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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 -- (Senate - March 13, 2008)
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we are on the budget resolution. We will complete...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, let me join in complimenting the chairman of the...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, with my time remaining, let me answer a few of the...
Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator entertain a question on that?
Mr. CONRAD. I don't have time for a question.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we want to announce the first 10 votes for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 4160
Mr. GREGG. As I understand it, when we go into the vote to come after the first...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, this amendment would maximize the budget's help for...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I have no problem with this amendment, obviously. It...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
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AMENDMENT NO. 4170
Mr. BROWN. There are now 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote...
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I have a modification to the amendment, which I...
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I know we are all busy and trying to catch up on a...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I checked with the two managers, and on the amendments...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the Graham amendment, well-intentioned as it is, is...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry)...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4173
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, this amendment is to raise the caps in the...
Mr. CONRAD. On opposition time, I yield 30 seconds to the Senator.
Mr. GREGG. I look forward to the Senator's opposition.
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, this is another example of Senators in this...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we can thank Senators BINGAMAN and...
AMENDMENT NO. 4190
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the alternative minimum tax will affect an...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, we need to defeat this amendment. This is not the usual...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the Specter amendment puts it on the debt. The...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I believe it is the practice of the Senate, under the...
Mr. CONRAD. That is the observation I was going to make; we had time remaining...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. BIDEN) is...
AMENDMENT NO. 4189
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, my amendment would reduce the alternative minimum...
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Mr. CONRAD. The amendment that has just passed has dealt with this issue and...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas...
Mr. MENENDEZ. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. GREGG. I object. I object to laying it on the table.
Mr. GREGG. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. GREGG. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President: Where actually do we stand...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, what is the effect of agreeing to the motion to...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
AMENDMENT NO. 4196, AS MODIFIED
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we now go to the Salazar amendment No. 4196. I see...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to join me in support of...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the question here is whether we are serious about...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
AMENDMENT NO. 4191
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, last year this amendment received 56 votes, Democratic...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote against the amendment...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I appreciate my colleague's comments. The question is...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I respond to my friend from Arizona, at the end of...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, how am I recorded? [Page:...
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Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the time of the vote has expired.
Mr. REID addressed the Chair.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: Once the Presiding Officer has...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, might I inquire as to whether any of the persons who...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I appreciate my friend, the distinguished Senator from...
Mr. KYL. Parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the...
Mr. KYL. Parliamentary inquiry for the benefit of the Senators who are here.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if we are within two or three votes of a tie vote, is...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, would the Senator be kind enough to direct his...
Mr. KYL. I had a parliamentary inquiry, but I will be happy to always have the...
Mr. REID. I am sorry, I think a lot of us didn't hear the question.
Mr. KYL. I am sorry, Mr. President, I am perhaps confused because I have two...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I can just respond.
Mr. REID. And certainly I am not taking the place of the Chair. I personally...
Mr. GREGG. We have about 40 votes left.
Mr. REID. Okay, so 40. That was the last count I looked at. And we are going to...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if I could just address this question to the majority...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, certainly the Chair can respond to this, but there is...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, one final question. I think I need to address this to...
AMENDMENT NO. 4204, AS MODIFIED
Mr. CONRAD. In regular order, is my amendment next?
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the alternative I have offered would provide for a...
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, this is a very interesting amendment, since I have...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and move to lay that...
AMENDMENT NO. 4192, AS MODIFIED
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, there is a modification at the desk to my...
Mr. BUNNING. This is the third time I have addressed on the Senate floor this...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, there are real cuts, the Senator is right about...
Mr. BUNNING. But the other one did not pay for it.
Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the previous vote.
Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4203
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I offer this amendment on behalf of 31 Senators. It...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, it is important to note this is a reprioritization...
Mr. SPECTER. I ask for the yeas and nays. I think it is important people know...
Mr. CONRAD. I encourage Members to support the amendment. The Senator has made...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Ms. STABENOW. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment is an amendment by Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, that takes us to the Dorgan amendment.
AMENDMENT NO. 4198
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, this amendment has to do with Indian health care. We...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the Senator from North Dakota has made an exceptional...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) is...
AMENDMENT NO. 4329
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4329.
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Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading...
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, the Alexander amendment that is coming up...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, there are only 2 ways to bring down the price of...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4207, AS MODIFIED
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I have sent a modification of my amendment to...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, my amendment limits the encouragement of the...
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam President, I point out that the Alexander...
Mr. DOMENICI. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have 1 minute to...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Reserving the right to object, if the Senator will amend his...
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Mr. DOMENICI. I don't care if the Senator wants 5 minutes.
Mr. DOMENICI. Madam President, what happened in this case, with reference to...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I oppose this amendment because what this will...
Mr. SALAZAR. Madam President, I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia, Mr. BYRD, is...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4151
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, I believe the pending amendment is the amendment...
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, everyone is aware of the credit crisis and its...
Mr. COBURN. Madam President, the only cost in this country that has risen...
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, as I understand, the time has expired.
Mr. KENNEDY. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, as I understand it, Senator Sununu and...
AMENDMENT NO. 4194
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I will give a moment to the Senator to collect...
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Mrs. LINCOLN. Madam President, my amendment is a simple one, and that is to...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I am a cosponsor of the Lincoln, Mikulski, and...
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, I believe we are back to the Sununu amendment. We...
AMENDMENT NO. 4221
Mr. SUNUNU. Madam President, this is an amendment that simply adds language to...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, we have no objection to the amendment of the...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that the Sununu amendment pass.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider, and to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4332
Mr. KERRY. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 4332.
Mr. KERRY. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mr. KERRY. Madam President, as the Senator from New Hampshire has said, this is...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, can we go to consideration of the Kerry amendment?
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, that takes us to the Kennedy amendment, which is a...
AMENDMENT NO. 4350
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, we are going to have, in a moment, the Alexander...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, as I understand the amendment of the Senator...
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Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. CONRAD. Would the Chair yield for a moment?
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I would ask if both Senators would be willing to...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, no, I wish to have the rollcall vote on our...
Mr. GREGG. We are agreeable to a voice vote on the Kennedy amendment.
Mr. KENNEDY. I would be glad to take it if the Senator from Tennessee wanted a...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I admire the amendment of the Senator from...
Mr. GREGG. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays on the Kennedy amendment.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. BYRD)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4222
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, in the 1990s, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., a...
Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, let's look at what the law is and what the...
Mr. GREGG. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia, (Mr. BYRD),...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DOMENICI. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I think it would be useful at this point to recap...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4259
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, my amendment creates a deficit reserve fund to...
Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, the amendment offered by my colleague is an...
Mr. MENENDEZ. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia, Mr. BYRD, is...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4231
Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, this Senate has repeatedly voted on issue after...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment....
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Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. BYRD) is...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4242
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, this amendment creates a 60-vote point of order...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, might I ask the Parliamentarian, through the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, No. 1, is this amendment germane to the budget...
Mr. CONRAD. No. 2, if this amendment were to be adopted, is it corrosive to the...
Mr. CONRAD. No. 3, if this amendment came back from the conference committee,...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, that is the problem with this amendment. This is not...
Mr. CONRAD. It is not in the jurisdiction of the committee.
Mr. CORNYN. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I inquire whether adding the amendment at this...
Mr. CORNYN. So it would not affect the privileged status of the budget...
Mr. CORNYN. I thank the Chair.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, it would fatally affect it if it came back from...
Mr. CONRAD. I raise a point of order that the Cornyn amendment is not germane...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, pursuant to Section 904(c) of the Congressional...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. BYRD) is...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and I move to lay that...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have now cast roughly 19 rollcall votes. We have...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4181
Mr. CONRAD. The next vote in order is the vote on the amendment by the Senator...
Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, this is amendment No. 4181. The cosponsors are...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mrs. BOXER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4246
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, that would take us to the Allard amendment No. 4246.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I call for the yeas and nays.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, on the campaign trial, Senator Obama has...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, this amendment is a concoction. It is a complete...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. DORGAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEAHY. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4212
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment in order is the Nelson amendment...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, the modification is not in the body of...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed...
AMENDMENT NO. 4240
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment is the Ensign amendment.
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, briefly, this amendment is to means test Medicare...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, the problem with this amendment is exactly what the...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
AMENDMENT NO. 4218
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4218.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I thank Senators Durbin, Kennedy, Clinton,...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the problem is we are in the game here, spending the...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I want to, one more time, implore our colleagues--we...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I believe the next amendment was my amendment, but we...
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, that is correct. Senator Gregg's amendment is next in...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4154
Mr. REED. Mr. President, my amendment would increase LIHEAP funding by an...
Mr. REED. Mr. President, this amendment would raise the LIHEAP spending to the...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I, too, urge adoption of this amendment. This has...
AMENDMENT NO. 4154, AS MODIFIED
Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to modify the amendment in...
Mr. REED. I send a modification to the desk.
Mr. GREGG. I urge adoption of the amendment and ask unanimous consent that it...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I understand we are going to Senator DeMint...
AMENDMENT NO. 4328
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4328 and ask for...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, every Senator here today knows we need to...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, this amendment is privatization of Social Security....
Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays.
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Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. GREGG. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Kansas...
CHANGE OF VOTE
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I wish to be recorded ``yea'' on DeMint amendment...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment is the amendment by Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 4164
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I have been instructed by the Budget Committee that I...
Mr. BIDEN. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed...
AMENDMENT NO. 4164, AS MODIFIED
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I send a modification to the desk. As I explained to...
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. My...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I think there is no time in opposition.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4208
Mr. CONRAD. The next amendment is the amendment by Senator Dole, No....
Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4208 and ask for its...
Mrs. DOLE. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, my amendment would direct $75 million for ICE to...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, there is no opposition. We ask colleagues to accept...
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DODD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4254
Mr. CONRAD. Next in order is an amendment by Senator Dodd, No. 4254.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I call up the amendment.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I offer this amendment on behalf of myself, Senator...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, we are aware of the growing problem of autism. It used...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, there has been an alarming increase in the...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, it is the fastest growing developmental disability in...
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DODD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4232
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, that takes us to Allard amendment No. 4232.
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4232 and ask for...
Mr. DeMINT. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I would ask Senator Allard to take...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, my amendment will cut the Federal deficit and...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I think there is a kernel of a good idea here....
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Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, do I have any time left?
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have had a conversation with the distinguished...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment in order is amendment No. 4155 by...
AMENDMENT NO. 4155
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4155 and ask for its...
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, this amendment is cosponsored by Senators Snowe,...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed to.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, next in order is an amendment by Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 4284
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4284 and ask for its...
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the...
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, this is a very direct and well-known process that...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would just ask the Senator from Kansas if he would...
Mr. BROWNBACK. I would like a recorded vote. We have done this by voice, and I...
Mr. CONRAD. I will not oppose the amendment of the Senator from Kansas.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4197
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up my amendment No....
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator...
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I speak today in support of my amendment, which would...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
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Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we now can go to Senator Inhofe who has an...
AMENDMENT NO. 4239
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4239 and ask for its...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, it is my intention to withdraw this amendment, but I...
AMENDMENT NO. 4239 WITHDRAWN
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I believe the Senator from North Dakota, the chairman...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if everyone cooperates in these final hours, I think...
Mr. DORGAN. Would the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. CONRAD. I am happy to yield.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would ask the chair and the ranking member, I know...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the Senator has made a good suggestion and one that...
Mr. GREGG. I stress, Mr. President, when we come out of this break, we hope to...


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