I am sorry, I can't understand the Senator and I believe I have the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will come to order.

following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 83, which is the omnibus spending bill. Rollcall votes are…

the junior Senator from Texas raises a point of order attacking the pending legislation on the grounds that the President has acted unconstitutionally. The junior Senator from Texas is wrong, wrong, wrong on several counts. But most…

I send a cloture motion to the desk and ask that it be reported. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant bill clerk read as follows…

the intent of division N, section 101 is to establish separate limits for funds raised into separate, segregated accounts established by national political party committees for certain specified purposes. All of these funds are ``hard…

there is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask the Chair to report it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 553, Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum required under rule XXII be waived with respect to the cloture motions filed during today's discussion on the nominations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

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

I now move to proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.

There is a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned…

there is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be reported. 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…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 922, Marcus Jadotte to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.

For the information of all Senators, rollcall votes are expected throughout the day on Saturday. This is really the way it is going to be. It appears we are going have to have a series of votes all day tomorrow starting as soon as we get…

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 4103

Reserving the right to object, we have had bipartisan conversations about having a more than 1-year extension of the tax extenders, bipartisan conversations about moving to a 2-year bill or maybe doing what we did in the Senate and passing…

I have an amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 4101 to amendment No. 4100. The amendment is as…

I am going to take just a minute, because time is running out, to talk about a couple of Senators. I rise to honor Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas upon his departure from this institution. I have been in the Senate 28 years, and there has…

We have the omnibus we have to do, we have to do the tax extenders, we have to do TRIA, and we have some nominations that we have an obligation to the American people to do, so we are not going to finish tonight. I think we could finish…

as I have indicated, we are going to take up this important government funding bill today. Senator Mikulski, the Chair of the Appropriations Committee, has performed an extraordinary service in negotiating this bill. And I think it is fair…

I have an amendment to the 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] proposes an amendment numbered 4103 to the instructions of the…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. Before the Chair rules on that, we have tried our very best to work something out to move forward with a consent…

we now are waiting for a vote to occur. Under the rules, this will occur 2 days from now, 1 hour after we come into session. So I would hope we can work something out to get this done tonight. Remember, midnight on Saturday the government…

I appreciate everyone's patience. You have all been waiting. I ask unanimous consent that at 5 p.m., Monday, December 15, the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the…

I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 83, with a further amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the…