moran: i ask consent the senate vote en bloc, that if confirmed the motions be laid upon the table en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection, the question is on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. moran: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the foreign relations committee be discharged and the senate proceed to an en bloc consideration of the following nominations, p.n.-2398 and pn-2603. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: irving bailey of florida to be a member of the board of directors of the united states international development finance corporation. deven j.parack of new york to be a member of the board of directors international development finance corporation. mr. moran: mr. president, i ask consent the senate vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, the president be immediately notified

mcconnell: i understand that there are two bills at the desk due a second reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time. the clerk: s. 5885 -- 5085, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to increase the additional 2020 recovery rebates, to repeal section 230 of the communications act of 1934, and for other purposes. h.r. 9051, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to increase recovery rebate amounts to $2,000 for individuals and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i'd object to further proceeding en bloc. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i was prepared this afternoon to speak about the business the senate must address, and i will do that. but first i must respond to the recent announcement by the junior senator from missouri that he intends to contest th

the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measures en bloc? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the bills en bloc. mr. blunt: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bills en bloc be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. blunt: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 473 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 473, an act to authore the every word we utter monumento establish a commem tif work in the district of columbia and its environs and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. blunt: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the mo

the presiding officer: without objeion, the senate will proceed to the resolutions en bloc. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to and the preambles be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: without objection -- presiding officer, without -- presiding officer without objection. mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. thursday, december 3. further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. further, following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the waller nomination under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adj

. >> the bill is on the calendar and i objective further proceeding en bloc. >> objection having that heard the bills land be placed on the calendar. >> mr. president >> a democratic leader. >> mr. president i was prepared this afternoon to speak about business the senate must address the bible do that but first i must respond to the recent announcement by the jr. senator from missouri that he intends to contest certified votes of the electoral college when congress meets to count those votes next week. the process for electing american presidents is provided for in our constitutional laws. the process has been followed fully, fairly. the results have been duly certified by g the governor and reviewed and confirmed by the courts many times over. the result is that for joe biden and kamala harris won the election by overwhelming margins both the popular and electoral votes. i'd and here's ticket received more1 than 81 million votes, moe than any ticket in american history that was over 7 million more votes than trump pence. the biden/harris won the electoral college 306-232 the same to

mcconnell: i ask for a second reading and object to my own request en bloc. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bills will receive their next reading on the neck legislative day. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., wednesday, december 30, further, that the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, finally, following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to tense minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> today the senate began consideration of an override of president trump's veto of an offense program of the policy bill. majority leader mitch mcconnell set the smoke for tomorrow. senator

mcconnell: i understand that there are two bills at the desk due a second reading en bloc. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time. the clerk: s. 5885 -- 5085, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to increase the additional 2020 recovery rebates, to repeal section 230 of the communications act of 1934, and for other purposes. h.r. 9051, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to increase recovery rebate amounts to $2,000 for individuals and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i'd object to further proceeding en bloc. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i was prepared this afternoon to speak about the business the senate must address, and i will do that. but first i must respond to the recent announcement by the junior senator from missouri that he intends to contest th

the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn to then convene for pro forma sessions only with no business being conducted on the following dates and times and that following each pro forma session the senate adjourn until the next session. thursday, december 24 at 10:00 a.m. monday, december 28 at 10:00 a.m. i further ask that when the senate adjourns on monday, december 28, it next convene at 12:00 noon on tuesday, december 29. further, that following the prayer and pledge the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved

braun: postal namings discharge en bloc. i ask that the applicable committees be discharged and that the 123459 proceed to the immediate -- that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc, h.r. 3976, h.r. 7810, h.r. 5972, h.r. 4988, h.r. 5123, h.r. 5451, h.r. 5983, h.r. 6418, h.r. 70 l 8, h.r. 7520, h.r. 66161, s. 4971, s. 4857. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding en bloc? without objection, the committees are discharged and the senate will proceed en bloc. mr. braun: i ask unanimous consent that the bills en bloc be considered read a third time and passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered, made and laid upon the table all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. braun: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 6016 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6016, an act to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at

, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of executive calendar 936 through 946 and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the air force, army, marine corps, navy, and space force, that the nominations be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the house joint resolution 110. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.j. res. 110, joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes. the pre

unanimous consent that the foreign relations committee be discharged and the senate proceed to an en bloc consideration of the following nominations -- p.n. 1938, p.n. 2024, p.n. 2101, p.n. 2030, is that the senate vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider -- to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. risch: reserving the right to object, first of all, let me say to my good friend from new jersey, i fully agree with the five nominees that he has put in front of the senate. indeed, we had good confirmation hearings on all five of those. none of these -- none of those five nor the one i am going to talk about in a second are political appointments. these are career people who have had long and distinguished service with the secretary of state, and they are all very legitimate appointees to the places that they are appointed to, which i'm going to reiterate here in just a minute. but in

sasse: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations executive calendar 875 and 881. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, department of state, julie d. fisher of tennessee to be ambassador to the republic of belarus. jonathan pratt of california to be ambassador of the united states of america to the republic of djibouti. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed block, the president be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the presiding officer: without objection. the question is on the confirmation. all those in favor say aye. those opposed nay. the ayes have it. the nominations are confirmed. mr. sasse: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sasse: mr. president, i have two requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have t