Harry Reid

I would hope following the Republicans' luncheon they will allow us to move to this bill. Senator Johnson and staff are ready to move forward on this legislation. We would hope after the luncheon they would allow us to be on it. So it…

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit, with 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled…

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 6:54 p.m. adjourned until Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 10 a.m…

I filed cloture on S. 1323, which is on the sense-of-the-Senate bill regarding shared sacrifice, and on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2055, the Military Construction-VA bill. It is an appropriations bill. It is an important bill. Unless an…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being objection, the Senate, at 5:51 p.m., adjourned until Monday, July 11, 2011, at 2 p.m.

There will be a rollcall vote on Monday at approximately 5:30 p.m. on the motion to proceed to S. 1323. ____________________

There will be no more rollcall votes this week. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The…

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in the resulting budget deficit, with the time until 10 a.m. equally divided and…

S. 1326 is at the desk. It is due for a second reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for a second time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1326) to implement the President's request…

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume the motion to proceed to S. 1323, which is a bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit. The time until 12:30 today will be equally…

I now withdraw my motion to proceed to Calendar No. 93, S. 1323. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion is withdrawn. ____________________

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 93, S. 1323. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to the bill (S. 1323) to express the sense of the Senate…

I understand the clerk is about to report a motion to proceed. ____________________

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 20. At 5 p.m. today the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Libya resolution. This vote…

The first vote will occur next Tuesday, July 5, at 5 p.m., on cloture on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 20. We will run longer than usual to accommodate Senators returning after the Independence Day holiday. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent we adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:51 p.m., adjourned until Friday, July 1, 2011, at 11 a.m…

I express my appreciation to Senator Sanders and Senator Leahy, my longtime friend, former employee in the Department of Justice Ron Wyche, and the Attorney General and others for working to help us get through this stalemate in which we…

This has been cleared by my counterpart, Senator McConnell. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent the order of Wednesday, June 29, with respect to the Finance Committee meeting today be vitiated. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without…

Following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until noon. The first hour will be under the control of the majority, and Republicans will control the second hour. Following morning business, the Senate…

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 7:57 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 9:30 a.m…

There will be at least one rollcall vote tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the confirmation of GEN David Petraeus to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. ____________________

After leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for 1 hour. The Republicans will control the first half and the majority the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. Res. 679, the…

I think that peer pressure at the end of the day and taking the peers of Venezuela to be the other Latin American countries I think is important.

I think it's important to stress that the construction of robust representative democracies in Latin America is a learning process.

I think election observation may be difficult. It can only be achieved through multilateral agreement.