we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 2 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the conference report to accompany s. 1177, an act to reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the mandatory quorum be waived with respect to the cloture motion. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk and i ask its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 2359, a bill to restore second amendment rights in the district of columbia. mr. mcconnell: i now ask for its second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be read

"he left undersigned at diffusing greet and somebody else say he had disappeared and aware he went fromhere. the key >> grant: cestus killed in a gunbattle with police this is the few the they were and the windshield with will holes the. other windows on the vehicle shot out and all of it that the evidence surrounding that police believe those two individuals were the only shooters and only people specifically involved in carrying out the attack yesterday. now question remains what specifically motivated them to do this? >> pam: and of many questions or make. if politicians are. politicians >> catherine: st. this should not be considered a partisan problem. lawmakers have been expressing their shock and anger including senator dianne pushing for tougher gun control legislation. "number of guns to kill bills carter should pass the keeping the guns of the hands of terrorists should be number one on lowest. "it's got to victims and first responders and 11 2 if." >> catherine: from the presidential candidates phil beltran response to the shooting congratulating the police law enforcement fo

we the undersign odd of the all-ukrainian council of churches, representing ukraine's diverse religious community, appeal to you, on behalf of the people of ukraine, to help address the humanitarian catastrophe, mr. president, gripping our country. the needs are enormous. ranging from medical supplies to everyday items such as food, water, and clothing. they don't even ask for new clothing. they're willing to take used shoes from the united states of america. while the global news media regularly reports on russia's war against ukraine, government reforms and financeable challenges, there is rarely any mention of the extraordinary dimensions of the human suffering caused by moscow's aggression. while ukraine certainly needs greater military financial -- military, financial, and political assistance, our focus here as reals you leaders must be on the humanitarian aspects. as you know, they say, according to the united nations, over five million people, five million, including 1.7 million children, are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. i brought a chart to the floor that shows

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 conference report to accompany s. 1177, an act to reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimouunanimous consent, the y quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the conference report to accompany s. 1177, an original bill to reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act of 1965, to ensure that every child achieves, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: quorum call:quorum call:quoru vote: vote: if not, on this vote the yeas are 84, the nays are 12. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: on beh

the benefit of these railways were that's not really as much an issue but would be an issue is undersigned a transit pass the threshold of mta that says about this your grievance significant impact because the transit to cover people even to get on. that analysis is though thresholds i could lead on my colleagues city plan to identify the threshold. we provided up to them. our responsibility today was to make sure we need more capacity we have those extra buses, extra streetcars. we need to procure more fleets. so, >> my question is, are we getting overcapacity? and how often? in your measurements? i am also interested, not just in the capacity of the cars themselves, but also of online spiel to move people in terms of frequency and preventing delays? >> getting close to the first of the mitigation measures hopeless say what that threshold was. stay below it. sorry december the question? the second part is based on looking at delays because despite big issue measures are the delays, how would that affect our headways were muni lines? if you go line by line. edward talk about the 22 >> i'm

the benefit of these railways were that's not really as much an issue but would be an issue is undersigned a transit pass the threshold of mta that says about this your grievance significant impact because the transit to cover people even to get on. that analysis is though thresholds i could lead on my colleagues city plan to identify the threshold. we provided up to them. our responsibility today was to make sure we need more capacity we have those extra buses, extra streetcars. we need to procure more fleets. so, >> my question is, are we getting overcapacity? and how often? in your measurements? i am also interested, not just in the capacity of the cars themselves, but also of online spiel to move people in terms of frequency and preventing delays? >> getting close to the first of the mitigation measures hopeless say what that threshold was. stay below it. sorry december the question? the second part is based on looking at delays because despite big issue measures are the delays, how would that affect our headways were muni lines? if you go line by line. edward talk about the 22 >> i'm

the benefit of these railways were that's not really as much an issue but would be an issue is undersigned a transit pass the threshold of mta that says about this your grievance significant impact because the transit to cover people even to get on. that analysis is though thresholds i could lead on my colleagues city plan to identify the threshold. we provided up to them. our responsibility today was to make sure we need more capacity we have those extra buses, extra streetcars. we need to procure more fleets. so, >> my question is, are we getting overcapacity? and how often? in your measurements? i am also interested, not just in the capacity of the cars themselves, but also of online spiel to move people in terms of frequency and preventing delays? >> getting close to the first of the mitigation measures hopeless say what that threshold was. stay below it. sorry december the question? the second part is based on looking at delays because despite big issue measures are the delays, how would that affect our headways were muni lines? if you go line by line. edward talk about the 22 >> i'm

the benefit of these railways were that's not really as much an issue but would be an issue is undersigned a transit pass the threshold of mta that says about this your grievance significant impact because the transit to cover people even to get on. that analysis is though thresholds i could lead on my colleagues city plan to identify the threshold. we provided up to them. our responsibility today was to make sure we need more capacity we have those extra buses, extra streetcars. we need to procure more fleets. so, >> my question is, are we getting overcapacity? and how often? in your measurements? i am also interested, not just in the capacity of the cars themselves, but also of online spiel to move people in terms of frequency and preventing delays? >> getting close to the first of the mitigation measures hopeless say what that threshold was. stay below it. sorry december the question? the second part is based on looking at delays because despite big issue measures are the delays, how would that affect our headways were muni lines? if you go line by line. edward talk about the 22 >> i'm

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 reconsider to concur in the house amendments to the senate amendment to h.r. 2029, an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes, signed by 16 senators. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the tsunamis be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. there are two minutes debate on this motion. who yields time? mr. mcconnell: i yield back the time on this side. the presiding officer: without objection. by -- motion to advocate. the clerk: cloture motion we the we, the undersigned senators do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the house amendments to the senate amendment to h.r. 2029. an act making appropriation

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 289, s. 2232, a bill to rare full audit of the board of governs of the federal reserve system and the federal reserve banks by the comptroller general of the united states and for other purposes, signed by 1 senators, as follows: mcconnell, barrasso, blunt, cornyn, gardner, vitter, capito -- mr. perdue: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. perdue: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. perdue: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, this cloture vote occur at 2:30 p.m. on tuesday, january 12. the president pro tempore: is there objection? mr. perdue: i ask that the senate proceed to calendar number 303, s. 1115. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: calend