I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 467, S. 3412, which is the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2012. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows. Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 467, S…

the first hour this morning will be divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans the final half. The Senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. today…

I wish to take a minute to talk about Agent Gibson and Officer Chestnut. It was 14 years ago, and it is really hard to comprehend that it has been that long. Officer Chestnut I knew by saying hello. But we had an event in Virginia where my…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 467. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 467, S. 3412, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be…

this afternoon the Senate pauses to remember those killed in last week's horrific shooting in Colorado. Among the dead was 26-year-old Jonathan Blunk--a graduate of Hug High School in Reno, NV, a Navy veteran and father of two. My heart…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now observe a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting in Colorado. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (Moment of Silence.) Aurora, Colorado Shootings

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

are we now on the motion to proceed to S. 3412? The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are. Cloture Motion

The only amendments I have seen are three in number that the Republicans have suggested--to do away with the Affordable Care Act, to reestablish the Bush tax cuts, and then the Hatch tax measure. As has been the tradition with Republicans…

I am not in a position now to announce no more votes today. I hope we can be there in just a little bit, but we are trying to work through some procedural matters now, and hopefully we can do that within the next half hour or so. The…

I object to any further proceedings with regard to this bill. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. The bill will be placed on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV.

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

there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bills by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3414) to enhance the…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 3412 and S. 3413, which are both at the desk, be considered as having been read twice and placed on the calendar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 3412 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I now ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, July 23; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…

I sent a cloture motion to the desk with respect to the Shipp nomination. In fact, it may already be there. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion…

I recognize and honor Kathryn E. Landreth for her distinguished service from 2005 to 2012 as the State Director of the Nevada Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Under Kathryn's leadership, The Nature Conservancy--Nevada Chapter has…

I ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business and that Senators be allowed to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

there will be no further rollcall votes today. The next vote will be Monday at 5:30 p.m. on the nomination of Michael A. Shipp to be a U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

we have been able to work things out. We are not going to have to be in session--we thought we had it all worked out but now we do not. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative…

over the last decade, American companies outsourced about 2\1/2\ million jobs, often to countries where they can hire workers for half the price. And 21 million Americans, including nearly 7 million manufacturing workers, live with the…

I am fairly confident that S. 3401 is at the desk and due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

the first hour today will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. The Republicans will control the first half and the majority the final half. At 2:15 p.m. there will be a cloture vote on the motion to…