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The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).

The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer: Let us pray. Almighty God, whose attributes are both majestic and manifold, strengthen our Senators, enabling them to live this ...

Mr. President, the majority leader has suggested that I go ahead, and, therefore, I will.

Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 325, the debt limit legislation. The time until 12:15 p.m. will be equally divided and controlled. At 12:15 ...

Mr. President, just a brief comment on the statement of my friend, the Republican leader.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 9.

The Senator from Montana.

Mr. President, I wish to address the substance of this amendment, but let me start with a little context on this underlying bill. The underlying bill, of course, suspends the ...

Little germs are doing to me what my opponents couldn't, which is stop me from talking. I thank the Senator for his courtesy.

Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of H.R. 325, which the clerk will report by title.

That is the order.

Mr. President, I rise today to present an amendment that would stop the transfer of F-16s and Abrams tanks to Egypt. I think it particularly unwise to send tanks and ...

The Senator from Utah.

Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote on amendment No. 6, offered by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Portman.

In deference to the Senator from Maryland, I went through the cold-and-cough crud that caused her to begin coughing, so I fully understand why she needed to take a break. ...

Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?

Mr. President, I stand as the chair of the full Appropriations Committee to respond to two Portman amendments. I will comment on one and speak to the one related to ...

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum and that the time in quorum call be equally divided.

The motion was agreed to.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The amendment is as follows:

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Only Democratic time remains.

Mr. President, thanks in part to filmmaker Steven Spielberg, there is renewed interest today in America's 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.

I find the argument spurious and, frankly, absurd that not giving F-16s to Egypt is somehow against the interests of Israel. Imagine this. The President of Egypt has called Jews ...

The Senator from Pennsylvania.

The Senate is considering H.R. 325.

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.

The Senator from Arizona.

The amendments are as follows:(Purpose: To require that any debt limit increase be balanced by equal

Is that okay with the Senator?

Mr. President, I send my sympathy and empathy to the Senator from Maryland. Having gone through the same thing, I fully understand what she is dealing with and trust she ...

The clerk will report the amendments.

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on two amendments. It will be the first amendment offered by the Senator from Ohio, his first amendment, and also I will speak on ...

Mr. President, the debt limit alone, under the current administration, had been increased by over $5 trillion. That is simply unsustainable.

Madam President, we had a debate earlier on this. This is the Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act. It makes all the sense in the world.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 9

Under the previous order, the Senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m.

Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 7 offered by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. ...

Madam President, I oppose the amendment. It would trigger an automatic CR if Congress doesn't pass appropriations bills or a CR.

Madam President, we have essentially already voted on this. It is very similar to the Portman amendment, which lost by a vote of 54-to-44. This approach was rejected by the ...

The motion was agreed to.

Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to the motion to commit offered by the Senator from Louisiana.

Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?

[Rollcall Vote No. 8 Leg.] YEAS--53 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johnson (SD) ...

Mr. President, I know that some have raised questions about whether Section 2 of the bill is constitutional under the 27th Amendment, though the legislation does not lower pay but ...

There is now 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on passage of the measure.

[Rollcall Vote No. 11 Leg.] YEAS--64 Ayotte Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin ...

I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.

Madam President, the underlying bill we are going to vote on in a little while suspends the debt ceiling for a period of time, as we all know. My amendment ...

The bill (H.R. 325) was passed.

Does the Senator wish to call up his motion?

The clerk will report the motion.

[Rollcall Vote No. 9 Leg.] YEAS--79 Alexander Ayotte Baldwin Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Coons Corker Donnelly Durbin ...

The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

The Senator from Montana.

I do agree with the majority leader. As we have discussed, it should be obvious that the overriding, critical purpose of this legislation is to suspend the debt limit and ...

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading of the motion.

This amendment would stop the transfer of F-16s and Abrams tanks to Egypt. Egypt is in danger of unraveling. Egypt is currently ruled by martial law. I think it is ...

The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

The result was announced--yeas 79, nays 19, as follows:

The Senator from Vermont.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

The Senator from Indiana.

The Senator from Kansas.

Mr. President, all of us in our lives from time to time hear of the passing, the death of someone we know. Sometimes it is family, often friends, or perhaps ...

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The majority leader.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 1, S.

Madam President, the Committee on the Judiciary has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 113th Congress. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules for the Senate, ...

Madam President, I want to congratulate David Kappos, whose last day as the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office, PTO, is today. Director Kappos's leadership of the PTO has ...

Madam President, I rise today to speak on the importance of United States-India relations. President Obama recognizes this valuable partnership, hosting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his first state ...

Madam President, on February 9, theater lovers and performers will come together at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA, to honor Ed Waterstreet, the retiring founding artistic director ...

Madam President, today I wish to honor Dr. Fred Hawthorne, who recently was named as a recipient of the National Medal of Science for his important research involving the use ...

Messages from the President of the United States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Pate, one of his secretaries.

The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to ...

The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or acted upon), as indicated: By Mr. NELSON: S. Res. 23. A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate ...

S. 197. A bill to authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to the American and Sacramento Rivers near Sacramento, California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on ...

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):

By Mr. BEGICH:

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:

S. 202. A bill to expand the use of E-Verify, to hold employers accountable, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S. 199. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil produced from Federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by pipeline to onshore ...

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to expand the geographic boundaries of HUBZones located at former U.S. military installations closed through the so-called Base Closure and Realignment--or BRAC--process. This ...

S. 193. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll ...

SENATE RESOLUTION 23--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT A POSTAGE STAMP SHOULD BE ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF JUAN PONCE DE LEON LANDING ON FLORIDA Mr. NELSON ...

SA 6. Mr. PORTMAN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 325, to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ...

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on January 31, 2013, at 10 a.m., in ...

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Natalie Beckman, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of calendar year 2013.

Madam President, I now ask unanimous consent that we proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 25, which was submitted earlier today.

There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:09 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 4, 2013, at 2 p.m.

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action ...

The preamble was agreed to.

The resolution (S. Res. 24) was agreed to.

Madam President, I now ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2013; that following the prayer and ...

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order.

Madam President, there are two bills at the desk due for their first reading. I ask that those bills' readings take place.

The next rollcall vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on the motion to proceed to the Violence Against Women Act.

The clerk will report the resolution by title.