Harry Reid

There will be three rollcall votes tomorrow beginning at 11:30 a.m., including passage of the Transportation bill. At 2:30 p.m. there will be up to 17 cloture votes on the judicial nominations. I am working with various parties to see if…

Here is my idea. I have a great idea. My friend the Republican leader said these judges are all going to be approved anyway, so I have an idea. Let's go to this IPO bill immediately after we finish the highway bill, with the agreement that…

I am told there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bills by title for a second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 3606) to increase American…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume…

I think there are ways, though, to get the leadership in the appropriations committees to do a much better job, both on budget resolutions and on appropriations.

I think it goes against the first of my no-no's on what you should be doing in congressional reform, and that is, this humiliates, it demeans, it diminishes the Congress.

If 84 percent of Americans across the political spectrum agree on something, Congress needs to stop what it is doing and pay attention.

More than 4,000 Nevadans participated in this poll, and 84 percent of them supported the No Budget, No Pay concept.

Failure to do so would result in the loss of pay until Congress takes its job seriously.

I crafted the No Budget, No Pay Act to force Congress to face reality and take responsibility for running this country.

The House and the Senate are themselves the result of the Great Compromise, which is the erroneous name for it--the correct name is, of course, the 'Connecticut Compromise.'

Partisanship and ideology have been a part of American democracy since our beginning, but our forefathers did not let their competing partisan loyalties... prevent them from reaching the kind of compromises that were so central to the…

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 7:05 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 10…

There will be two rollcall votes tomorrow at noon. ____________________

Would the Chair announce the business of the day. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. ____________________

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 5:52 p.m., adjourned until Monday, March 12, 2012, at 2 p.m.

As I indicated, following morning business the Senate will resume consideration of the surface transportation bill. As previously announced, there will be no rollcall votes on Monday. Senators should expect several votes Tuesday morning…

I believe S. 2173 is at the desk and due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2173) to preserve and…

So everyone understands, we have reached agreement to complete action on the surface transportation bill. Under the order we just entered, we can finish this tomorrow. It is a huge job. We have 30 amendments we have to dispose of, so there…

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 10:28 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

We are having a briefing this evening at the request of Senator Mikulski, who is a long-term member of the Intelligence Committee, to have an actual demonstration of why we need to pass the cybersecurity bill. All Senators should be there…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for 1 hour. Republicans will be in control of the first half, Democrats the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the surface…

Coal makes us sick; oil makes us sick. It is ruining our country. It is ruining our world.

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour. The majority will control the first half, Republicans the second half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1813…

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