[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--NOMINATION OF JOSEPH DIAL

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Joseph Dial, 
of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, on behalf of Senators on our side, I 
object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, just a note. As we try to clear nominations 
on the Executive Calendar, there will be a necessity to bring up some 
of them for a unanimous-consent request or a vote. There will be 
objections sometimes on both sides of the aisle, but it is so we can 
make it clear that we are not just delaying some of these. This 
nomination affects another nomination, and it would be very hard for us 
to get those cleared, if there are objections. We will continue to move 
the nominations. We have several that we think we can clear tonight--
most of the ambassador positions, and others--and I am working with 
Senator Daschle on that.

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