[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3228-S3229]
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                           Amendment No. 157

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, may I ask the chief cosponsor of the 
Specter amendment how much time is left on our side?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa has 15 minutes on the 
proponent's side of the amendment.
  Mr. HARKIN. Five zero?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Fifteen.
  Mr. HARKIN. I thought we had an hour at a time, and I thought the 
only person who spoke on it is Senator Specter. How much time do we 
have on our amendment?
  Mr. DOMENICI. It was cut in half by unanimous consent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By a previous order, the time on the amendment 
was reduced to an hour evenly divided, and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania consumed 15 minutes.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I wonder if when the Senator is 
finished, obviously, we will not have used any time--we haven't yet, 
have we?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I do not know whether we would do that tonight or not. 
But Senator Hutchinson would like to follow that with 5 minutes. I 
would ask consent that he be allowed 5 minutes following that 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DOMENICI. He will be joined in that 5 minutes, 2 minutes that you 
requested of me.
  Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, there have been arrangements 
made on this side for tonight----
  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. HARKIN. I believe I have the floor. I just hope this time is not 
running against my 15 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is not being charged the Senator from 
Iowa.
  Mr. HARKIN. I thank the President.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to the manager of the bill, both 
managers of the bill, it is my understanding that on this side tonight 
the order of offering amendments was going to be Senator Dodd, Senator 
Reed, Senator Graham, two for Senator Graham; is that right?
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Right.
  Mr. REID. Then following that, Senator Boxer, if she chose, for a 
couple of amendments. And Senator Schumer also had one after Senator 
Boxer.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. OK.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, a further inquiry. What does that do 
tomorrow to voting? Does this mean those are the first votes?
  Mr. DOMENICI. The first votes we have decided upon, the three that 
the Senator asked me for.
  Mr. DODD. So these will come after the first?
  Mr. DOMENICI. In some order. Let me just say to the Senator, 
I understand what you have agreed to among yourselves, but the Senate 
hasn't agreed to that.

  Mr. REID. We certainly understand that.
  Mr. DOMENICI. What we would like to do is ask, on our side, if we 
might see if there are any Republicans that want to offer amendments, 
and they ought to be able to be worked into that.
  Mr. REID. We understood that.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. I agree with that.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Why don't we attempt to do that. Who do we have on our 
side that has anything this evening? Senator Collins, you have an 
amendment? OK. So we----
  Mr. DODD. Why doesn't Senator Harkin start talking?
  Mr. DOMENICI. Harkin is going to go, and then Senator Collins. Then 
you can go after that.
  Mr. DODD. Are you going to stay and listen to the debate?
  Mr. DOMENICI. I am going to have somebody in my stead who will 
whisper everything to me in the morning when I arrive.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I know the hour is late. I do not want to 
take from Senator Harkin's time. I ask unanimous consent that I be 
allowed to speak for 2 minutes as in morning business. Senator Bryan is 
a grandfather for the first time today, and I would like to take a 
couple minutes to recognize my friend.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DOMENICI. I don't object, but I would like to couple that with--
do you want to go now or after he finishes his time?
  Mr. REID. He has agreed that I could speak prior to him.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Then immediately following the completion of your 
debate, then I would like Senator Hutchinson--Senator, how much time 
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you want with Senator Hutchinson? Why don't we give you 2, if you 
wanted 1.
  Mrs. LINCOLN. One or 2 minutes.
  Mr. DOMENICI. That they be allowed to speak for 7 minutes, and then 
we will proceed with whatever order is decided here.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from Florida.


                         Privilege Of The Floor

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that three 
congressional fellows in my office, Sean McCluskie, Matt Barry, and 
Angela Ewell-Madison, be granted the privilege of the floor during 
further consideration of the legislation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nevada.

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