I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3090 to amendment No. 3089. The amendment…

I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 92, S. 162. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 92, S. 162, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Mentally…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3095 to Amendment No. 3094

I have a cloture motion for the substitute amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the clerk will report the cloture motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3092 to amendment No. 3091. The amendment…

I have a motion to commit H.R. 3474 with instructions. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance…

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3094 to the instructions of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session and the committee on commerce be discharged from further consideration of PN No. 1500; that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and…

I ask unanimous consent to proceed to Calendar No. 272, S. Res. 314. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 314) commemorating and supporting the goals of…

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3095 to amendment No. 3094. The amendment…

We are going to have one more vote tonight. Starting at 11:15 tomorrow we could have up to five votes. So that is it for tonight. We have yielded back the time, but I ask unanimous consent that Senator McCain be recognized for up to 1…

On behalf of Senator Wyden, I call up the substitute amendment No. 3060. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Wyden, proposes an amendment numbered…

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3089 to Amendment No. 3060

I have a first-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment numbered 3089 to amendment No. 3060. The amendment…

So, Mr. President, there will be a series of votes, as I mentioned, at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow and another series at 1:45 p.m. ____________________

I ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. Amendment No. 3090 to Amendment No. 3089

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 402 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and that there be no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I now have a cloture motion to the bill, which is also at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the clerk will report the cloture motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

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 7:11 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 9:30 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, May 15, 2014; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I ask unanimous consent that the Coons amendment to the resolution, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the Coons amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

following my remarks and those of the Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 3474. At 11:15 a.m. there will be up to five rollcall votes in relation to several nominations. Following those…