[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S998-S999]
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               AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION ACT OF 1996

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  Mr. DOLE. Madam President, as I understand it, there will be an 
amendment offered tonight by the Senators from Minnesota, Senator 
Wellstone and Senator Grams, with reference to the dairy compact 
provision--that will be the first amendment debated tomorrow--and then 
at approximately, what, 11 o'clock we have a series of votes to see 
where we are in the process.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Was it the leader's intention to come in at 7:30 in the 
morning?
  Mr. DOLE. Yes, 7:30 in the morning. We are looking for a presider.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Just stay here a couple hours. 
  
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  Mr. DOLE. We think maybe those we accommodate later in the day might 
be available in the morning.
  Mr. DASCHLE. That is a good idea.
  Mr. LEAHY. I do have an interest in the amendment being laid down. 
There will be no debate on that tonight?
  Mr. DOLE. Right.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, does the Senator object to Senator 
Wellstone discussing the amendment? It does not have to be----
  Mr. LEAHY. I understand.
  Madam President, I told the distinguished leader that my only concern 
is that this is an area where the distinguished Senator from Vermont, 
Mr. Jeffords, and I both want to speak in opposition. Because we are 
currently both in negotiations on something else, we would not be 
required to make any statement on it tonight, but we would have our 
time tomorrow. That is all.
  Mr. WELLSTONE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, if the Senator would yield, to 
facilitate moving this along, I intend only to send this amendment to 
the desk.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, if the Senator would just yield for a 
moment, let me just say with regard to this agreement, while the 
agreement calls for 15 amendments, that does not preclude Senators from 
working out amendments that may be accepted by the managers.
  I hope that Senator Lugar, in his normal fashion, who is very 
accommodating and able to work with both sides of the aisle very well, 
can do that on a number of these issues. It was with that understanding 
that we have this agreement. There could be a number of these issues 
that will not require a debate or a vote.
  I hope throughout the day we could do that. But it is very important 
for Senators, at least on this side of the aisle, to come down to the 
floor in the early hours tomorrow morning so we can decide which ones 
can be accepted and which ones are going to need to be scheduled for 
votes. So there is no excuse if people have not come down by 
midmorning.
  I hope that everybody can be here. We will be here, ready to go. I 
hope that everyone understands we are working under some constraints 
here, so the sooner they get here the better. And the more we can 
accommodate our managers in coming up with ways with which to offer 
these amendments that will allow them to accept them, we ought to do 
so.
  Mr. DOLE. Madam President, if I could just add to that, in other 
words, we need another amendment ready at 8 o'clock. We need one at 
8:30, and we need one at 9. They may not take 30 minutes. We need 
people available because we are trying to accommodate some of our 
colleagues in the afternoon.

  So we will need to be accommodating to the managers, Senator Lugar 
and Senator Leahy, throughout the morning. So, hopefully, the staff, 
before we leave tonight, will have at least two or three lined up so 
there will not be any problem.

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