Harry Reid

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 p.m. today. At that time, the Senate will resume consideration of H.J. Res. 66. At 5:30, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to…

There will be a rollcall vote at 5:30 p.m. on Monday on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.J. Res. 66. Additionally, there will be a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Monday on the east front steps of the Capitol…

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business. During that period of time, Senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no votes today. I am working with the House to find out what they…

I do ask now for the yeas and nays on my motion. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 153, S.J. Res. 25. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 25) relating to the…

I am told that S.J. Res. 26 is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title for the second time. The assistant legislative read as follows: A joint resolution (S.J. Res…

We have reached an agreement to complete action on the bill, as I outlined earlier. There will be four rollcall votes at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday. Senators should gather in the Senate Chamber at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow to proceed 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 8 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 8, 2011, at…

I understand H.J. Res. 66 is at the desk and is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the joint resolution by title for the second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution…

I am really happy to be able to introduce Miranda Du to the Judiciary Committee and to the U.S. Senate.

This woman, who is going to become a fine judge, is an experienced litigator.

Her family later moved to California. She received a Bachelor's degree with honors in history and economics.

Evan Wallach is really a good man and has been a tremendous judge. I think he's a perfect nominee for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

He is also a patriot. Again, I don't use that term loosely.

Creating jobs for the American people.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid becoming the first congressional leader to name members to the debt reduction super committee.

The Republicans will say, 'We need to cut more spending to have credible deficit reduction.' The Democrats will say, 'Look, they downgraded our credit rating in part because the Republicans refused to raise some revenues.'

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 6:43 p.m., recessed until Friday, August 5, 2011, at 10 a.m…

The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6. The first vote will be on the confirmation of Bernice Bouie Donald to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and the second vote will be a cloture vote on the…

First of all, I appreciate your patience presiding over the Senate at this late hour. I extend my appreciation to this staff, everybody here, for all this work. About the last month has been very difficult. I appreciate very much the…

Senator McConnell and I have completed our statements. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Tennessee.

As provided under the previous order, I now move to concur in the House amendment to S. 365. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion is pending.

I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate the House message to accompany S. 365. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a message from the House, which the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read…

Following any leader remarks, I will make a motion to concur in the House message to accompany S. 365, the legislative vehicle for the debt limit compromise. The time until noon will be equally divided and controlled for debate on the…

I urge my colleagues to vote for this.