signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm told s. 2223 is due for a second reading. is that right? the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: s. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any proceedings with respect to this legislation at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 345, s. 23199, paycheck fairness. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 345, s. 2199, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks and those of senator mcconnell, the senate will -- the senate will be -- all time will be equally divided and controlled until 11:00 a.m., and at that time there will be a cloture vot

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 250. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 250, s. 1737, a bill to provide for increase in the federal minimum wage, and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3979, which is a legislative vehicle for the unemployment insurance extension. the time until 10:00 will be equally divided and controlled. the filing deadline for second-degree amendments is 9:30 today. 9:30 a.m. today. at 10:00 a.m. there will be a cloture vote on the reid substitute amendment. additional votes are expected throughout the day. senators will be notified when we schedule them. there are two bills at the desk due for second reading, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bills for the second time. the clerk: s. 2198, a bill t

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time now be considered expired and on monday, april 28 at 5:30 p.m. the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on calendar number 574. further following disposition of the nomination the senate proceed to vote on cloture on executive calendar number 613 and if cloture is invoked all postcloture time be yielded and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination. that if confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate and no further motion be in order to the nominations. if any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record and that president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and partisan -- the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent on monday april 28 following disposition of the exec

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 354, the minimum wage legislation. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 354, s. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in morning business until 10:30 this morning. the republicans will control the first half. the majority will control the final half. following that morning business, the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees prior to a cloture vote on the minimum wage. at 4:00 there will be votes on nominations. later today, as i just announced, we're going to have, we hope, the beginning of a debate on the increase of the federal minimum wage. mr. president, millions -- millions of american workers will be watching how each senator votes

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 354, the minimum wage legislation. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 354, s. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader the time until 10:30 will be equally divided and controlled. at 10:30 there will be a vote on the ninth circuit judge whose name is michelle friedland. if cloture is ininvoke cloture there will be up to 30 hours of debate prior to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. we have two votes we need to have before we leave here this week. we can have the vote at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, and the second vote would be around 7:00 or thereabouts tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. we have to finish these two matters before we leave here this week. the schedule is up to not republicans, but

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, every time that i see the presiding officer lead the senate in prayer and certainly introducing the prayer, but directing the attention to us all to follow the presiding officer in reciting the pledge of allegiance brings back to me a lot of memories. when i first came to the senate, we had lots of members of congress who had been to war. now that's not the case. we all look at john mccain with such idealism of what he did in the vietnam war. and there are others, but there aren't many. and to have now the presiding officer having not only been to war but being a general and leading hundreds of people from montana to war, when that pledge of allegiance, i'm sure is said by the presiding officer, your feeling is a little different than everyone else's, because during those bitter battles in iraq, members of your unit were killed and injured. so even though we don't say much publicly about the new addition to the senat

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks and those of the republican leader if there are any, the senate will be in morning business until 5:00 p.m. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 3979, the unemployment insurance extension. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on passage of that legislation. mr. president, nascar fans can easily find their favorite drivers by simply looking at the cars as they fly by because there are corporate emblems on the hood of the car. in fact, they're all over the car. for our clothing here in the senate we don't bear commercial logos. many republican senators might as well koch insignias, but as members of the united states senate there should never be any doubt as to our sponsors, the american people. we're here in the senate for one reason, to give americans a fair shot at providing for their families and having their voices heard. but republicans seem more willing to identify themselves wit

signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 354. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 354, s. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 354, s. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage and so forth signed by 17 senators as follows: reid of nevada, harkin, merkley, leahy, booker, warren, reed of rhode island, durbin, cardin, carper, coons, nelson, franken, gillibrand, whitehouse, casey, sanders. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waiv