I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 346 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 204, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

I have one request for committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee is…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 4. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the…

ready to roll up her sleeves and get to work.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations: all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign Service; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc; that the motions to reconsider be considered made…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nominations en bloc: Calendar No. 74 and Calendar No. 153; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate; that the motions to reconsider…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I ask unanimous consent that the postcloture time on the Shogan and Gupta nominations be considered expired and the confirmation votes be at a time to be determined by the majority leader following consultation with the Republican leader…

last week, House Republicans rammed through a nakedly partisan bill to default on America, without taking even a moment to explain how their bill would wreak havoc on our country. That, of course, was by design. Republicans have known for…

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion…

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that the preambles be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The preambles were agreed to. (The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 181 and that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following resolutions: S. Res…

I know of no further debate on the resolutions en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing no further debate, the question is on adoption of the resolutions en bloc. The resolutions were agreed to.

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 71. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 55. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior…

I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, May 4, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

For the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes at 11:30 a.m. and one at 1:45 p.m. ____________________

I hope you had a good birthday yesterday. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Thank you.

I thank the Senator. I yield the floor and am looking forward to the Senator's remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m., Thursday, May 4; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

decades ago, President Reagan warned that debt ceiling brinksmanship ``threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on social security and veterans benefit . . . [and] the United States,'' he said, ``has a special…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the very, very learned remarks of Senator Sullivan. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) are necessarily absent.