The first rollcall vote will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment to the unemployment bill. Additional votes are possible. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:11 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at 9 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 408. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 408) supporting the designation of April as…

I would now suggest the absence of a quorum and have the time divided equally between both sides. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 2876 to Amendment No. 2875

I have a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I have a second-degree amendment to the substitute which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2876 to amendment No…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: At the end, add the following: This Act shall become effective 1 day after…

I have a first-degree amendment to the substitute. It is already at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2875 to amendment…

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 2875 to Amendment No. 2874

I have a substitute amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Reed, for himself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Collins, Mr. Booker, Mr…

I have a motion to commit H.R. 3979, but it also has instructions, and that is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill to the…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2881 to amendment No. 2880. The amendment is as…

I ask for the yeas and nays on that motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 2880

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 2881 to Amendment No. 2880

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2880 to the instructions of the motion to…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: At the end, add the following: This Act shall become effective 3 days after…

I wish a happy baseball opening day to everyone. Actually, it started last night, not today, but it sounds better to do it during the daytime. Although it is opening day for Major League Baseball, it also happens to be the last day for…

I have an amendment to the bill at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2877 to the language proposed to be stricken by…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 2878 to amendment No. 2877. The amendment is as…

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 2878 to Amendment No. 2877

following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, we will proceed to H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, with the time until 5 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. At 5…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1737, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 250, S. 1737, a bill to provide for…

we are going to have a vote now on SGR, and if all things work out as anticipated, that will be the last vote tonight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, under the previous order the question is, Shall it pass?

I ask unanimous consent the next votes tonight be 10 minutes in duration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to the motion to waive. The…