[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
return to consideration of the budget resolution at 9:30 a.m. today and 
that there then be 8\1/2\ hours remaining on the resolution for debate, 
divided as follows: 4\3/4\ hours under Senator Domenici's control; 3\3/
4\ hours under Senator Sasser's control, with the last 15 minutes for 
debate under Senator Sasser's control.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. EXON. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I simply say 
that, so I understand it properly, at 9:30 are we going to take up the 
Domenici amendment that is the pending business and has been since 
before all of the reading started?
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, that is my understanding and intention 
that Senator Domenici will be present at 9:30 to offer his amendment.
  Mr. EXON. How much time has been allotted to each side, and who will 
control the time on each side? Obviously, Senator Domenici would 
control the time in support of his amendment. How much time is set 
aside for that, and how much time is set aside for those of us who will 
be opposing the Domenici amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the Budget Act, it is 2 hours, equally 
divided.
  Mr. EXON. On the Domenici amendment?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On each first-degree amendment.
  Mr. EXON. Two hours equally divided on any amendment, including the 
Domenici amendment?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On any first-degree amendment.
  Mr. EXON. I do not object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DOLE. Reserving the right to object. I hope we do not use the 2 
hours. We hope we can do a lot of these in about 10 minutes on a side.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the unanimous-consent 
request as expressed by the majority leader?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, it is my hope and intention that we will 
be able to complete action on this bill tomorrow. There are 8\1/2\ 
hours remaining for debate. If all of that time is used--and I expect 
that it will be--debate would be concluded by approximately 5 p.m. 
There will be several votes, I am advised, because a number of 
amendments remain to be offered, and that time does not count against 
the resolution. So assuming there are as many as 3 or 4 hours of votes, 
we should be able to complete action by sometime during the evening 
tomorrow. That is not included in the unanimous-consent agreement that 
has just been obtained. But there is going to be, I understand, a good-
faith effort on both sides to complete action on the bill before the 
close of business today, Thursday.

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