I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Motion to Refer with Amendment No. 5150

I move to refer S. 3373 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with an amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the motion be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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 are ordered. Amendment No. 5151 to Instructions

I have an amendment to the instructions at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 5151 to the…

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 are ordered. Amendment No. 5152 to Amendment No. 5151

I have a second-degree amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 5152 to amendment…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.

In order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further proceeding. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar.

I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate the message to accompany S. 3373. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the message from the House. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Resolved, That the bill…

I move to concur in the House amendment to S. 3373. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] moves to concur in the House…

I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration, and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 686. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I know of no further debate on the resolution, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the resolution, as amended. The resolution (S. Res. 669), as amended, was agreed to.

I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 8404) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the Johnson amendment to the preamble at the desk be agreed to, that the preamble as amended be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table…

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the Republican leader of the Senate to proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 902; that there be…

before I begin, I want to say something about the House-passed Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine marriage equality into Federal law, which I fully and strongly support. This legislation is so important. I was really impressed…

as I announced earlier today, in a few moments, I will file cloture on a major piece of legislation that will help our country lower costs, increase American manufacturing, strengthen supply chains, and preserve American competitiveness on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 996, Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; that the Senate vote on the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 694. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…