[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S304-S305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--S. 1575

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, with regard to S. 1575, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of 
Calendar No. 301, S. 1575, the Ronald Reagan airport legislation, and 
it be considered under the following agreement:
  One amendment to be offered by Senator Daschle or his designee 
regarding a commission; one amendment to be offered by Senator Dodd 
regarding a commission; one amendment to be offered by Senator Daschle 
or his designee regarding Dulles Airport naming; one amendment to be 
offered by Senator Coverdell, which is a technical change amendment; 
one amendment to be offered by Senator Reid regarding the FBI building 
renaming; one relevant amendment to be offered by Senator Lott or his 
designee; and one relevant amendment to be offered by Senator Daschle 
or his designee.
  I further ask that these amendments be the only amendments in order 
and they all be in the first degree and must be offered and debated 
prior to the close of business this evening, and any votes ordered with 
respect to the amendments or passage occur on Wednesday morning, at a 
time to be determined by the majority leader after notification of the 
Democratic leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I will 
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object, but I would simply clarify that this has been a work in 
progress for several days. I appreciate very much the cooperation of 
the majority leader in accommodating Democratic Senators and Republican 
Senators who wish to offer amendments.
  There were two issues here. One was the opportunity to offer 
amendments. This unanimous consent request does that. People can vote 
up or down on the amendments and can certainly vote up or down on the 
bill. There will be plenty of discussion about the reasons for a vote 
on either side of these amendments as the debate unfolds.
  The second issue was one relating to the IRS bill. It was our view 
that the bill reforming the IRS needed to be brought to the attention 
of the Senate and needed to be scheduled. The majority leader has 
acknowledged the need to do that as well, and he has given me a 
commitment that we will take up the IRS bill prior to the end of March. 
So given his commitment to address the IRS and to allow amendments to 
be offered, that will, in my view, certainly provide us with an 
opportunity to move forward. So I appreciate very much his effort to 
respond to those concerns.
  We have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Regarding the majority leader's unanimous 
consent request, without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I thank Senator Daschle for his comments. I 
think this is a fair agreement. Senators understandably want to be able 
to offer relevant amendments, and these amendments do pertain to this 
general area of discussion. I think that is reasonable. I think that is 
fair. I was concerned earlier on at the suggestions that were being 
made that we would wind up with just a litany of amendments making it 
impossible for us to bring this to a reasonable conclusion, and 
delaying other issues that we have already made a commitment to do. So 
I am pleased that we have this agreement.

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