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AMENDMENT NO. 4364
AMENDMENT NO. 4195
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I understand we are now proceeding to the Boxer...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if I may just review for our colleagues, that is 30...
AMENDMENT NO. 4368, AS MODIFIED
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I have a modification at the desk seen by both...
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, this is a little complicated. The only reason I am...
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, what we have done with the Child Custody Protection...
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Mrs. BOXER. 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. REID. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
CHANGE OF VOTE
Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, on rollcall vote 70, I voted ``nay.'' It was my...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, did we move to reconsider and table?
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, can we have order in the Chamber.
Mr. CONRAD. We need to ask people to hold it down so we can conduct business....
AMENDMENT NO. 4335
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, the last amendment Senator Boxer offered...
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I will finish very briefly.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I wish to inform all colleagues on both sides of the...
Mrs. BOXER. I hope my colleagues will vote no.
Mr. ENSIGN. 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...
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Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment ready to go is an amendment by...
AMENDMENT NO. 4340
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 4340 and ask for...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, with high gas prices becoming an...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, might I ask a series of questions, through the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask the Chair if the amendment by the Senator from...
Mr. CONRAD. The second question is, If this amendment is adopted, is it...
Mr. CONRAD. No. 3, if this amendment were adopted and went to conference and if...
Mr. CONRAD. This amendment is simply not in the jurisdiction of the Budget...
Mr. DeMINT. Parliamentary inquiry: Mr. President, if this point of...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, in that case, I move to waive the Budget...
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. The next amendment in order is the amendment of the Senator from...
AMENDMENT NO. 4313
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4313 and ask for its...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, my amendment concerns pay-go or pay-as-you-go. Right...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. CONRAD. Does the Senator yield back his time?
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I will ask a series of questions of the...
Mr. CORNYN. It is amendment No. 4313.
Mr. CONRAD. Would it be corrosive to the privileged status of the budget...
Mr. CONRAD. Would it be fatal to the privileged status of the budget resolution...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, so the challenge of this amendment is it is not...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904(c) of the Congressional...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me just help people understand where we are. We...
Mr. GREGG. Senator Kyl.
Mr. CONRAD. Senator Kyl.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me thank all colleagues for their extraordinary...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, as I understand it, the next two amendments will...
Mr. REID. Prior to that time, we are going to have a finite list.
Mr. GREGG. In between we agree to have a finite list, and we will read them and...
Mr. CONRAD. We thank the leaders of both sides, and I especially thank our...
AMENDMENT NO. 4348
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I thank the chairman for his courtesy.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I am having a hard time hearing. I think the Senator...
Mr. KYL. While we are getting order, Mr. President, this amendment, I gather,...
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Mr. KYL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, just to conclude, the budget says expiring provisions...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the budget resolution already provides for a 1-year...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, is there any time remaining on my side?
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia, (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, this has been cleared by the minority and the majority...
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Mr. VITTER. Reserving the right to object because I have no idea off the top of...
Mr. REID. I would say to everyone, there is no one trying to take advantage of...
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, point of clarification. If an amendment is not on...
Mr. REID. Yes.
Mr. VITTER. I object.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, while that matter is being resolved, could we go to...
AMENDMENT NO. 4347
Mr. DeMINT. My colleagues, it is time for some straight talk on...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator be given 30 seconds to...
Mr. REID. I have no problem with that. I renew my previous unanimous consent...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that Senator DeMint get an...
Mr. DeMINT. My amendment creates a 1-year moratorium on all earmarks...
Mr. DeMINT. I call up amendment No. 4347 and ask for its immediate...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask, through the Chair, a question to the...
Mr. CONRAD. The amendment is not germane.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if this amendment were adopted and came back from...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I suggest the pending amendment is not germane;...
Mr. DeMINT. May I ask the Chair a question?
Mr. DeMINT. It is not the intent to bring down the budget or...
Mr. CONRAD. I would be constrained to object.
Mr. DeMINT. If that is the case, I now move to waive the Budget Act...
Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment in order is an amendment by...
AMENDMENT NO. 4378
Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for each of us to have a...
Mr. GREGG. I object.
Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, a group of Senators, now for several years, has...
Ms. LANDRIEU. I call up the amendment.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I oppose this amendment. The reason is very simple. The...
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Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, next up is the Kyl amendment.
AMENDMENT NO. 4372
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, do we need to call up amendment No. 4372 first?
Mr. KYL. If so, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 4372.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, this is a revote of a vote we had earlier in the day....
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank my colleague, Senator Kyl, for his...
Mr. KYL. Mr. 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 Nevada...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the next amendment is from the ranking member of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 4276, AS MODIFIED
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I send to the desk a modification of amendment No....
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, remember, before Christmas the Senate voted to...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if you want to blow a hole in the budget as big as...
Mr. CONRAD. 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 New...
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Mr. CONRAD. That is correct.
Mr. CONRAD. That is correct. That is a Dorgan amendment. That is correct. It...
AMENDMENT NOS. 4252, 4230, 4330, 4268, AS MODIFIED, 4186, 4311, 4357, 4361,...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have a list now of additional amendments in a...
AMENDMENT NO. 4252
AMENDMENT NO. 4230
AMENDMENT NO. 4330
AMENDMENT NO. 4268, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 4186
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AMENDMENT NO. 4311
AMENDMENT NO. 4357
AMENDMENT NO. 4361
AMENDMENT NO. 4370
AMENDMENT NO. 4200
AMENDMENT NO. 4334
AMENDMENT NO. 4376, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 4159
AMENDMENT NO. 4333
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AMENDMENT NO. 4255
AMENDMENT NO. 4283
AMENDMENT NO. 4345
AMENDMENT NO. 4220
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if Senator Snowe's staff is in the Chamber,...
AMENDMENT NO. 4339
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I thank the chairman. This is amendment No....
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, the ranking member tells me we need to defer on this...
Mr. DeMINT. Correct.
Mr. CONRAD. I ask the Senator from South Carolina if he can describe the...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, if it is what I think it is, we will object. It...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we were told that amendment had been cleared. It...
Mrs. BOXER. Excuse me, if I may, Mr. President.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, if I may have a moment, the amendment I agree with...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have to return to regular order if we can....
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, since there has...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I object.
Mr. CONRAD. No, no, that is fair. I think we need to agree to that request....
AMENDMENT NO. 4380
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of...
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, if I may have the attention of the Chamber,...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. At this moment we...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, for the purpose of helping us move along...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, since we have had argument on both sides, I wonder...
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Mr. DeMINT. Would it be OK to add an additional 30 seconds, just to...
Mr. CONRAD. I think we have to cut this off at this point, if I can say that to...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, this amendment is an overkill. My colleague and...
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President and my colleagues, this is a moment we could be...
Mrs. BOXER. And it is not in the interest of America to do this.
Mr. CONRAD. Time for the vote. 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 New...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, in the previous list sent to the desk, we need to...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we are about to move. We are awaiting some...
AMENDMENT NO. 4379
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I did not want to have to offer another amendment...
Mrs. BOXER. I call up amendment No. 4379.
Mrs. BOXER. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I stand in opposition and ask for a ``no'' vote and...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, is all time used?
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, can I make one more point? My amendment is a...
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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 New...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and lay that motion on...
AMENDMENT NO. 4233
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I call up the Allard amendment.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. REID. Would my friend yield?
Mr. ALLARD. I will yield.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have a few amendments. We know everyone is very...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 4270, AS MODIFIED; 4302, 4300, 4331, 4209, AS MODIFIED; 4375,...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we can now approve another group of amendments that...
AMENDMENT NO. 4270, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 4302
AMENDMENT NO. 4300
AMENDMENT NO. 4331
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AMENDMENT NO. 4209, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 4375
AMENDMENT NO. 4307
AMENDMENT NO. 4371
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mrs. BOXER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4233
Mr. ALLARD. On the Allard amendment, it will codify the current unborn child...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, in the Boxer amendment, we clarified SCHIP law....
Mr. ALLARD. 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 New...
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Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we would like to take two additional amendments at...
Mr. VITTER. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President: Is that a unanimous consent...
AMENDMENT NO. 4339
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, was the chairman accepting the...
Mr. CONRAD. No, sir. There has been objection by the chairman of the Finance...
Mr. DeMINT. So you would like to bring it up and vote.
Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, we have had some partisan and controversial...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, the effect of this amendment is not as described. It...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have a vote.
Mr. CONRAD. 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. CONRAD. Mr. President, have we reconsidered the vote?
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have talked to the managers of the bill. We have two...
Mr. GREGG. No, not necessarily.
Mr. REID. No?
Mr. CONRAD. We do not have an answer yet.
Mr. REID. We do not have an answer yet. When do you think we might have an...
Mr. GREGG. Why don't we just keep going?
Mr. REID. We have two left. We have the Biden amendment and we have the Vitter...
Mr. GREGG. We have an answer.
Mr. REID. We have an answer?
Mr. GREGG. We need a vote.
Mr. REID. OK, we need a vote. Listen, I am happy to vote. But I sure hope we...
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Mr. CONRAD. Senator Biden.
AMENDMENT NO. 4245
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 4245.
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, this amendment reinstates the President's...
Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, 40 percent of the money in the United Nations is...
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
AMENDMENT NO. 4299
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 4299.
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, this is about reimportation. There is a clear...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, many of the Senators worked on this even prior to...
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator's comments. I only add my...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, quickly, I have two other items of business.
AMENDMENT NO. 4206
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, amendment No. 4206 by Senator Barrasso...
AMENDMENT NO. 4206
VOTE EXPLANATION
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I missed the rollcall vote for amendment No. 4198,...
AMENDMENT NO. 4347
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, in his essay on ``Politics and the English Language,''...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I oppose the DeMint amendment to impose a year-long...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I rise today in opposition to the amendment offered...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to lend my strong support for...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4297
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise to speak about an amendment that would ensure...
AMENDMENT NO. 4270
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the well publicized naturalization backlog that the...
AMENDMENT NO. 4245
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to support the Biden/Lugar amendment...
AMENDMENT NO. 4232
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I voted against the Allard amendment because I am...
AMENDMENT NO. 4218
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I strongly support the amendment offered by Senator...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4209
Mr. LEVIN. I am pleased to join Senator Collins today in offering the...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the Collins-Levin energy independence amendment...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4196
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I have been a strong proponent for repeal of the...
AMENDMENT NO. 4170
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I am pleased to lend my strong support for...
AMENDMENT NO. 4195
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, today Congress is confronted with making difficult...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4181
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise to speak on an amendment, which passed today,...
AMENDMENT NO. 4121
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. Secretary, I want to talk for a moment about how important it...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss my amendment to the fiscal...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the budget resolution...
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Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I will be supporting this budget resolution and would...
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Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, this budget resolution lays out a fiscally...
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Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, from 1997 to 2000, I served as ranking member of...
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Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I congratulate Senator Conrad on this...
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Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I join my colleagues in expressing great concern for...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I will support the Senate budget resolution brought...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I support this alternative to the President's deeply...
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Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I rise today to speak in favor of the higher...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, the budget resolution proposes that Congress delay...
MEMORANDUM
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Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I will start with the public provider regulation.
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I am proud to support the Democratic budget that...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President. I rise today to recognize the senior Senator from...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the enrolling clerk be...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the information of all Members, we will not be in...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I know everybody wants to head off quickly, but I...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, first, thanks to all of our colleagues for their...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I apologize to everyone. Everyone, please be patient.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. KERRY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, on this vote, I have a pair with the Senator from...
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider, and I move to lay that motion on the table.
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent to proceed to Calendar No....
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call...
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