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Harry Reid is a former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Reid held the position of Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015, making him one of the most powerful figures in the Senate during his tenure. He was known for his leadership on various issues, including healthcare reform and economic recovery efforts following the 2008 financial crisis. Reid played a significant role in passing the Affordable Care Act and was a strong advocate for renewable energy and land conservation in Nevada.
With this agreement, on Wednesday, we expect one rollcall vote at 12:15 p.m. on confirmation of the Fischer nomination, and as many as five rollcall votes at 2:10 p.m. We hope all four votes will be by voice, but we have to wait and see…
Would the Chair announce the business of the day. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, leadership time is reserved. ____________________
I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 92, S. 162, which is the Franken Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows…
People associate a piece of legislation. Their leader in the Senate has committed at the beginning of the President's term to block every piece of legislation that the President puts forward.
And you refer to costs going up, and Senator Johnson refers to costs going up, and then I am thinking about what I am reading in the newspapers and reading in professional papers is that overall the cost of healthcare is going down.
I remember--Ms. Turner, this may not move you, but it moved me--a 10-year-old boy who had cancer in Charleston, West Virginia, and he was dying from that cancer.
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 5:40 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 19, 2014, at 11 a.m…
I believe there will be at least two rollcall votes on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ____________________
So, Mr. President, there will be a series of votes, as I mentioned, at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow and another series at 1:45 p.m. ____________________
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 7:11 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…
With this agreement, on Thursday there will be as many as five rollcall votes starting at 11:15 a.m. and as many as five rollcall votes beginning at 1:45 p.m. That could change a little bit. We will see how the day goes…
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 3474. At 11:15 a.m. there will be up to five rollcall votes in relation to several nominations. Following those…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the provisions of S. Res. 444 as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Harlan Mathews of Tennessee. There being…
Under a previous order, there will be up to five rollcall votes at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow. There will be another series of up to four rollcall votes at 5:15 p.m. tomorrow related to nominations. ____________________
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will be in morning business. The time until 11:10 will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. At 11:10 there will be a cloture vote on the motion…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:19 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 10 a.m…
There will be a rollcall vote at 11:10 tomorrow morning. ____________________
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 5:58 p.m., adjourned until Monday, May 12, 2014, at 2 p.m…
I hope everyone has a good few days off. We are hopeful about next week. We have a lot to do. We had a couple of breakthroughs today, and maybe next week we can do a little more than this week. On Monday there will be up to three rollcall…
The remaining votes, if any, will be by voice. On Monday we will have at least three votes starting at 5:30 p.m. ____________________
The last vote was about 10 minutes over time. We waited patiently for everyone. For the next two votes, at the end of the time we are going to cut it off. We have a lot of things going on during lunchtime. If you are not here, you are not…
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate time until 11:15 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled. There will be a series of votes beginning at 11:15 today and another series of votes at 1:45. This is to…
My staff just told me we are now at more than 500 filibusters--500. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois.
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