I understand that H.J. Res. 80 has been received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the joint resolution by title for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A joint…

I would like to underscore for a brief moment what our leader has said: Default would be devastating to this country. Closing the government is awful for our country. Yesterday we all saw for the first time, after the government has been…

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 10:08 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 12 noon.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12 noon on Wednesday, October 16, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I thank my colleague from Virginia for his outstanding work. He knows this from a business perspective, an economic perspective, and a political perspective, and has been such a strong and vibrant voice about America paying its bills. I…

the most urgent threat to our economy is overall debt, not debt limit.

Isn't it true we have never had this experience before except for one day where there was a mishap somewhere?

Treasury Secretary Lew said prioritization is default by another name. I agree with that statement.

It is not an experiment we have run or should run.

middle-class incomes are declining in America. To me, that is a greater problem than our debt.

it is mind-boggling we are even discussing this here, but here we are just 2 years after the last prolonged discussion about whether we would pay our debt.

Prioritization is default by another name.

So would you agree that my analogy--blindfolded man walking toward a cliff, and we do not know exactly what date he will fall off...

I think the real crisis is that default, the one that we are screaming toward because of our refusal to engage.

One way to avoid a potential cataclysm is to pass a clean debt ceiling increase now, not delay...

we are walking toward a cliff with a blindfold on.

We are like a blindfolded man walking toward a cliff.

The debt ceiling deniers need a dose of debt ceiling reality, and you have given them that today.

I rise because we are getting very close to a time of crisis, perhaps one of the greatest economic crises this country has known. I have many good friends on the other side of the aisle. I do not doubt for a moment their motivation, their…

I rise today with just 9 days left until the United States hits the debt ceiling. Never before in our history have we failed to pay our bills, but in 9 days that possibility will reach our doorstep. Even though defaulting on our debt could…

I ask unanimous consent to extend the period of morning business for debate only until 5 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, and that the majority leader be recognized following morning business. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the period of morning business be extended until 4 p.m. and that all provisions of the previous order remain in effect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.

my good friend the Senator from Alabama has graciously agreed to let us flip the order, so I am going to now, before he does, ask unanimous consent that be done and that it not change the alternating pattern, Republican and Democrat. The…

I will object, but let me say a couple of things here. First, in reference to the colloquy the Senator from Texas had with my good friend from Washington State, he noted that the Senator from Washington talks about leaving no man or no…