Senator Alexander is off the floor. Senator Merkley is here. I would ask unanimous consent to reverse the order of these two amendments and go to Senator Merkley and then back to Senator Alexander. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I believe we can pass this amendment on a voice vote, unless there is an objection. Seeing none, I suggest we do this by voice. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If not, the question is on agreeing to the…

if there is no discussion, we will take this by voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 314) was agreed to.

I was going to offer amendment No. 653, but I am not going to call up that amendment. I would agree with Senator Collins on her amendment and ask for a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The…

the next amendment that is in order is my amendment. I would like to yield to Senator Collins to speak on the amendment following mine, Amendment No. 144. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

it is my understanding that Senator Ayotte and Senator Baucus, who are next, are not going to call up their amendments. The question now is on the Durbin amendment, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the…

Senator Alexander is on the floor, and I will yield to him to offer his amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee. Amendment No. 515

I move to reconsider the vote. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

my understanding is that all the debate time on this has expired, all the time has expired. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

I move to reconsider the vote and lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 295 Withdrawn The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is now 2 minutes equally divided prior to a vote in relation…

I ask unanimous consent the next amendments in order to be called up be the following: Begich No. 341, Alexander No. 51, Merkley No. 398, Rubio No. 292, Hagan No. 278, and Isakson No. 138; that there be no second-degree amendments prior to…

before we go to this vote, I would just remind all Senators that at the end of this vote there will be up to 40 minutes of debate before the next amendment. I would ask all Senators who leave the floor to be back here by 6:30, maybe a…

for the information of all Senators, we have now gone through all of the amendments from the unanimous consent agreement. We are within a couple of minutes of having a unanimous consent request for the next group of amendments. I would ask…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to…

I move to reconsider the vote and move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Amendment No. 261

we are ready to call up the next amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. Amendment No. 646

the amendment the Senator has offered would reverse a provision in the Affordable Care Act which required that Medicare's area wage index changes be spread budget neutrally throughout the entire Nation. I, as do many, recognize that…

I rise to speak in opposition. First, there was an error made in the number for the Whitehouse amendment for this sequence of votes. I ask unanimous consent that the Whitehouse amendment No. 646 be put on the list instead of Whitehouse No…

for the information of all the Senators, that vote went a little bit over. We will not let votes go over. Anyone who is not in the Chamber is going to miss a vote. We have to be able to do this in order to move expeditiously. I want to let…

I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 673 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes equally divided prior to a vote on amendment No. 673, offered…

I yield my time to the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, the Senator from New Jersey. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

I yield my time to the Senator from New Jersey, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

before we go to the yeas and nays, can I just say, in setting an example for the evening, I will be less than 1 minute. We believe this is current law. We will accept a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays were already…

I would hope that we would defeat these amendments. If there is no objection---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.