[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12095]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we be able to 
proceed with leader time so that we can give information to the 
Senators about the schedule. I know there are Senators waiting to get 
some information on that. If the Senator would agree to that, then we 
will return to his discussion to be followed by Senator Roth.
  That would be my request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. KERREY. The UC would do what again?
  Mr. LOTT. That we interrupt at this point for us to have a colloquy 
here about what the schedule be as best we can tell, and then after 
that we return to the Senator's discussion uninterrupted with our 
remarks after his remarks to be followed by Senator Roth's response to 
that.
  Mr. KERREY. I have no objection.
  Mr. LOTT. And morning business. We would turn to morning business at 
that point.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DORGAN. Reserving the right to object, is the Senator now 
suggesting in his unanimous-consent request that we return to morning 
business immediately following the discussion by Senator Roth and 
Senator Kerrey?
  Mr. LOTT. That is what I am suggesting.
  Mr. DORGAN. Then let me say, reserving the right to object, it is my 
intention to inquire about when the majority leader intends to allow us 
to debate and perhaps get some votes on amendments on fast track. We 
didn't object to going to morning business yesterday. I guess we have a 
number of people who want to offer amendments on fast track. That has 
been put off and put off. In fact, the regular order would be an 
amendment that I have pending on fast track. So if the Senator would 
simply exclude the morning business request and then proceed with the 
discussion, I would like to try to have some understanding about when 
we might entertain amendments on fast track.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, let me withdraw the last part of my 
unanimous-consent request so we would just be asking we would do what 
we are going to do on the schedule and go back to this discussion and 
we will talk further about that. I think the information we will give 
Senators will answer some of the Senator's questions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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