there will be an hour of debate on the Galante nomination. At 2 p.m. there will be two rollcall votes on confirmation of the nominations of William Baer to be an Assistant Attorney General and Carol Galante to be an Assistant Secretary for…

We yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General?

Yes. We will have those votes, start the votes after 2, and then for us we will have another caucus following that. Hopefully, by that time, we will have made a determination, Senator McConnell and I, whether we can do something on the…

Sunday. We have another vote that has been set up, Baer. That is a simple majority. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. Leader, you are talking about Sunday, right?

For the information of all Senators, we are going to have two votes before we break for our caucuses--the Republicans have a caucus, we have one. So we have two votes before lunch. Then at 2 o'clock we will have another vote. If the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 6620 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I am going to do everything I can and I am confident Senator McConnell will do the same. But for everybody, whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect. Some people are not going to like it, some people will like it less, but that is…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to this matter be printed in the Record. The…

So the Senator from Oklahoma is going to debate the second amendment and then we will have two stacked votes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 4 minutes of debate on amendment No. 3371. The Senator from…

first of all, I congratulate the people who worked so hard on this bill. We appreciate the new chair of the Appropriations Committee and the good work she did; the work done by the New York delegation, led by Senator Schumer; and the work…

I ask unanimous consent to proceed to H.R. 6014. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 6014) to authorize the Attorney General to award grants for…

I ask unanimous consent that a Feinstein- Chambliss substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and the Senate proceed to vote on passage. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I am told by the manager of this bill, Senator Mikulski, that she thinks they can complete work on this legislation, the supplemental, in the next couple hours. I hope that is the case. Maybe they can even do it more quickly. Here is what…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 1 p.m. on Sunday, December 30, 2012; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Schumer, for not to exceed 8 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

there will be two rollcall votes at approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Leahy- Grassley substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; a motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and any…

I now ask unanimous consent to proceed to H.R. 6621. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 6621) to correct and improve certain provisions of the…

I further ask unanimous consent that the Burr substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; that the title amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; that the motions…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1464 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to this matter be placed in the…

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, with the concurrence of the Republican leader, the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 502, H.R. 8. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 475, S. 3454. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. A bill (S. 3454) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for…

I ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks on Sunday, December 30, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 518 under the previous order; further, that after the use or yielding back of the time, we…

I ask unanimous consent that an amendment to the title of H.R. 1, the text of which is at the desk, be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3440) was agreed to, as follows: Amend the…