the clerk: motion to proceed to consider calendar number 361, s.j. res. 36. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two hours of debate equally divided between the leaders or their designees on the motion to proceed. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i yield as much time as the senator needs. a senator: thank you. i'd like to, one, thank the senator from wyoming for yielding. but more importantly, his leadership on the subject that brings us all to the floor. mr. graham: the national labor relations board has gotten a lot of attention lately, for reasons i don't think are too helpful to the cause. obviously being from south carolina, their decision to entertain a complaint against the boeing company for moving to south carolina, a complaint filed that sat on the desk for a year and then finally was brought forward by the nlrb to potentially shut down the south carolina site and move the facility back to washington, thank god that is behind us now. but at the end of the day this organizat

the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 361, s.j. res. 36, joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rule submitted by the national labor relations board relating to representation election procedures. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two hours of debate, equally divided and controlled by between the two leaders or their designees. the senator from wyoming is recognized. mr. enzi scw thank you, mr. president. mr. enzi: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to ask for disapproval to stop the national labor relations board's ambush election rule. this rule that i'm objecting to was rushed into place by a national labor relations board that's bound and determined to stack the odds against the american employees and put employers -- employers and to put employees in an unfair situation. despite the fact that unemployment has remained above 8% for the past three years, and small business growth is the most important factor in reversing the lac

tomorrow on the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 256. after that there will be several votes to complete action on the postal reform bill at 2:15 p.m. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it recess under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >>> there is room for positive government policy. it's the private sector that drives development, the really fuels' it. always in our history we've had some vision where we are going and encouragement and policy by the government, and if we need that it's right now we have this over to nettie creating infrastructure you the 21st century. >>> this year's studentcam video competition asks students to creativity of telling us what part of the constitution is most important to them and why we read today we take you to cherry hill new jersey to talk with second prize winner matalin, and a freighter. hi, madeleine. why did you choose women's suffrage as your topic? >> i had considered actually giving the

so i urge my colleagues to vote for the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 36. again, it's a congressional privilege and we should take advantage of it. it's a chance to send a message that we want all of our boards to be fair and equal. i thank the chair and yield the balance of the time. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925. mr. enzi: mr. president i would yield back any remaining time. the presiding officer: time was yielded back. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president i wanted to discuss one of the amendments that i believe we will be voting on later on, and basically what it does, it establishes a brac-like process in order to consolidate redundant, underutilized and costly post offices and mail process facilities. now, mr. president we found over the years that congress was politically unable to close a base or a facility that had to do with the military. so we adopted a process where a commission was appointed those recommendations to consolidate excess and un

at 2:00 p.m., the republican leader or designee be recognized to make a mission on to proceed to s.j. res. 36. that would be under the previous order, that has already been entered. further that at 4:00 p.m., the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925 and finally, at 5:00 p.m., the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: