Following the remarks from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), senators were permitted to speak for up 10 minutes each.
The pending business was the motion to proceed to S.1569, the bill to raise the limit on the debt ceiling through December 2014. Cloture was not invoked the previous day on the motion to proceed to the bill.
Congressional Republicans and Democrats and President Obama were continuing negotiations to re-open the federal government and resolve differences on raising the debt ceiling. The federal government shut down on October 1.
12:59PM - 4:47PM ETSenate Session
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Statistics
2020 Year End Statistics118th Congress - Senate
Total Hours: 1217 (After 486 days)
Debate284 Hours
Quorum Calls240 Hours
Votes444 Hours
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Source: Resume of Congressional Activity (senate.gov)