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…

I ask unanimous consent that from Thursday, April 26, through Monday, May 7, the majority leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 441, S. Res. 442, S. Res. 443, S. Res 444, and S. Res. 445, which were submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any related statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar Nos. 371 through 381 en bloc, all post office naming bills. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senate proceeded to consider the bills.

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The concurrent…

there are a number of issues we are trying to resolve and we are going to try to do that as quickly as possible and notify the Senate as to what is going to happen next. At this stage, I don't know, but we are working on it. So I suggest…

the Senate is now considering the motion to proceed to S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. The Republicans will control the first half hour, and the majority will control the second half hour this morning. The…

we are going to have a bunch of votes today, and we are going to have to do them quickly. I say this to Democrats; I say it to Republicans: We are going to have--after this first vote, I ask unanimous consent that we have 10-minute votes…

I would like to inform the Senate that this will be the last vote tonight. I have spoken to Senator McConnell. I know there are a lot of important things that committees have to do tomorrow, so we are going to start voting on finishing the…

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. 2343 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I think that is a positive statement, as long as there are not efforts made to weaken this legislation. But if this moves forward quickly with a short time agreement, but in an effort to weaken the bill, we want no part of that. I look…

in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act passed both Houses of Congress on strong bipartisan votes. In the 18 years since then, incidents of domestic violence have fallen by 53 percent. Despite that progress, staggering rates of abuse make…

the Senate will soon be considering the motion to proceed to S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. At 10:30 this morning, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 36, which is a…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until Wednesday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 2343 and S. 2334, both of which were introduced earlier today, and S. 2338 be considered as having been read twice and placed on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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 7:03 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

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

beginning at 2 p.m. tomorrow there will be probably seven or eight, maybe nine rollcall votes in order to complete the postal reform bill. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 432. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 432)…

And we are going to enforce that. So if people are not here, they are going to miss a vote. Unless there is a situation where we have a close vote, then we will extend it a little bit because that is what the tradition has been. So I…

I ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to S. Res. 433. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 433) designating April 2012 as ``National Child…

I now ask for the second reading in order to place the bill on the calendar, but I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read for the second time on the next legislative day…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until Tuesday, April 24, at 10 a.m.; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two…

There is a bill at the desk and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2338) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women…