Harry Reid

If there is no further business to come before this body, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:43 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 10 a.m…

The Finance Committee reported the nomination of Jack Lew to be Treasury Secretary. We hope to reach an agreement to consider his nomination tomorrow. ____________________

Following leaders' remarks, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. At noon today there will be a cloture vote on the Hagel nomination, upon…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 o'clock today. At 5 o'clock the Senate will proceed to the nomination of Robert Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be a U.S. circuit judge for the Tenth Circuit…

Until there's some agreement on revenue, I believe we should just go ahead with the sequester.

Until there is some agreement on revenue, I believe we should just go ahead with the sequester.

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 6:57 p.m., adjourned until Friday, February 15, 2013, at 12 noon.

The next rollcall vote will be on Monday, February 25, at 5:30 p.m., on confirmation of the Bacharach nomination. ____________________

The purpose of this--and I have had meetings with Senator McConnell--is that we are each going to have a piece of legislation to hold the sequester from kicking in, and this is the easiest way to do it without a lot of procedural motions…

Following my remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Senator Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. Yesterday I filed cloture on the Hagel nomination. That vote will occur tomorrow morning. ____________________

I have spoken with Senator Inhofe, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. It is very clear that he and a number of Republicans are not willing to enter into an agreement on the Hagel nomination. ____________________

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the majority will control the second 30 minutes. We will seek an agreement for the consideration of the nomination of…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4 p.m., recessed until 8:30 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by…

We hope to begin debate on the nomination of Senator Hagel to be Secretary of Defense tomorrow. ____________________

We will gather in the Senate Chamber at 8:20 p.m. this evening to proceed as a body to the House for the State of the Union. ____________________

Harry Reid just recently said, the Majority Leader, that this is the beginning of a single payer for health care in America, and it is a big deal and the American people do not favor it.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that we adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:51 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 11, 2013, at 2 p.m…

I haven't had an opportunity to speak to the Republican leader, but we are going to have votes, and we could have as many as seven rollcall votes on Monday. I am of the mind, after speaking to the Republican leader, that we may have a…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the Violence Against Women Act. The time until noon will be divided and controlled equally between the two leaders or their designees. At noon, Senator-designee Cowan of…

I am going to have to get used to the President pro tempore presiding over the Senate. That is not the script we have followed for quite a few years. I am very happy to see him here, as usual. Following leader remarks, the Senate will be…

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 6:09 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 4, 2013, at 2 p.m…

The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on the motion to proceed to the Violence Against Women Act. ____________________

I know that some have raised questions about whether Section 2 of the bill is constitutional under the 27th Amendment, though the legislation does not lower pay but rather withholds it temporarily. Of course, as members of the House knew…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 325, the debt limit legislation. The time until 12:15 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled. At 12:15 p.m., there will be a rollcall vote in relation to a Portman…

There will be one rollcall vote at about 12:15 tomorrow and as many as five additional rollcall votes after 2:15 p.m. ____________________