I like and agree with his analogy about cutting up a credit card. Indeed, if my friend from Colorado supports anything resembling Congress cutting up the credit card, that will truly be a dramatic position, a position on which he and I…

If I may ask my friend two questions on the two topics he addressed, the first being the debt ceiling, the second being immigration. On the debt ceiling, the question I will ask is, Does my friend from Colorado believe Congress should…

Reserving the right to object, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator modify her request so that it not be in order for the Senate to consider a conference report that includes reconciliation instructions to raise the debt limit. The…

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate temporarily set aside all pending amendments so that I may offer my amendment No. 1580. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

the amendment I would have called up had not the majority party objected is an amendment that would have corrected one of the most egregious aspects of the Gang of 8 bill; namely, it is a penalty that is imposed on U.S. employers for…

we are about to vote to end debate--a debate that never really began on an amendment that is 1,200 pages and was filed on Friday afternoon after many Senators left town. We are now voting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday as many Senators are…

As my friend from New York knows well, the amendments are interspersed through a very complicated bill. Analyzing where waivers have been given and what the intersection is of new provisions with old provisions is not a simple endeavor…

Assuming that the time does not come out of my own, I have no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank my friend from Louisiana. I was handed that list about an hour and a half ago today. I looked at the titles on the list but I have not had the time to study the specifics. I don't know if I have any substantive objections to those…

I rise today to express my strong concern about President Obama's decision to arm the rebels in Syria. That decision was signaled last week by Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. According to Mr. Rhodes the United States will…

I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment so that I may call up my amendment No. 1320 which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment. The…