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Bob Casey

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Pennsylvania
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Congressional Record entries

Entry Title Date
Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed—Continued May 16, 2012
Bob Casey, D-PA
"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded."
Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed—Continued May 16, 2012
Bob Casey, D-PA
"Mr. President, I rise tonight to speak about the war in Afghanistan. I have spoken on the Senate floor many times over the last number of years about the war. I have done so because I believe the American people and our servicemembers in the field deserve a policy worthy of their efforts and their sacrifice and a thorough examination of the issues at hand. I have done so also because when it comes to matters of war, the Senate has an important responsibility to ask tough questions of any administration."
Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed—Continued May 16, 2012
Bob Casey, D-PA
"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded."
Morning Business May 16, 2012
Bob Casey, D-PA
"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each."
Unanimous Consent Agreement—Executive Calendar May 16, 2012
Bob Casey, D-PA
"Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2012, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 646 and 647; that there be 90 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form to run concurrently on both nominations en bloc; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order listed; that the nominations be subject to a 60-vote threshold; the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nominations; that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session; further, that the cloture votes with respect to these nominations be vitiated."

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