Harry Reid

There will be up to three rollcall votes tomorrow at 5 p.m. The first vote will be on confirmation of the nomination of Michelle Friedland to be a U.S. circuit judge for the Ninth Circuit. The next vote will be a cloture vote on the…

The bill that 55 Senators have cleared over here is a bill to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing…

Yes. But before doing that, I have just been informed that this bill that was reported out of the committee on which the senior Senator from Texas serves--we have cleared it on our side. If they want to clear it today, we will get this out…

He is also a former supreme court justice of Texas. They have reported the bill out of the Judiciary Committee, and my friend was part of that reporting situation. Part of what they reported out has the Debbie Smith language in it, but it…

The committee, of which I am almost certain my friend is a member--the Judiciary Committee; is that right?

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 5:52 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…

At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow there will be a rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Michelle Friedland to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours for debate…

We have a number of votes scheduled. They are going to go by voice, I am told. Mr. President, we are going to have a cloture vote an hour after we come in tomorrow morning, and there is no reason we cannot be finished tomorrow, but that…

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

I am told S. 2223 is due for a second reading; is that right? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. The legislative clerk read the bill by title as follows: A bill, S. 2223, to…

I appreciate Chairman Landrieu's and Ranking Member Murkowski's recent statements highlighting the importance of protecting this type of information.

The first rollcall vote will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Additional rollcall votes are expected during tomorrow's session. ____________________

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will be in morning business until 12:30 p.m., with the time equally divided and controlled. The Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for our weekly caucus…

Would the Chair announce the business for today. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. ____________________

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, if there are any, the Senate will be in morning business until 5 p.m. At 5 p.m. the Senate will resume H.R. 3979, as amended, the unemployment insurance extension, postcloture. At…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:37 p.m., adjourned until Monday, April 7, 2014, at 2 p.m…

There will be a rollcall vote on passage of the unemployment insurance bill, which takes a simple majority, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. ____________________

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3979, which is the legislative vehicle for the unemployment insurance extension bill. We are working on an agreement on the unemployment…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:02 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, April 3, 2014, at…

We are doing our best to reach an agreement both on the unemployment insurance and some executive nominations during tomorrow's session. ____________________

From time to time I have to express my apologies to everyone--staff, the Presiding Officer--but I just can't come to the floor until we know what we are going to do tomorrow, and that takes a lot of time. That is what is going on while I…

Reserving the right to object, I clearly understood the diversion-and-delay tactics of my friend from Louisiana, and I object. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The objection is heard.

I would object to any further proceedings to both of these matters at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the measures will be placed on the calendar. House Budget

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. 2198) to direct the…

Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3979, which is the legislative vehicle for the Unemployment Insurance Extension bill, with the time until 10 a.m. equally divided and…