I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to S. Con. Res. 17. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 17)…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to S. Res. 158. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 158) to authorize the production…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive session to consider these nominations: Calendar Nos. 93, 94, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, with the…

I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 129 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I am told there are two bills at the desk. If that is the case, I ask for their first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…

Senator Stabenow and Senator Cochran have arranged two votes that will begin on Monday, June 3, at 5:30. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn to 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 that notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on Tuesday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to noon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to consider Calendar Nos. 11 and 12; that the Senate proceed to vote on the nominations listed with no intervening action or debate, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the…

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

I have spoken to the managers of the bill, and they have one vote scheduled right now. They expect--they hope--they can have a couple more today, maybe even three today, but they are not sure. It will have to be done by consent. They are…

With the Republican leader's consent, I ask now that the senior Senator from Delaware be allowed to say a few words regarding our guest Chaplain. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

No, I am going to finish my statement. What happens in these committees is they ask all the questions they want, but 28 questions is not enough for them. For example, on Gina McCarthy--the President asked her to be the Director of the…

I now ask for a second reading and object to my own request, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period morning business until 10:30 a.m. The time until then will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. Mr. President, if Republicans want to use…

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 6:33 p.m., conditionally adjourned until Friday, May 24, 2013, at…

I ask unanimous consent 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. The…

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 resolution…

We have to work together here, but it is mutual work, it is not all on one side. It is not my word versus somebody else's word. In 2005, we had a knockdown, drag-out battle here. My friend the Republican leader, along with others, gave…

Senator Leahy said yesterday: A recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service compares the whole of President Obama's first term to the whole of President Bush's first term, and the contrast could not be more clear. The…

I do not want anyone thinking I am not keeping my word. I was not going to say anything, but I thought I said I would get the last word. So Senator McConnell can say something now, and I will not get the last word. ____________________

I object. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The majority leader.

There will be two votes at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. The first vote will be a cloture vote on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nomination, and the second vote will be on the Sanders amendment to the farm bill. We will continue to work through…

I object to any further proceedings to all three of these bills at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bills will be placed on the calendar under rule XIV. ____________________

last night the Senate Judiciary Committee, after some 24 hearings and several weeks of markup, advanced a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to fix our broken immigration system. No one can dispute that it is broken. No one can dispute that…