[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 37 (Friday, March 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2701]
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                               THE BUDGET

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, might I say that I understand that 
Senator Conrad is going to manage the bill for the Democrats. He didn't 
know exactly when we were going to start. We are calling now to tell 
his staff, which is observing that maybe he could come down. I say to 
the Senate, however, that we don't intend to do a great deal today on 
the budget. We have agreed that when we are finished with some 
preliminary remarks--and I don't even know how long they will be--the 
majority and minority have agreed that we would then, by unanimous 
consent, take 6 hours off the bill, which has 50 hours, as everybody 
knows. So we would have accomplished a reduction in the time by 6 
hours. That is not an exorbitant amount. But we will wait for the 
Senator before we do that. In the meantime, while we are waiting, we 
need unanimous consent, and I will wait for his arrival.
  (The remarks of Mr. Domenici pertaining to the introduction of S. 
1874 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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