I now move to proceed to calendar No. 410, S. 3220. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 410, S. 3220, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards…

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 legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived, and the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3220 occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, June 5. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Begich). Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 5652

last month, the Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization on a strong bipartisan vote of 68 to 31. Fifteen Republican Senators--including all the women on the other side of the aisle--joined Senate Democrats to support…

reserving the right to object, the Republican leader is now proposing an amendment to the Senate-passed bill--a Senate-passed bill that we are very proud of. It has been engineered and advocated by all Democratic Senators but mainly by the…

the time, as usual, did not run as quickly as we wanted. I ask unanimous consent that we only have two votes prior to lunch today, and that the next vote start at 5 minutes until 2 today after we complete this vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I have had, during this short period of time, four different Senators come to me and say: Please hold the votes to 10 minutes, with the 5-minute penalty. So we are going to do that. A number of Senators already missed votes today. We are…

I ask unanimous consent that the HELP Committee be discharged from further consideration of PN 1565, 16 Public Health Service nominations received by the Senate on April 26, 2012, beginning with Joseph R. Fontana and ending with Joy A…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3992 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

we are now considering S. 3187, the FDA user fees legislation. There is an agreement now reached to complete this legislation today. Under the agreement, debate time will expire at 2 p.m. today, but if we are able to yield back time, up to…

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

I ask unanimous consent that a Levin amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the…

I move to reconsider the vote and move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.

I know people are very anxious to move on. I am, too, but I have to say just a word. I have said in my own caucus how much I appreciate the cooperation of Senator Enzi. He is a fine Senator. He and Senator Harkin have worked so well…

we are going to arrange a vote Monday night on one of the nominees who is trying to become a judge. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. Climate Change

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

this will be the last vote coming up. No speeches. We will start voting. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill for the third time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.

as we have noted on the floor many times in the last few days, the Flood Insurance Program covers almost 6 million people. It was set to expire next week. If it were to expire, new housing construction would stall--in fact, it may come to…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the provisions of S. Res. 475 as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator James Abdnor of South Dakota. There being…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn and 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 upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore, and the majority leader and minority leader be authorized to make appointments to…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any related statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

There is a joint resolution at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the joint resolution by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution (S…

I am going to use the leader time, not the 5 minutes we were allocated. Madam President, we have all heard of reverse engineering. What we just heard is reverse reasoning. This is one of the most interesting things I have heard--that makes…