I ask unanimous consent that we be in a period of morning business until 5 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2 p.m. today. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the majority the final 30 minutes. The time from 11:30 until 2 p.m. will be for remarks…

of course, Senators should be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask my friend to yield for a unanimous consent request and then he can have the floor as soon as I am finished.

I want to talk this morning about Joe Lieberman. The very modest apartment, with no hot water, where Joseph Lieberman was raised has long since been demolished, but the values he learned in that little apartment--in the flat above his…

the headline news for the last many weeks has been the fiscal cliff. In speaking to the President 6 months before the election, a few weeks before the election, a few days before the election and immediately after the election, he…

I ask unanimous consent that the report to accompany Calendar No. 514, (S. 76), be star-printed with changes at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that a Gillibrand amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following bills en bloc: Calendar No. 344, H.R. 4014; and H.R. 4367, which was received from the House and is at the desk. There being no objection, the Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the Lieberman substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, the Lieberman title amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, and the motions to…

I ask unanimous consent the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3564 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3317 to the instructions (amendment No…

I have a motion to commit the bill with instructions, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill, S. 3637, to…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3315 to amendment No. 3314. The amendment is as…

I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3315 to Amendment No. 3314

I have an amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3314. The amendment is as follows: At the end, add the…

as provided under the previous order, at 4 p.m. today, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 762 and 829. For the information of the Senate, we expect at least one rollcall vote on the nomination of John E…

I have a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I would note the Acting President pro tempore today. I had the good fortune of being able to come to the floor last week to talk about the Acting President pro tempore's tenure in the Senate--some 6 years--and I talked about some of the…

following leader remarks we will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour. The majority will control the first half, the Republicans the final half. Following morning business we will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3318 to amendment No. 3317. The amendment is as…

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, there be no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to this measure be printed in…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 534, H.R. 2467. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2467) to…

I ask unanimous consent 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 relating to the measure be printed in the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3319 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…