[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S4461]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the next 
votes in the series be limited to 10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. May we have order.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, may we have order. The Senate is not in 
order, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
  The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may I have the attention of the Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. If Members have 
conversations, please take them off the floor.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, a unanimous consent request is before the 
Senate to limit each of the next two votes to 10 minutes each.
  Mr. THOMAS. Yes.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, with all due respect to the Senator who 
propounds this request, every Senator knows nobody is going to pay any 
attention whatsoever to that request if it is granted--nobody. I have 
seen this happen too many times. I would love to see some 10-minute 
rollcall votes here, but it is a joke. It is a joke to agree to 10-
minute votes, and then forget about them, and go on and have 20 
minutes, or 25 minutes, or 37 minutes, as was the case in the previous 
vote.
  Now, I am not going to object in this case. Perhaps it will work this 
time. I hope it will. But I am going to pay close attention. I remove 
my reservation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is laid on the table, and the President will be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action.

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