Harry Reid

I see the two managers of the Defense bill are on the floor today. The Republican leader is going to be here in a few minutes to give a speech. I am going to give one, but it should not take long. Then we can get to the bill…

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 3:54 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at…

I thought we were in a quorum call. I didn't realize we were out of session subject to the call of the Chair, so I thank the Chair. ____________________

We are going to continue to work tomorrow on the DOD authorization bill. Everyone has been told by the two managers of this bill that if they have amendments, they should offer them. We are working on the Energy and Water bill. While we…

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 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at…

As I indicated an hour or so ago, Mr. President, I hope we are going to be able to get some kind of agreement on the Energy and Water appropriations bill. We also have to consider the continuing resolution, the conference report on the…

Without losing my right to the floor, I yield 3 minutes to the Senator from Florida, Mr. Nelson.

Under the previous order, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2354, which the clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2354) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies…

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 4:58 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at 10 a.m…

Senators, then, should expect two rollcall votes at noon tomorrow. Those votes will be on the confirmation of Sharon Gleason to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska and Yvonne Rogers to be U.S. District Judge for the District…

I failed to note that Senators Feinstein and Alexander, the managers of this appropriations bill we have, are going to be here on the floor this afternoon to give their opening statements. So if Senators have amendments, they should talk…

We will be in a period of morning business until 3 p.m. today. During that period of time, Senators will be allowed to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will adopt the motion to proceed to the…

With this agreement, the Senate will resume consideration of the bill at 1:30 p.m., with up to 15 minutes of debate prior to the votes. There will be a series of up to four rollcall votes beginning around 1:45 p.m. ____________________

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 8:12 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, November 9, 2011…

Tomorrow we will debate S.J. Res. 6 regarding net neutrality and continue debate on H.R. 674, the 3% Withholding Repeal and Jobs Act, with the Veterans jobs amendment. ____________________

The amendment to the title of S. 1280, as engrossed by the Senate was set out only in the heading of amendment No. 668, the substitute for the bill, and not in the text of amendment No. 668. It was not properly drafted as an amendment to…

There are two bills at the desk. They are both due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bills by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2930) to amend the…

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, we will resume consideration…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 5 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 674. At…

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 6:43 p.m., adjourned until Monday, November 7, 2011, at 2 p.m…

The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 674. ____________________

I would finally say this: I hope we will have a new dawn arising soon where we will see my Republican friends break away from this lockstep they have been in. I can't imagine they believe they are doing the right thing by voting against…

Following leader remarks, the Senate will debate the motions to proceed to S. 1769 and S. 1786. One is a Democratic-sponsored infrastructure bill, and the other is a Republican-sponsored bill. The time until 3 p.m. will be equally divided…

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 6:52 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 10 a.m…

There will be up to two rollcall votes at approximately 3 p.m. tomorrow. The first vote will be on the Reid motion to proceed, and if that is unsuccessful, then there will be a vote on the McConnell motion to proceed. Also, as indicated a…