I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to…

there will be no more votes today. That was the last vote for this week. We will have a vote on the Monday we get back in the evening at around 5 o'clock. ____________________

Who controls that time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is controlled by the majority, and the Senator from Kentucky controls 2 minutes 22 seconds.

I appreciate everyone's patience. We are working toward the end, but we are not there yet. I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for Senator Paul to offer two amendments en bloc and no other amendments be in order: Amendment No. 363…

I think that may get us past 8 o'clock. I have not done the math but however long that takes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Washington. ____________________

Is amendment No. 365 pending? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is the pending amendment.

I ask unanimous consent that the Republicans have 2 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

So, in short, we do not have to have the vote at 1 o'clock. Everyone has been most cooperative in getting past that point. We will come in tomorrow, we hope early in the day, to have good news on how we are going to go forward to make…

S. 1057 is at the desk. It is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1057) to repeal the Volumetric…

following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for an hour, with the majority controlling the first half, Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume…

I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 13 and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I would object to any further proceedings with regard to this bill at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar under rule XIV. ____________________

there will be a cloture vote on the motion to concur with respect to the PATRIOT Act at 10 a.m. tomorrow. We are working on a final agreement. A lot of progress has been made in that regard, and there likely will be more rollcall votes…

at the end of this day, it is a pleasure for me to ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, May 26; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be…

Mary Jane McCarthy will retire at the end of May after more than 23 years of service to the U.S. Senate. As one of the official reporters of the debate in the Senate, Mary Jane and her colleagues ensure that the debates and votes of the…

reserving the right to object, and, of course, as the Senator knows, I have given a statement on the floor that one amendment I understand is in his consent makes this whole arrangement impossible, and so, therefore, I object. The…

the national security of the United States is at stake, and the junior Senator from Kentucky is complaining that he has not been able to offer amendments. Let me take a moment to set the record straight. As all of us and the Senator from…

I am going to use my leader time, and I ask unanimous consent that time not take anything away from the debate on the budget. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived and that the cloture vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 990 with an amendment occur at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 26, without intervening action…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 36, H. Con. Res. 34, and I ask for the yeas and nays on my motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:44 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 26, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

before we terminate tonight, there is some additional business. I ask unanimous consent that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments be at 9:40 a.m. tomorrow morning. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and I further ask unanimous consent that all Senators be listed as cosponsors of this…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business for debate only for 2 hours; that Senator Sessions control the first hour and Senator Conrad control the second hour. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

for weeks Americans old and young have been speaking out against the Republican plan to kill Medicare. It is not just Democrats. Republicans have been speaking out against it too. Newt Gingrich called it a radical plan and ``right-wing…