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Harry Reid is a former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Reid held the position of Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015, making him one of the most powerful figures in the Senate during his tenure. He was known for his leadership on various issues, including healthcare reform and economic recovery efforts following the 2008 financial crisis. Reid played a significant role in passing the Affordable Care Act and was a strong advocate for renewable energy and land conservation in Nevada.
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, if any, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 p.m. Senators, during this period of time, will have an opportunity to speak for up to 10 minutes. At 5 p.m. this…
If you take somebody like Harry Reid, for example, the majority leader in the Senate. He has three sons and a son-in-law all of whom have been registered lobbyists.
The next rollcall vote will be on Monday, February 24, at 5:30 p.m. ____________________
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 6:46 p.m., adjourned until Friday, February 14, 2014, at 10:30 a.m…
When the Senate returns, it will address a number of important nominations, the comprehensive veterans bill, extension of unemployment insurance benefits, sexual assault in the military, and others. On unemployment insurance, I am going to…
I appreciate my friend's understanding of what has happened, and we will have further conversations about this. ____________________
The next vote will be the last rollcall vote in this series. The next vote after this vote--other than these we are going to try to do by consent--will be a week from Monday at 5:30. I wish you all well in your airplane rides today…
The next vote will be the last in this series of votes. The next one we will do by voice vote, and then we will start a series of votes at 1:45. There could be as many as 11 votes, so everybody cinch up their vests, and we will see what…
We are going to have up to four votes starting at 11:30 a.m., and then at 1:30 p.m. we will come back and finish some other business today. We hope to have a lot of votes today. I am aware, as I mentioned last night, we are following the…
I very much appreciate Senator McCain's stunning delivery on this horrible situation going on in Syria. ____________________
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, we will be in a period of morning business until 11 o'clock this morning. Republicans will control the first half and Democrats the final half. At 11 a.m. this morning the Senate…
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 6:45 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…
So there will be up to four rollcall votes starting at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. We expect to receive the debt limit legislation and the military retirement pay bill from the House tomorrow and we hope to consider both items during tomorrow's…
We are going to have one more recorded vote. We think we will have another vote that will not be recorded, but it will be a voice vote and that will be the last vote tonight. I am totally aware of the weather prediction, that we might get…
In addition to the swearing-in of Lieutenant Governor Walsh, I expect that this afternoon the Senate will adopt the motion to proceed to legislation to restore the earned pensions of military retirees. This measure restores cost-of-living…
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 1963, the Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act. Senator-designate John Walsh of Montana will become a Senator…
At 5:30 p.m. there will be a rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1963. Measures Placed on the Calendar--H.R. 3590 and H.R. 3964
I agree that protecting the bulk power system against such attacks is an issue of critical importance.
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 6:49 p.m. adjourned until Monday, February 10, 2014, at 2 p.m…
The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1963. ____________________
I am told that there is a bill, S. 1996, due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1996) to protect…
As I said, Mr. President, there will be two rollcall votes. The first vote is on cloture of the Reed amendment. If cloture is not invoked, there will be a second cloture on the underlying bill. We hope to be able to work something out for…
Following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1845, which is the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. The filing deadline for first-degree amendments to that is 9:45 a.m…
I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 298, S. 1963. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A motion to proceed to Calendar No. 298, S. 1963, a bill to repeal…
I ask that the pending motion to commit be withdrawn. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Manchin). Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
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