I want to make sure the record is very clear what the vote will be on Tuesday morning. Before the day is out, I am going to file cloture on a work product. It is a bill that has the approval of Barbara Boxer, a progressive Senator from…

as I indicated to the Acting President pro tempore this morning, the junior Senator from Hawaii, how fortunate I was to have one of the senior Members of the Senate preside, that doesn't happen often, and here it is again with the Senator…

I am told there is a bill at the desk due for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1837) to address certain…

I ask for a second reading in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule XIV, 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 adjourn until Monday, March 5, at 2 p.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 on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 2:15 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 439 and 440; that there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided in…

today I filed cloture on the Reid amendment on the underlying Transportation bill. The cloture vote on that amendment will occur at noon on Tuesday. We will continue to work on a path to get this bill done. The quickest way to get it done…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 11:48 a.m., adjourned until Monday, March 5, 2012, at 2 p.m.

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

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1813, the surface transportation bill. Today we will continue to work with Republicans and hopefully find a path forward. There will be no rollcall votes today. The…

Does that need to be reported? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It has already been reported. Amendment No. 1730 Withdrawn

The vote will be somewhat after 11:00, but it shouldn't be long after 11:00. We hope that when we get rid of this amendment, we will be able to make an agreement with the Republicans on moving forward on this bill. We have been…

I have a motion to recommit the bill with instructions, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to recommit the bill, S. 1813, to the…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: AMENDMENT No. 1763 At the end, add the following new section: SEC. __. This Act shall…

following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the surface transportation bill. Order of Procedure As I indicated last night, I now ask unanimous consent that there be 90 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled…

too often cooperation is in short supply here in the Senate, so I was pleased when we began consideration of a truly bipartisan jobs bill. As I have said here a number of times in the past week or so, if there were ever a bipartisan bill…

I ask unanimous consent we now proceed to a period for morning business until 2 o'clock, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each in that period of time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for the yeas and nays on that motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 1764

I have an amendment at the desk, and that amendment is to the instructions that we have already set forth. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an…

I ask unanimous consent that 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 statements related to the matter be printed in the Record…

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 6:40 p.m., adjourned until Friday, March 2, 2012, at 10 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that 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 statements related to the matter be printed in the Record…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolutions be agreed to en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to these matters be printed in the…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: In the amendment, strike ``5 days'' and insert ``4 days''.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 388. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 388) commemorating the…