I ask permission to direct a question through the Chair to my friend from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator yield for a question?

If some Republicans want to come and talk, my friends, I would be happy to yield to any of them. But we have not had a large number of people over here this morning. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 200, S. Res. 227. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S…

I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I now ask for a second reading, but object to my own request for both of these measures. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

I appreciate my two friends for yielding for this consent agreement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 265. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 265) expressing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce Committee be discharged from further action on H.R. 1848. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows…

I further ask that the substitute amendment, which is at the desk and is the text of S. 1072, as reported by the Commerce Committee, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be…

I further ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment to the resolution be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to…

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, my friend notes that no one wants to shut down the government. Obviously, he didn't listen to my statement. We have people who have been saying for days now--Republicans saying--they are glad…

I object to the previous consent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The Republican leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, with all due respect to my good friend the majority leader, he was speaking about the junior…

So if they are afraid to listen to the things I have to say, they should listen, because the government is closed, and it is closed because they have helped close it. So let's not try to be technical here. I want to say something and I am…

I will use leader time then, Mr. President. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Today was a sobering reminder of how Federal law enforcement officers keep all of us safe--not us, the Members of Congress, but the American people. We have millions of people who visit this Capitol every year, and they work so hard to…

I object. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The objection is heard. ____________________

Reserving the right to object, I ask unanimous consent that their request be modified as follows: That an amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; that the joint resolution, as amended, be read a third time and passed and the motion…

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 4:15 p.m., adjourned until Friday, October 4, 2013, at 10:30 a.m.

reserving the right to object, I came to the floor--and I am happy to do that--but I was told there would be a unanimous consent request. If that is not the case, Senators can go ahead and do their colloquy, and when they want to do that I…

reserving the right to object, here is the situation. The junior Senator from Texas wants to fund everything else, just not ObamaCare. Here is what one columnist said today--Dana Milbank from the Washington Post--and I will be quick; I…

I would ask the Senator from Illinois and the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to respond.

yesterday I made the Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner an offer I thought he could not refuse, but he did. House Republican leaders have demanded the Senate join them in a conference committee to work out budget…

following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2 p.m. this afternoon, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes. The first hour will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar Nos. 188 and 198, resolutions relative to the authorization of committee funding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the resolutions…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolutions were…