[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 19507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2013 THROUGH MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2014

  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, it adjourn and convene for pro 
forma sessions only with no business conducted on the following dates 
and times and that following each pro forma session, the Senate adjourn 
until the next pro forma session, unless the Senate receives a message 
from the House that it has adopted S. Con. Res. 30, the adjournment 
resolution: Tuesday, December 24, at 12 noon; Friday, December 27, at 
12 noon; Tuesday, December 31, at 12 noon; and Friday, January 3, at 
11:45 a.m.; and that when the Senate adjourns on Friday, January 3, 
2014, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m., on Monday, January 6, 2014; 
further, that if the Senate receives a message that the House has 
adopted S. Con. Res. 30, the Senate adjourn until Friday, January 3, at 
11:45 a.m. for a pro forma session only with no business conducted, and 
that following the pro forma session, the Senate adjourn until 2 p.m., 
on Monday, January 6, 2014; that on Monday, January 6, 2014, following 
the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal 
of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be 
reserved for their use later in the day; and that following any leader 
remarks, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 
1845, the unemployment insurance extension, with Senators permitted to 
speak for up to 10 minutes each; further, that at 3 p.m., the Senate 
proceed to executive session to resume consideration of Executive 
Calendar No. 452, the nomination of Janet Yellen to be Chairman of the 
Federal Reserve System, with the time until 5:30 p.m. equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form prior to a vote on confirmation of the 
Yellen nomination; and, finally, that following the vote on 
confirmation of the Yellen nomination, the Senate resume legislative 
session and proceed to vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 
1845, the unemployment insurance extension bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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