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The Senate stands in adjournment until 10:30am on Friday, June 21, 2013.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will resume consideration of S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and the Majority Leader will be recognized at that time.
Negotiations with respect to the Immigration bill continue. Senators will be notified if and when an agreement is reached.
The Senate has resumed consideration of S.744, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. The time until 2:30pm is for debate only, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, and with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. Senator Sessions will control up to 2 hours.We are working on a couple unresolved issues to a border security amendment. We hope we can resolve those issues quickly so that we are able to find a path forward on the bill.
After much hard work and negotiations, we have made significant progress on S.744, the Comprehensive Immigration reform bill.Senator Leahy modified amendment #1183, with the text of a perfecting substitute amendment that includes negotiated border security language. Senator Reid then offered a technical amendment in the second degree slot and filed cloture on Leahy amendment #1183, as modified. By consent, the cloture vote on the Leahy amendment #1183, as modified, will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, June 24.
Senator Reid also filled the underlying bill side of the amendment tree and entered a motion to recommit the bill with instructions and filled that portion of the amendment tree with technical amendments.

The Senate will vote on Monday evening on the motion to invoke cloture on the Leahy border security amendment. We’ll continue to work to get an agreement to help process amendments. But, barring any further agreement the Senate will vote on cloture on the committee-substitute early Wednesday and cloture on the bill on Thursday. We’ll finish the bill before the recess.
The filing deadline for second degree amendments to Leahy amendment #1183, as modified, is 4:00pm on Monday, June 24.

At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #180, the nomination of Penny Pritzker, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Commerce. There will be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form. Following the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination.

At a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #179, the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation. There will be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form. Following the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination.
WRAP UP
No ROLL CALL VOTES
LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

S.Res.181, Recognizing the sesquicentennial of West Virginia and commemorating its history, people, and culture.

S.Res.182, congratulating the American Dental Hygienists’ Association on the 100^th anniversary of the profession of dental hygiene and commending its work to improve the oral health of the people of the United States.

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS