Harry Reid

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:58 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at…

First of all, I appreciate everyone, including the Presiding Officers we have had over the last few days, and everyone, especially the staff who have been working so hard. Everyone is just as tired as I am, I am sure. So I appreciate very…

I did watch the presentation of my friend and I appreciate his tenacity and his thoroughness. ____________________

In order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to any further proceedings. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar.

I am told H.R. 459 is at the desk and due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 459) to require a full audit…

After leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business, with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. We are awaiting the House to do something on the cliff, we hope. We have Sandy to deal with, and we are…

We don't expect any more votes today, no more votes today. We want to wait and see what the House does on Sandy, and I think whatever we do on Sandy will have to be done by unanimous consent anyway, so I wouldn't expect any votes until we…

Discussions continue on a plan to protect middle-class families from a tax increase tomorrow. There are a number of issues on which the two sides are still apart, but negotiations are continuing as I speak. We are running out of time…

Following leader remarks, we will be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. ____________________

There will be an hour of debate on the Galante nomination. At 2 p.m. there will be two rollcall votes on confirmation of the nominations of William Baer to be an Assistant Attorney General and Carol Galante to be an Assistant Secretary for…

There will be two rollcall votes at approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday. ____________________

Sunday. We have another vote that has been set up, Baer. That is a simple majority. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. Leader, you are talking about Sunday, right?

It would be very important to do that. I don't want to press the Senator from Oregon. He has been very good and flew all night from his newborn to get here from Oregon, and he was here at 10 a.m. I don't want to press him anymore. I say…

Before my friend from Hawaii leaves the floor, we have all come and given speeches--a lot of us, at least-- about Senator Akaka, but we have not had a lot of people on the floor when we have done that. The presentation just now is typical…

The distinguished Senator from Oregon and I served together in the House of Representatives. Does the Senator remember the days when the House voted not as a majority but as a body to come up with how legislation should be given to the…

I think it was a positive meeting. There was not a lot of hilarity in the meeting. Everyone knows how important it is. It's a very serious meeting and we took an extended period of time, as you all know, waiting for us.

I think it was a very positive meeting. There was not a lot of hilarity in the meeting. Everyone knows how important it is. It was a very serious meeting and it took an extended period of time, as you all know, waiting for us.

We can't negotiate with ourselves because that's all we're doing.

He complains that I have not delivered the votes and pass solution to the fiscal cliff. But he's in error.

We're in the same situation we have been in for a long time.

We can't negotiate with ourselves, because that's all we're doing.

We have nobody to work with, to compromise.

He's upset because 'The phone never rang.'

The Republican leader finds himself frustrated.

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 7:19 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 24, 2012, at 12 noon…