I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 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…

I ask unanimous consent that on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 2 p.m. the Senate consider Executive Calendar No. 220, the Samantha Power nomination under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I am told S. 1392 is at the desk and due for a second reading. If that is true, I ask the clerk to report the same. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The assistant legislative…

Following leader remarks the Senate will resume consideration of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. At about 10:45 there will be a rollcall vote in relation to the Paul amendment. As I have indicated to…

I ask unanimous consent that upon disposition of the Paul amendment, the Senate recess until 1 p.m. today; further, that the filing deadline for first-degree amendments to S. 1243, the transportation bill, be 1:30 p.m. today; finally, that…

when President Obama proposed a plan yesterday to simplify our corporate Tax Code and lower rates for businesses, I expected Republicans all over the country but especially here in Congress to jump for joy. I think there are many people…

I ask unanimous consent that on Thursday, August 1, upon disposition of the Chen nomination and the resumption of legislative session, the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1243, the THUD appropriations bill…

I have a couple unanimous consent requests. I would also say this: This is an important debate, and I ask unanimous consent that--on the floor now we have Corker, we have McCain and Graham--I ask unanimous consent that if they use more…

I ask unanimous consent that the period for morning business following the consideration of the Jones nomination be extended by 40 minutes, with the additional time being equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with…

I ask unanimous consent that two fellows from Senator Brown's staff, Andrew Steigerwald and Katherine LaBeau, be granted floor privileges for tomorrow. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

just a brief word or two about the Presiding Officer. When he took the oath to become a Senator, we had a lot of things going on here. I did not have the opportunity to say as much about him as I would have liked because we were in the…

I ask unanimous consent that at 1 p.m. today, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 201, Todd Jones, to be Director of ATF; that there be 1 hour for debate equally divided in the usual form prior to a vote on…

I object to any further proceedings on this bill at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that at 11 a.m., Thursday, August 1, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 96; that there be 60 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; that…

what this means is we will vote on the Paul amendment, give or take, in a half-hour, at around 11 o'clock, or shortly thereafter, whatever time the order allows, and we will then recess until 1 p.m. Then we will have the debate on the…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business with Senators allowed to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

S. 1243 is now pending? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. Cloture Motion

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings and that the time during the recess be counted postcloture, with the time charged equally to both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

finally one last unanimous consent. I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate resumes its consideration of S. 1243 on Wednesday, July 31, the pending amendments be set aside and Senator Paul be recognized to offer amendment No. 1739…

even though I disagree with my three friends, I appreciate their sincerity, their advocacy. They are all three very intelligent men, good Senators. But I am going to move on to another subject. I ask unanimous consent that following…

before I go further, I want the Senator from Washington and the Senator from Maine to hear what I am saying; that is, I wish to process amendments. We are going to do one in the morning, which has held up things for some time. There are…

I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion be withdrawn and that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, notwithstanding rule XXII, in consultation with Senator McConnell, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider…

for the first time in 3 years the Senate is poised to confirm members of the National Labor Relations Board. Although too few Americans are aware of the important job this Board does, the NLRB looks out for rights of millions of U.S…

following the remarks of Senator McConnell and me, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 223, the nomination of Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board and…

we have three 10-minute votes. We have a 5-minute penalty time, and we need to start wrapping up these votes. The first vote took 30 minutes, so let's try to stick to what we said we would do. There are Senators who wait around here, so it…