There is a unanimous consent pending. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If the Republican leader would restate the question. Mr. McCONNELL. At the end of cloture, would it require consent to offer motions to suspend? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Once an…

Yes; that is right. Mr. McCONNELL. So the majority leader has substituted from the list I gave him a Paul amendment--the number of which I don't have----

That is true. So I will go over this once again, Mr. President. Mr. McCONNELL. It included McConnell No. 735 on stimulus?

The Republican leader and I came here about the same time. I remember the good old days too. But everyone who follows government at all knows that during the last Congress and part of this one, the No. 1 goal of Republicans has been to…

Yes. Mr. President, as I have said, the list we were given on the motions to waive that have been filed, we did not include on our list Vitter, Brown or Johanns. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I would like to try to modify the majority…

I know there are some hurt feelings here, perhaps on both sides, because this hasn't been easy for me, either, but let's not dwell on that. But I want the record to reflect that the fact that we have to do things sometimes that are…

we have tried to set up a system here that is fair. Fair is in the mind of the person who says ``fair,'' and I understand that. We have had an open amendment process here, and that has led, because of the intransigence of the Republicans…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate proceed to S. Res. 201. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the resolution by…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 288, S. Res. 289, and S. Res. 290. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1639. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk…

I now ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 187, S. 1660. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2944, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title…

today I rise to congratulate Gary Bermeosolo who is retiring from his position as Administrator at the Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City. Gary dedicated more than 40 years of his life to serving our Nation's veterans and he…

I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 5:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 250; that there be 2 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form; that upon the use or…

I say this to my friend and others listening. I want everybody to understand a little bit of the frustration I have. We all went through the battle on the FEMA bill. Everyone remembers that. People in the dark bowels of this building…

I will try to respond to my friend. People around here are talking as if this is something that never has happened before. This has happened--I don't remember all the times since I have been in the Senate that the Chair--as brilliant as…

first of all, amendments could have been offered precloture. My friend said he thought we were going to be able to offer some amendments postcloture with their motions to suspend the rules. That is what I said would happen, and I agreed to…

the Senate should function like the Senate. I acknowledge that. But we have major pieces of legislation that have been brought down as a result of not being able to have finality of that legislation, unending amendments that are not…

through the Chair to my friend from Tennessee and others who wish to listen, we moved to this legislation, the China currency, with a heavy vote. We had 79 Senators who wished to proceed to that. Once we were on the bill, I partially…

I make a point of order that the motion to suspend is a dilatory motion under rule XXII. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is not sustained.

I am not going to argue with my friend. The record speaks for itself. We know what has happened. I repeat, we are where we are today, and that is what we have to do to move forward on this most important legislation. I will do my best to…

there are a number of things we can do. We can do the motions to suspend. We are happy on this side to, with consent, just do amendments. That is fine over here. I don't want to get into a long debate, but I have been in a situation during…

if we could have the attention of the Senate, we are now 30 hours postcloture. What the Republican leader and I would like to do--there is, of course, with what has happened procedurally, no opportunity to offer amendments unless we agree…

this morning the Senate will hold a vote to advance legislation to end the underhanded practice of currency manipulation by the Chinese Government. This practice gives Chinese exports a tremendously unfair advantage over all the global…