[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2925-S2926]
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                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENTS

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the majority 
leader, after consultation with the Democratic leader, may proceed to 
the consideration of a concurrent resolution to be submitted by Senator 
Lugar, further, the resolution be considered agreed to, and the motion 
to table be laid upon the table, the Senate then proceed to the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 2854, the Agriculture Reform and 
Improvement Act, that the reading be waived, and there be 6 hours

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of debate on the conference report to be divided as follows: Senator 
Lugar, 2 hours; Senator Leahy, 1 hour; Senator Daschle or designee, 3 
hours; further, that immediately following the expiration or yielding 
back of time, the Senate proceed to vote on the adoption of the 
conference report with no intervening action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DASCHLE. Reserving the right to object, and I will not object, I 
will only again point out to my colleague from Alaska that we would 
enter into a unanimous-consent agreement today for all of the package 
the Senator from Alaska referred to except the Utah wilderness. We will 
do it this morning. We can pass that bill by 11:15. It is now 11:14. So 
if the Senator from Alaska is prepared to drop the one controversial 
bill we will enter into an agreement today, unanimous-consent 
agreement, passing all the rest. If he is prepared to do that, I am 
prepared to do that right now.
  But I have no objection to the request propounded by the majority 
leader having to do with the farm bill conference report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me add my hope that we can resolve the 
problem. I know there are a number of projects, including the Presidio, 
that I support, and hopefully this will--now and then we get things 
resolved around here. Maybe we can do this in the next few days. But we 
would like to in the interim, if we could, do the line-item veto and 
the farm bill conference report. That will give us some time, if there 
is any negotiating opportunities, to do that. It is also my hope that 
we can have a time agreement on the line-item veto. I understand that 
the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, Senator Byrd, would like 
us to at least proceed and then perhaps enter into a time agreement a 
bit later.
  Mr. DASCHLE. It is my understanding, Mr. President, that is correct, 
the Senator from West Virginia is prepared at some point to enter into 
a time agreement. We assume he will be on the floor shortly, and we can 
discuss the matter with him at that time.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me indicate on this side of the aisle, 
for the present time the Senator from New Mexico, Senator Domenici, 
will be the manager in charge of the time on this side for the line-
item veto.
  Mr. BUMPERS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arkansas.
  Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, notwithstanding the unanimous-consent 
agreement, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for 2 
minutes on the cloture vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.

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