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Intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell now, the president i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its Business Today it adjourn until 9 30 a. M. Friday march 6 for a pro forma session with no business being conducted. Further, that when sentence adjourn on friday, march 6 it next convene at 2 00 p. M. Monday march 9. Following the prayer and pledge the morning Business Academy could expired the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders reserved for their use later in the day. Following leader remarks, th...

People they are often democrats who want to say ive got a good idea. Lets impose it on all the schools. For example common core, theres a good idea, some people say. Thats a very explicit standard of point of teaching schools. We have 43 states with waivers from the u. S. Department of education. In order to get that waiver, which they need to keep their schools from being failing, they have to in effect adopt common core. Thats created a general uprising in ten. I imagine it has in North Carolina. I suspect it has in iowa not so much because of what the standards are but because of the very i...

Quorum call quorum call ms. Heitkamp mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President i rise today again to speak about and honor our nations and north dakotas Vietnam Veterans and specifically these brave Service Members who gave the ultimate sacrifice through doing this honoring through my continuing series of floor speeches. We are in the midst of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. This special period of honoring our Vietnam Ve...

A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator i ask unanimous i ask unanimous consent to remove the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. A senator i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations calendar number 115122 and all nominations oh 122 and all nominations placed on the secretarys desk in the air force army, marine corps and navy. That the nominations be confirmed the motions to consider be to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action ...

Quorum call quorum call can quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the Senate Majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be disdispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent when the Senate Resumes consideration of s. 178 on wednesday, april 22, senator cornyn or his designee be recognized to withdraw the pending cornyn amendment and offer amendments number 1124 and 301. I further ask that there then be one hour of debate equally divided in the usual form and that following the us...