[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 141 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S12798]
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                         ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. GORTON. If there is no further business to come before the 
Senate, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in 
adjournment under the previous order.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. I ask the Senator from Washington why the Senate is not 
convening until 1:15?
  Mr. GORTON. The Senate is not convening until 1:15 at the direction 
of the majority leader.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I am wondering why. It would be a good 
idea to take up this bill that we have before us and work on it, take 
up amendments in the morning, instead of losing a half a day. Is there 
some substantive reason why we are not working on a Tuesday morning, 
after we started the voting process already on Monday night?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request?
  Mr. FEINGOLD. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President. I find it 
hard to understand, as we have just had a vote, which was supposed to 
be an up-or-down vote on the question of whether or not we are going to 
ban soft money. The opponents of reform obviously did not want to face 
that vote.
  Quite a number of them had come out to the floor this afternoon to 
say they were against banning soft money. So they had a chance to vote 
not to ban soft money. Why didn't they do that? They threw the vote. 
They all came out here and unanimously voted not to table the McCain-
Feingold bill, which simply bans soft money. Now they do not want to 
have us meet tomorrow morning.
  We are not going to do our job tomorrow morning. We are not even 
going to debate, not going to take up amendments. We are just going to 
take the morning off.
  Mr. GORTON. Regular order.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. We see here the unbelievable desire to avoid the issue.
  Mr. GORTON. Regular order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The regular order has been called for. The 
Senator must either object or permit the unanimous consent to go 
forward.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I will not object, having had the chance 
to express my dismay at this schedule, which is nothing but a way to 
avoid the issue.
  Mr. GORTON. Regular order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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