Harry Reid

S. 2064 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 legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2064) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 3 p.m. today. Following morning business, the Senate will begin consideration of the conference report on the FAA Reauthorization Act. At 5:30 p.m., there…

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 6:46 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 6, 2012, at 2 p.m…

The mere fact that we now have the right to vote doesn't mean people have to have recorded votes. There are other ways of rejecting or approving amendments. I hope people will talk to Senators Lieberman and Collins and find out if there…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. this morning. The majority will control the first half and the Republicans the second half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume…

I apologize to the Presiding Officer and staff and Senators, but we have not been able to reach an agreement yet on how to move forward on this simple bill. Remember, everybody loved the bill? We should have been able to finish it quickly…

I am happy to hear what that amendment does, and I thank the Senator. ____________________

I would object to further proceedings with respect 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. ____________________

I am told that S. 2041 is at the desk and is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2041) to approve the…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:30 a.m. The majority will control the first half and the Republicans will control the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will begin…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. Senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of…

Following any leader remarks this morning, the Senate will begin consideration of the motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 98, which is a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt…

The guest Chaplain is from the State of Louisiana. It is my understanding Senator Vitter would like to say a few words, so I yield to him. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana. ____________________

The next vote will take place next Monday at 5:30 p.m. on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2038, the STOCK Act. ____________________

It is my understanding this is legislation that has been pushed by Gabrielle Giffords who resigned from the House yesterday. What wonderful statements made by Members of the House yesterday signifying the way the whole country feels about…

The next vote will be on Thursday at 12 p.m. on the motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 98. ____________________

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4 p.m. today. During that period of time, each Senator will be permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes. The majority will control the first 30 minutes and…

We only have eight more to go. Mr. McCONNELL. Only eight more to go. UNLV has a good team this year, probably not as good as Kentucky, maybe as good as Louisville, but it does give us an opportunity to catch up on each other's teams every…

The Senate will be in morning business until 4 o'clock today, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following that morning business, the Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of John…

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 the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 440) to provide for the…

I, first of all, welcome everyone back after the long break we had. I hope it was restful and productive for everyone. As happens every 4 years, we have a Presidential election year and, as a result of that, things should be more tense…

I was saddened to hear that Senator Mark Kirk suffered a stroke over the weekend. He had surgery this morning. I have followed it as closely as I have been able to. The doctors say he will recover, and I am confident that is true. He is…

The long list that I read into the Record while the Republican leader was here, I failed to note Calendar No. 544. If the Republican leader were here, he would object to that. I wanted the Record to reflect that. ____________________

For everyone's knowledge, Mr. President, that is John Gerrard to be a district judge for the District of Nebraska. ____________________

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on passage of the bill. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the…