I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 187; that the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate; the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 90, H.R. 1151. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1151) to direct the Secretary of State…

I ask unanimous consent the bill be read the third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2383. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2383) to designate the…

I ask unanimous consent the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 324 and that the Senate proceed to that measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. The clerk…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority and minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions…

The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn and convene for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted on the following dates and times, and that following each pro forma session the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to S. Con. Res. 19, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

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 7:20 p.m., conditionally adjourned until Friday, June 28, 2013…

I now ask unanimous consent that on Monday, July 8 of this year, at 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 90, which is a nomination; that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form…

I yield time to the Senator from Louisiana. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

I am informing all Senators that if they are not in their seats when the time arrives, we are going to have a live quorum. We are going to have everybody here when the vote starts. I know people are anxious to leave, but they better be…

I ask unanimous consent that the next two votes be 10 minutes in duration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I raise a point of order that the Boxer amendment is also no longer in order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is well taken. The amendment falls.

I raise a point of order that the Cruz amendment is also no longer in order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is well taken. The amendment falls.

I raise a point of order that the Reed of Rhode Island amendment is no longer in order due to the adoption of the amendment No. 1183. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is well taken. The amendment falls.

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by me, in consultation with Senator McConnell, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 186; that there be 1 hour for debate equally divided in the usual form…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

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

I have been very patient today, and I have just about had it on this, all of this pontificating on this amendment, all right? The Senator from Ohio had an offer to put this in the bill. He turned it down. We are spending all of this time…

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

I further ask unanimous consent 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…