today we are immediately resuming debate on Senate Concurrent Resolution 83, the budget resolution. We start this morning with 40 hours remaining under the 50-hour debate limitation. Yesterday, Senators Gregg and Conrad set up an order of…

a lot is happening very quickly now. In a very few minutes, we are going to get to the Senator from Wisconsin who has appropriately requested 25 minutes, and the unanimous consent request will be that the time would come off the bill and…

I come to the floor on a matter of great sadness for the Senate family. Today, at 4 p.m. at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after a long and difficult struggle with colon cancer, Margaret Awamura Inouye, the lovely and gracious wife…

I then ask unanimous consent that immediately following the budget vote scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, the Senate proceed to the consideration and an immediate vote on the resolution of censure that will be submitted by the Senator from…

this morning we are starting consideration of the budget resolution which was reported out of the Committee on the Budget on Thursday. The chairman and ranking member are here and we will open the debate this morning. The Budget Act…

I will be very brief. I am obviously disturbed--I know what the Senator from Wisconsin will be presenting shortly. I expect him to offer a resolution to censure the President of the United States--he made those intentions clear yesterday…

Americans finish what they start, and they expect the Senate to do the same. I open with that because we find ourselves once again in an unfortunate situation in that until yesterday afternoon, we were making steady progress, working…

yesterday, I filed the Online Freedom of Speech Act as an amendment to the lobbying reform bill. This morning, the House Administration Committee will mark up identical legislation. We expect the House to act as early as next week to pass…

I would bring it back right now if I had the votes. We need to have the managers working together and stressing the importance that when we start our business, we need to finish it. This is no fault of the managers. They have done a superb…

I switched my vote from an ``aye'' to a ``no'' vote for procedural reasons so that I would have the opportunity as leader to bring the cloture vote back at some time in the future. I did support cloture, but for procedural reasons I…

this morning we set aside 30 minutes equally divided for morning business. Following that time we will return to the consideration of the lobbying reform bill. Last night, the Democratic leader proposed an amendment which is the pending…

both the Democratic leader and I will have a few comments, but what I have just done is filed a cloture motion, which I have done so reluctantly because I really have been very pleased over the past couple weeks as we addressed a very…

as we just heard, we were forced to file cloture on the lobbying reform bill. Under regular order that vote will occur on Friday morning unless and we intend to work out some other agreement. ____________________

I rise to introduce the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006. I am proud to say there are over 20 Senators who have joined me as original cosponsors of this legislation, including our colleague from Massachusetts, Senator Kerry. I wish…

every morning we open the Senate by reciting, as we just did a few moments ago, the Pledge of Allegiance. Hand over heart, we pay solemn tribute to the American flag, that sacred symbol of America's history, values, and principles. We are…

I expect that vote to occur sometime shortly before 11 a.m. this morning. If cloture is invoked--and I hope it will be--then we will be working toward an agreement that will allow us to finish the bill as quickly as possible today. We will…

I now make a point of order that the Inhofe amendment, No. 2898, is not germane. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.

I believe we are ready to proceed to passage. That will not require a rollcall. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read…

today we will begin a 1-hour period for debate prior to the cloture vote with respect to the LIHEAP bill. I ask unanimous consent that the 1 hour be for debate only. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I understand that we are now prepared to agree to the Kyl first-degree amendment without a rollcall. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.

we do not know yet. We will have some idea by later today. But I hope cloture will be invoked and that we can complete it as rapidly as possible. ____________________

from the tender days of his youth growing up in Knoxville, Jack Hanna knew he was destined to work with animals. His commitment seemingly knew no limits as he would eagerly climb aboard public buses to nurture his budding interest by…

today, following my remarks and the remarks of the Democratic leader, we will start a period of morning business. We are expecting that around 2 o'clock today we will begin consideration of the lobbying reform bill. The two bills were…

before closing, I am going to make a brief comment--and there will be a lot more to say later in the year--on my friend and colleague Chairman Bill Thomas in the House of Representatives. He has an old saying: ``I came here to make law.''…

today the Senate began debate on the lobbying reform package which we will continue to consider over this week. Tomorrow morning, shortly before 11, we will have a cloture vote on the LIHEAP bill. We expect to invoke cloture, and I hope…