Harry Reid

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk and ask that it be reported.

Mr. REID. Madam President, a number of Senators have come to me indicating that they have read the rules and the time for a vote is 15 minutes. I ask, through the Chair, is it true that the extra 5 minutes is not in the rule?

Mr. REID. We have been calling votes at the end of 20 minutes. It is my understanding that the rule calls for votes to be 15 minutes in length.

Mr. REID. Is the 5-minute grace period in the rule?

Mr. REID. In the meantime, I move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. REID. Madam President, I am sorry, I can't understand the Senator and I believe I have the floor.

Mr. REID. Regular order, Madam President.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 1150, Antony Blinken.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that the cloture motion at the desk be reported.

Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be reported.

Mr. REID. I move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be reported.

Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 635.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I could have everyone's attention. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.J. Res. 131, which is a short-term continuing resolution that will go until Wednesday, December 17, 2014, which the Senate received from the House and is at the desk; further, that the joint resolution be read three times and the Senate now proceed to vote on passage of the joint resolution with no intervening action or debate.

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.

Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 1144.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion at the desk that I ask to be reported.

Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative session.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 979, Daniel J. Santos, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 840, Estevan R. Lopez to be Commissioner of Reclamation.

Mr. REID

Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion at the desk that I ask to be reported.

Mr. REID. I now move, Madam President, to proceed to legislative session.