[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S14840]
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                           BANKRUPTCY REFORM

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I hope in the final hours of the session in 
the final day we will not forget the progress that has been made on the 
bankruptcy bill. I spoke to the manager of the bill, the subcommittee 
chair, late yesterday evening, and he indicated that there was some 
thought by the Republican majority leadership they would accept the 
unanimous-consent agreement that I suggested yesterday morning. As I 
indicated at that time, we have gone from some 320 amendments down to 
14, 7 of which have either been accepted or they will be resolved in 
some manner. We only have seven contested amendments.
  I hope we do not lose the initiative that has taken place to this 
point in the next few hours, or the next few minutes, really, that we 
could enter into that unanimous-consent agreement so that at such time 
as we return to the bankruptcy bill, we have a finite number of 
amendments and can proceed to wrapping that up. I repeat that it is not 
the minority but, rather, the majority that is holding up this most 
important bill.
  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I note the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  (Mr. HAGEL assumed the chair.)
  Mr. DURBIN. 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the quorum call be rescinded.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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