the clerk: s.j. res. 22, to grant the consent of congress to an amendment to the compact between the states of missouri and illinois, providing that bonds issued by the bistate development agency may mature in not to exceed 40 years. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be passed, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid -- made and laid on the table. there being no intervening action or debate and any statements relating to this matter be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the senate proceed now to h. con. res. 81. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h. con. res. 81, directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correct in the enrollment of h.r. 2608. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the mea

the clerk: s.j. res. 26, joint resolution expressing the sense of congress that the secretary of treasury, timothy geithner, no longer holds the confidence of congress or of the people of the united states. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this resolution. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, tonight before a joint session of congress president obama will address the nation in the single-most important issue facing our country: the unemployment crisis we have before us. i look forward to hearing the specifics of this plan. i've spoken to him and i have a pretty good idea of what he's going to talk about. i support its goal, to create good jobs for the 14 million people who have no jobs. and this is a time of dark economic times, and it's important we do this. i applaud the commonsense bipartisan approach he will unveil tonight to invest in badly needed infrastructure, cut taxes for wo

the clerk: calendar number 154, s.j. res. 66 approving renewal of the burmese freedom and democracy act 2003. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the joint resolution as amended is agreed to, and the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to 2887. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 167, h.r. 2887, an act to provide an extension of surface and air transportation programs and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask that the three votes that will be coming soon be limited to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, there will be ten minutes of debate equally divided between the senator from kentucky, mr. paul, and the senator from nevada, mr. reid, or their designees. mr. paul: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ken

the motion to proceed to the consideration of s.j. res. 25 is not agreed to. the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:45 a.m. on friday, september 9, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and that following any leader remarks, the senate will 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. cardin: mr. president, there will be no roll call votes during friday's session. the next roll call vote will be on monday, september 12, no earlier than 5:30 p.m. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 9:45 a.m. tomorrow. >> in 1844, henry clay ran for president of the unit

the clerk: s.j. res. 26, joint resolution expressing the sense of congress that secretary of the treasury timothy geithner no longer holds the confidence of congress or of the people of the united states. mr. reid: i ask that now for second reading, and i do that only to place this joint resolution on the calendar. that's by virtue of rule 14. i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the joint resolution will receive its