Vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are one. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. Senate will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i withdraw amendment number 1419. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. The senator for alaska. Ms. Murkowski i modify the amendment amendment number 1407 with the chaplains at the desk. This modification includes, among other things, acceptance of amendment number 1419 offered by the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, for the senator from iowa, ms. Ernst. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is so modified. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the deck for the substitute amendment number 1407, as modified. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned
To focus on now of course is a trade deal with the uk and so i have joined a number of other senators and asking you can watch this online at cspan. Org. The senate gaveling in at 3 30 p. M. And they will take a procedural vote on a couple of abortion measures. Live coverage now of the u. S. Senate. 18. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 3 30 p. M. Will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski madam president , just very briefly here this afternoon, we will have beginning at 3 30 p. M. A series of votes to include the nomination of Katherine Macgregor to be deputy secretary of the department of interior, and i would like to provide my support for this nomination. I want to thank my colleagues on the energy and Natural Resources committee for working with me to report and rereport ms. Macgregors nomination moved out on a bipartisan basis. I thank the majority leader for filing cloture on her nominat
The speaker the house will be in order. The chair wishes to make an announcement to the house regarding practices. Members are reminded of the unique tradition and dignity of the house that sets it apart from other institutions and workplaces. Members should refrain from trafficking in the well when another member, including the presiding officer, is addressing the house. The rules establish 15 minutes as the minimum time for electronic voting in the ordinary case and five and two minutes as the minimum time in other cases when members are already in or near the chamber in response to an earlier vote. As a reminder, members should attempt to come to the floor within the 15minute period as proscribed by the first ringing of the bells. As a point of courtesy to each of our colleagues, voting within the allotted time would help with the maintenance of this institution. Members are further reminded that the policy is not to terminate the vote when a member is in the well attempting to cast
Been filed in there under negotiations. Life coverage now to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. Www. Iowaculture. Gov. I yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday evening the president , the Vice President , and their task force offered an extensive public briefing on ongoing efforts to combat this new virus, which has spread from china throughout the world. As the director of the c. D. C. Explained, officials are now tracking more than 500 cases across our country. Nationwide, the risk to any individual american remains low. But as the Vice President and the experts reminded us, the time is now for all americans to engage in basic commonsense measures and for americans
Remember your promise to never leave or forsake us. Finding power in your presence, give our senators the ability to discover solutions to the problems that confront our nation and world. May they strive to make a positive difference for all americans, permitting your light to illumine the way. Lord, provide our legislators with a new vision of faith and a fresh venture of hope as they seek creative ways to help a troubled world. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i would ask permission to speak for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley this month is iowa history month, and for iowa