This is not a partisan bill, but McConnell is being highly partisan and hurting America.

One of the most sweeping federal recovery efforts in history.

As for our friend from Wisconsin, I hope he enjoyed his Thursday evening.

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 27. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

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 no objection, the Senate, at 1:05 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 3 p.m…

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

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…

Many of them have worked for as many as 36 hours straight. My notes here say: ``Let's give them a round of applause.'' And, of course, one more thank-you to my great and wonderful staff. I will thank all of them by name at a later date…

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I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior assistant legislative clerk read…

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 12. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to.

I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 15. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior assistant legislative clerk…

I move to proceed to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to.

today's legislation takes a very important step in providing financial assistance to multiemployer pension plans, particularly those plans that have already had to suspend benefits in order to save the plans from going insolvent. That has…

I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, March 9, at 5:30 p.m., cloture ripen on, one, Executive Calendar No. 12, Marcia Fudge, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Executive Calendar No. 27, Merrick Garland, to be…

I move to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S. 11. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S. 11, a bill to provide for an exception to…

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…

it has been a long day, a long night, a long year, but a new day has come, and we tell the American people: Help is on the way. When Democrats assumed the majority in this Chamber, we promised to pass legislation to rescue our people from…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes of debate, equally divided. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Ohio.

I am pleased that we have finally come to this point. This amendment makes a series of conforming and technical changes. It strikes provisions that the Parliamentarian advised were extraneous. It makes a series of perfecting changes on…

good morning. Now, it looks like we have about 14 amendments left, and 1 or 2 of those may be voice-voted. So I would ask that we all stay in our seats so we can expedite the process. I would ask that we try to accomplish these votes in no…

the agreement that has been reached will allow us to move forward with the American Rescue Plan, and voting will resume shortly. Senate Democrats are completely united in our belief about how important this entire bill is for our fellow…

a year ago this week, Congress began work on what would become the CARES Act, the opening salvo in a yearlong battle against what, at the time, was a strange and new disease. I don't think anyone could have anticipated that a year hence we…

first and foremost, I want to thank everyone--everyone on the floor staff who worked late into the night and into the wee hours of the morning to finish reading the Senate amendment to the American Rescue Plan. The folks who sit up here on…