Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read the third time and that a budgetary pay-go statement be read. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4010) was ordered to be engrossed for a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. 4010. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 4010) for the relief…

Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 662, S. 3991, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, and I have a cloture motion at the desk I wish reported. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented…

Mr. President, I stress the importance of all Senators attending the impeachment proceedings. I urge them to be in the Chamber at 10 a.m. tomorrow for a live quorum, which will begin at that time, prior to the commencement of the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume consideration of the Articles of Impeachment against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., of the Eastern District of Louisiana, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 7, for the commencement…

Mr. President, I now withdraw the cloture motion relating to that matter. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn. ____________________

Mr. President, I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 663, S. 3992, which is the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010, and I have a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been…

Yes. The fourth is the $250 COLA. Madam President, we would do the votes an hour after we come in. We will try to work something out to do it after we complete the impeachment. The other thing I have indicated--in fact, we had a number of…

Yes. I will file cloture on the 9/11 situation in New York, the firefighters negotiation matter. The third would be the DREAM Act, and the fourth would be giving seniors a $250 COLA. Mr. McCONNELL. And those votes would occur on Wednesday?

Mr. President, there is a recurring gag in the comic strip ``Peanuts'' with which we are all familiar. Charlie Brown is getting ready to kick a field goal. Lucy is holding the ball while Charlie runs up to the ball. At the last second…

This will provide an extra 2 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois.