recessed until Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at 11 a.m.

I note the absence of a quorum, please. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I understand there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2772) making…

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, if any, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2 p.m. this afternoon. Senators will be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each during that period of time…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 471. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 471, S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution…

May I say, while our good chaplain is still in the Chamber, he has such a way with words. I am so impressed with the prayer this morning, where he recognized the way to get things done--as little as it is. If we could do more, we would get…

We will have two more votes. We will be in session tomorrow. There will be no votes tomorrow, but there will be some activity here that we have to complete. So the next vote will be Monday, September 8. ____________________

Under the previous order, I call for the Senate to proceed to the veterans conference report. ____________________

I would object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bill will be placed on the calendar.

I understand that S. 2709 is at the desk and due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2709) to extend…

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 2648, the emergency supplemental appropriations bill, postcloture. The time until 10 a.m. will be equally divided…

I applaud and commend my friend the Senator from Arkansas. This is very visionary legislation. I support what he is doing, and we are going to do everything we can to move forward on this legislation. We would do it more quickly except we…

At approximately 10:45 a.m. tomorrow morning, there will be a cloture vote on the Bring Jobs Home Act. If cloture is not invoked, there will be an immediate cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S. 2648, the emergency supplemental…

For the information of all Senators, we expect the nominations to be considered in this agreement to be confirmed by voice vote. ____________________

The distinguished senior Senator from Delaware and I came to Washington together, and I am so proud of the work he is doing and what he has done. He has been a Member of Congress, Governor, and now Senator and chairman of the Homeland…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:13 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at 10 a.m…

At 2:45 p.m. tomorrow we will have a rollcall vote on the confirmation of the McDonald nomination to be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, followed by several voice votes to confirm the nominations of Andre, Hoza, and Polaschik. We will…

For the information of all Senators, we would hope we can do those by voice vote. ____________________

S. 2666 is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2666) to prohibit future consideration of deferred action for…