I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business from now until 6:40 p.m. to allow a colloquy between Senator Brown and Senator Isakson. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

it has been 86 days since the Senate passed its budget. We have been through this on several occasions. We have had Republican Senators come and criticize the Republican leadership here for not letting us go to conference. They talked…

following leader remarks the Senate will be in morning business until 5 p.m. today. At 5 p.m. the Senate will be in executive session to consider a couple nominations for United States district judges. One is for Pennsylvania and one is…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate resumes consideration of S. 744, which is the immigration bill, on Tuesday, June 18, the time until 12:30 p.m. and the time from 2:15 to 3 p.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or…

Would the Chair announce the business of the day, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Under the previous order, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 o'clock p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for…

When that time is up, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Georgia.

So people can plan, we hope the first one will be by voice. This one vote after noon will be the last vote of the week. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota. Amendment No. 1197

I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

I ask unanimous consent the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 154. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, June 17, 2013, at 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 48 and 62; that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Begich). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that Senators proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators being permitted to speak for 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Hoeven substitute amendment be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the Hoeven amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; the title amendment be agreed…

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 7:03 p.m., adjourned until Monday, June 17, 2013, at 2…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, June 17; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I also ask unanimous consent that following the Senator's statement I be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Mexico. Meeting 21st Century Challenges

I am disappointed my colleague's amendment is not going to be part of this, but maybe we can work on that at a subsequent time.

And the pending amendment is what? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending amendment is Grassley amendment No. 1195.

I therefore ask, because of the objection, unanimous consent that the following amendments be in order to be called up: Thune No. 1197, Landrieu No. 1222, Vitter No. 1228, Tester No. 1198, and Heller No. 1227. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…

I thought we had a deal there. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The majority leader.

the next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. ____________________

while we are determining the best way to move forward on these amendments that are now in order, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from New Mexico Mr. Heinrich be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes to give his maiden speech…

I am going to ask consent that we have a vote on some judges in an hour. But prior to saying that, I want to say this. This is a very important bill. People want to offer amendments on this bill. We have five amendments that are now…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to S. Res. 171, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 171)…

I apologize to everyone for having to wait. We were trying to get some things cleared, and it didn't work. ____________________